Aquila Capital and Alpha Centauri join up for alt beta strategy Alternative investments specialist Aquila Capital has joined forces with Hamburg-based specialist investment boutique Alpha Centauri to develop an alternative beta... August 1, 2016 Round-Up SSGA launches multi-factor EM bond fund State Street Global Advisors has launched a new multi-factor premia emerging market bond fund for investors in the UK and... August 1, 2016 Round-Up Major longevity swap for electricity pension funds The Manweb Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme has undertaken a £1 billion longevity swap to cover pensioner liabilities. The swap... August 1, 2016 Round-Up Gilt yield curve flattens as QE bites The latest round of quantitative easing (QE) measures by the Bank of England led to a flattening in the UK... August 1, 2016 Round-Up Willis Towers Watson launches active share fund Willis Towers Watson, which is best known as an investment consultancy, has extended its investment management services with the launch... June 1, 2016 Round-Up Schroders launches global multi-credit fund Schroders has launched a new global multi-credit fund which will invest actively in global credit markets, unconstrained by traditional benchmarks.... June 1, 2016 Round-Up Barings goes dynamic with bond fund Baring Asset Management has launched a dynamic absolute return fund, which aims to produce positive returns by using long and... June 1, 2016 Round-Up Cinven raises €7 billion for latest fund European private equity manager Cinven has reached a final close for the sixth Cinven Fund after raising €7 billion. Cinven said it... June 1, 2016 Round-Up AXA IM launches new CLO fund AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched a new fund investing in mezzanine debt tranches of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs),... June 1, 2016 Round-Up AXA IM and BlackRock sell 6 Bevis Marks for £220 million AXA Investment Managers and BlackRock Real Estate have announced the sale of 6 Bevis Marks, a trophy office development in... June 1, 2016 Round-Up