BlackRock, Inc has reported full year diluted EPS of USD12.37, up 17% from 2010. Fourth quarter 2011 net income of USD555 million was down 7% from third quarter 2011 and 16% from a year ago. Operating income for the fourth quarter and full year 2011 was USD808 million and USD3.2
International fund service provider Ifina Group and Isle of Man-based fiduciary service provider IQE have announced a co-operation initiative designed to strengthen both firms’ expertise, extend the services offered to clients and allow each firm to gain access to new jurisdictions. According to Ifina director Derek Adler (pictured), the two
The Luxembourg funds industry continued to expand over the last 12 months despite the eurozone crisis and declines in major stock indices. The number of funds in Luxembourg rose by 4.84% to 3,833 and net sales amounted to EUR16.998bn. While total AUM decreased over the period by EUR101.453bn, mainly as
Millennium Technology Value Partners completed a record year of capital deployment in 2011, continuing its focus on investing in many of the world’s leading private technology companies. Millennium disclosed 18 portfolio companies receiving new or follow-on investment in the last 18 months. These include: Chegg, Twitter, Good Technology, Tumblr, BeachMint,
EQT has decided to domicile future EQT funds onshore in Europe. Potential new jurisdictions include the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, but also other onshore alternatives, for instance Sweden, will be considered. EQT’s funds are currently domiciled in Guernsey. A number of steps have been taken within the EU to
Quantum Capital Fund (QCF), a multi-staged venture capital firm, has officially launched a USD200 million fund in the US. Founded in South Africa in 2004 by Julian Pencilliah, QCF provides direct investments and business expertise to organisations operating across the information technology, online media and Internet-related sectors. QCF’s first US
SIG is increasing its weighting to equities against a background of almost universal investor pessimism, according to the firm’s latest monthly asset allocation report. In his monthly note, SIG CIO James Millard says, “investors remain very overweight cash” but “we are considerably more optimistic on the outlook for markets than
Global investors have started 2012 with a reawakened sense of optimism towards the global economy and greater appetite for risk, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January. The global survey of 214 institutional investors shows far fewer predicting a global slowdown. Only a net 3
John Redwood, chairman of Evercore Pan-Asset’s investment committee, looks at what the coming year could hold for the UK economy… There has been plenty to worry about in recent months in the UK. Many investors and commentators have told us how much damage a Eurozone collapse could do the fragile
Current valuations in China provide a great entry point for investors, says Andreas Roemer, head of emerging markets, DWS Investments… China’s investment potential looks set to remain strong in 2012, benefiting from the same forces that drove asset markets in the US and Europe in the 1990s and 2000s. Excluding
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