Analysts have claimed Aberdeen Asset Management’s £84.7m acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) fund arm is nothing more than opportunism.

Confidence is returning to the investment market just over a year after the onset of the financial crisis, according to Bank of America (BoA) Merrill Lynch.

As Friends Provident prepares for life as part of Resolution, the company’s interim financial report shows the recession has taken its toll.

The BT Pension Fund is to cut back its use of Hermes Fund Managers to just 50% of assets by next year.

BlackRock’s $13.5bn (£8.2bn) merger with Barclay’s Global Investors (BGI) could significantly enhance the latter’s exc-hange traded funds (ETFs) business, experts have predicted.

The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) has hit out at recent negative press coverage of the industry following the financial crisis.

A leading offshore finance firm has hit out at what it sees as unnecessary criticism of countries or dependencies offering ‘tax neutral’ services.

Asset management firm Neuberger Berman Group (NB Group) has purchased the asset management arm of Lehman Brothers, which will now be known as Neuberger Berman Europe.

Ashmore Global Opportunities Limited (AGOL) is a “healthy fund with no underlying problems”, according to its parent company, despite the board holding a shareholder vote on winding up the fund.

Barclays is rumoured to be in talks to sell its asset management arm, Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

The winners of the Pensions and Investment Provider Awards 2009 were announced last night at a gala event hosted by comedian and broadcaster Mark Dolan.

The UK’s biggest pension funds have agreed to kick-start lending to firms unable to gain sufficient bank loans in the credit crunch.

The debate over whether lifestyling is a more effective investment and derisking tool than target-dated funds continues to divide industry opinion.

Demand for shareholder engagement services have soared over concerns that organisations such as the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) did not do enough to prevent corporate excess.

Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment houses and a major player in US 401k market, is launching a UK funds business.

Pension schemes are eager to reduce hedge fund and fund-of-hedge fund fees, according to research from Bfinance, the independent consulting firm.

Henderson Group has confirmed further details of its proposed acquisition of New Star Asset Management.

Standard Life is to remediate certain customers of its Sterling Pension Fund following its announcement that the value of the fund had dropped by 5%.

Advisers are set to gain from the credit crunch, according to research from Axa.