Investment

MPC INVESTORS is launching a new hedge fund

TOP firms with defined contribution schemes are continuing to increase employer contributions, a Watson Wyatt survey reveals.

ABSOLUTE Capital Management chief investment officer Florian Homm has been shot in Venezuela, according to reports.

BALANCED pooled funds achieved a median return of 2pc in October up from 1.8pc in September, Mellon Analytical Solutions' CAPS Pooled Pension Fund Update reveals.

JUPITER Asset Management is mulling the launch of a new pension product ahead of tentative government plans to free up the market to new players, PP has learned.

FUND managers need to be more open and realistic with pension funds about what returns they can deliver, a conference has heard.

INSTITUTIONAL investor demand and strong economic growth is driving high returns in the European property market, Arlington Securities says.

SEVENTY per cent of schemes have no policy for managing conflicts of interest on trustee boards, delegates heard.

ABERDEEN Property Investors' European Balanced Property Fund raised €96m (£65m) from institutional investors at its closing at the end of October.

ATLAS Capital Associates founder Hugues Lamotte is leading a management buyout of Atlas Capital Group Holdings.