Iain Withers

London

Asset Management Correspondent at Reuters

Asset management correspondent @Reuters

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Analysis-Private credit secondary sales set to rise as market turmoil spurs hunt for cash

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Shankar Ramakrishnan |Mathieu Rosemain |Iain Withers |Nia Williams

NEW YORK/LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Investors are preparing to step up sales of their private credit holdings, as heightened market volatility unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars forces them to find new ways to raise cash, fund...
Blackstone gears up for $11bln European property buying spree

2 weeks ago | zawya.com | Iain Withers

LONDON - Blackstone has said it has closed a 9.8 billion euro ($10.8 billion) European property fund, as it bets on signs of recovery for the sector despite deepening market turmoil. The fundraise for the Europe Real Estate Partners VII fund is the largest ever pool of external capital amassed for European property, Blackstone said.
HSBC Asset Management's UK CEO Stuart White leaving company

2 weeks ago | zawya.com | Sinead Cruise |Iain Withers

LONDON: HSBC Asset Management's UK CEO Stuart White is leaving the company after more than 14 years at the banking giant, which had started a search for his replacement, a spokesperson told Reuters. "We can confirm that Stuart White is leaving HSBC Asset Management. We will conduct a search for his replacement," a spokesperson said, adding that he was leaving to pursue other opportunities outside the group.
London's Canary Wharf office vacancies hit new record, data shows

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Iain Withers

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London's Canary Wharf office vacancies hit new record, data shows

2 weeks ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Iain Withers

LONDON (Reuters) - Office vacancies in London's Canary Wharf district have reached a record high and could hit as much as 30% in the coming years if the area cannot find tenants to fill 2 million square feet of space becoming vacant, according to property data firm CoStar. The east London financial district is struggling to recover from a pandemic-induced drop in demand, even as other central areas of the city and prime locations globally from New York to Paris show signs of recovery.
Democratizing Investing: BlackRock's Effort

3 weeks ago | corpgov.net | James McRitchie |Iain Withers |Ross Kerber

Democratizing investing is desperately needed in the United States. Stock market wealth in the United States is highly concentrated among the wealthiest households. The top 1% of Americans own approximately 31% of all U.S. equities, while the top 10% collectively control 87%. The top 50% of households hold around 97.5% of stock market wealth, leaving the bottom half with just 2-3%. Stock ownership is heavily skewed toward affluent families.
UBS ditches weapons exclusion from sustainable investment criteria

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Naomi Rovnick |Iain Withers

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UBS ditches weapons exclusion from sustainable investment criteria

3 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Naomi Rovnick |Iain Withers

LONDON (Reuters) - UBS's asset management arm has become the latest European money manager to ditch some exclusions on investments in defence companies as private investors race to enable their funds to finance the region's rearmament drive. UBS Asset Management, which runs $1.8 trillion of assets, has scrapped a block on some sustainability funds backing manufacturers of conventional weapons, according to its latest exclusion policy report published last month.
Allianz Global Investors Scraps Nuclear, Military Exclusions to Back Europe Rearmament

3 weeks ago | insurancejournal.com | Iain Withers

Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its sustainable funds from investing in defense, becoming one of the first major European asset managers to change their policies to help finance the region’s rearmament. AGI wrote to its clients late last week to advise that its sustainable funds could now buy into companies that earned more than 10% of their revenue from military equipment and services.
Allianz scraps nuclear, military exclusions to back Europe's rearmament drive

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Iain Withers

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