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China and UK set to link closer in capital markets

Britain is the guest country of honor at the Lujiazui Forum 2016.

The hedge fund fee structure consumes 80% of alpha

How did we end up in a world where investors bear the risks and managers reap the rewards?

Alliance Trust's new chairman takes it on a good journey – slowly

Elliott Advisors' six-year siege of Alliance Trust – one of the longest-running sagas in UK asset management history – may be about to slowly lift.

Ex-Merrill Lynch Directors Launch Cash Management Firm

Insignis will enable clients to deposit cash, starting at £100,000, into a hub account in their own name which is then electronically distributed to bank accounts to give them the best returns.

Temasek Office In Hedge Fund Heartland St James's Hits The Market For £135 Million

The 23 King Street building, owned by Standard Life Investments, commanded a record-busting London rent when Temasek took the top two floors of the building nearly three years ago.

Private equity firms eye up O2 takeover

Virgin Media owners Liberty Global and French budget mobile operator Illiad have also set their sights on O2.

Hargreaves Lansdown closes DB transfers for most clients

We simply say at the outset that we will only accept transfers in these special cases,” he told FTAdviser.

Under the bonnet of Tim Gregory's new venture

Gregory wants to adopt a multi-cap approach – investing in companies upwards of £100 million market cap.

Ares Management Closes Third European Direct Lending Fund

Ares Capital Europe III Hits Hard Cap Of €2.5 Billion

Barclays completes sale of Spanish pension assets to Caixa Group

The British lender completed the sale of its Spanish retail bank to Caixabank in January 2015

Fidelity quits Buffett and Dimon’s ‘code of best practice’ group

The secret summits, understood to have initially been arranged by Dimon and Buffettand thereafter led by Dimon, have been ongoing for months, the FT revealed in February.

Delta Lloyd to Raise $226M with Sale of Stake in Van Lanschot

Delta Lloyd NV may raise as much as 198.4 million euros ($226 million) through the sale of its stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot

Qatari royal family set to acquire substantial stake in Eir

Move would afford Eir vital breather to continue restoring revenues before flotation

Delta Lloyd to Raise $226M with Sale of Stake in Van Lanschot

Delta Lloyd NV may raise as much as 198.4 million euros ($226 million) through the sale of its stake in wealth manager Van Lanschot

RWC Partners Confirms Inception of Asia Long/Short UCITS Fund

The team currently manages over $1.7bn in long-only and long/short emerging, frontier and Asia equity funds.

Partners Group in Talks to Buy French Property Firm Foncia

The owners aimed to raise more than 2 billion euros from the sale, French newspaper Les Echos reported in March.

SGSS in Luxembourg mandated by Bedrock for cross-border fund distribution

UCITS V compliant, 20UGS FUNDS is available in 4 countries in Europe and represents a total in assets of 230 million euros.

Cyrus Successfully Closes Fundraising

The new funds from Cyrus Precision Engineering 2 permit the manager to continue to make further attractive investments in this niche sector with the aim to sell the investee companies after 3 years to a single trade buyer at a premium.

Monks Investment Trust posts negative return for the year

At this year’s Annual General Meeting the authority of shareholders is being sought to enable the Company to re-sell shares held in Treasury

Zyfin Launches World's First Turkish Sovereign Laddered Bond ETF

Rising interest among domestic and international investors in the Turkish domestic debt markets has led to enhanced liquidity and strength in Turkish sovereign bonds.

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