10/13/2014

Ignis Integration Update from Standard Life Investments

“The acquisition of Ignis Asset Management is another step in Standard Life Investments’ growth story, deepening our investment capabilities, broadening our third party client base and strengthening our strategic position.

10/13/2014

Advisers rush to save £800m banking float

Challenger bank Aldermore is locked in a race against time to get its stock market flotation away, as it battles to offload shares to US investors and include existing shareholders in the free float of the business

10/10/2014

Quinlan eyes raising funds from $2bn equity investor

Derek Quinlan, the Celtic tiger financier, has held talks with AGC Equity Partners, a Middle East and UK-based fund with $2 billion equity under management, about raising cash to get back into business, according to property sources.

10/08/2014

NAB takes over £4bn London asset firm

NATIONAL Australia Bank, which has spent two years winding down and ­withdrawing from £5.6 billion of commercial ­property lending to UK businesses, has bought a London asset manager with £4bn invested in UK commercial property.

10/08/2014

Putin: State To Keep Financing Russian Direct Investment Fund

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), a state-backed institution with the mission of supporting Russia’s private equity sector by co-investing with foreign companies, will continue to receive money from the state so it can achieve its capitalis