Gilts ETP to give triple exposure Exchange-traded product (ETP) specialist Boost has launched a three times short fixed income ETP to track the returns from UK... August 1, 2014 Round-Up LCP launches 21st annual Pensions report Pension contributions from FTSE 100 companies fell in 2013 after many years of steady increases, according to the 21st annual... August 1, 2014 Round-Up First half property deals top £1 billion for Cordea Savills International property investment manager Cordea Savills has completed over £1 billion of property transactions in the first half of 2014, spread... August 1, 2014 Round-Up Pictet launches European Equity Market Neutral fund Pictet Asset Management has launched PTR-Agora, an equity market-neutral fund, as part of its total return fund range. The fund... August 1, 2014 Round-Up Aberdeen launches fifth infrastructure fund Aberdeen Asset Management has launched its fifth infrastructure fund, seeded by a range of Asian institutional investors. The launch brings... August 1, 2014 Round-Up Hermes and Canadian pension fund buy South Bank Tower Hermes Real Estate, the property manager owned by the BT Pension Fund, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)... June 1, 2014 Round-Up Investors approve Abe’s latest move in Japan Japan is attractively priced for investors, and interest is growing following the latest set of reforms from Prime Minister Abe,... June 1, 2014 Round-Up Pictet increases EM bonds fund range Pictet Asset Management has increased its emerging market debt product range with a fund investing in short-term emerging market corporate... June 1, 2014 Round-Up Amundi launches ETF of smart beta strategies Fund manager Amundi is to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which will give investors exposure to a range of smart... June 1, 2014 Round-Up Invesco Real Estate acquires private rented units for local authority fund Invesco Real Estate (IRE) has purchased 118 private rented sector (PRS) units in Hayes, West London for $32.5 million on... June 1, 2014 Round-Up