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Yes, you can still buy in Prime Central London using Osborne’s Help-to-Buy scheme

LCP finds the best value areas in PCL to invest in

Swedish pensions body calls for smaller-scale EU stress tests for IORPs

Early stress tests for institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) in the EU – now likely to happen next year – must be designed in a limited format in order to keep costs down for pension funds.

Land Securities takes £656m stake in Bluewater mall

Britain's largest commercial property company Land Securites buys 30pc holding in the Kent shopping centre from Australia's Lend Lease

SVM Global Opps to merge into World Equity fund

The SVM Global Opportunities fund, managed by Colin McLean, has seen its assets shrink in recent years

Gresham House Proposes to Reshape to Asset Manager

Gresham House said that it expects the new team, consisting of new board members and a new management team

Jupiter to expand fixed income team

Jupiter Fund Management is seeking to grow its fixed income team, with a particular eye on strengthening its emerging market debt business.

Woodford Investment Management attracts record inflows for new fund

Since trading began at noon on 19 June 2014, about 95% of the portfolio has been invested in the market.

Guernsey adds 113 new funds in 12 months

The GFSC approved four open-ended funds, 14 closed-ended funds and eight non-Guernsey schemes between the start of January and the end of March.

BlackRock unveils multi-asset absolute return fund

The BlackRock Multi-Strategy Absolute Return fund marks the firm’s first Ucits-compliant multi-strategy alternative fund in Europe.

Bank of Cyprus said to mull boosting capital before stress test

The Cypriot economy veered to the brink of collapse in 2013

Novus partners with USD2.5bn Swiss-based fund of hedge funds provider

Portfolio analytics and intelligence platform Novus has partnered with Thalia

Mergers Expert Now Resists One

It was at the Swiss banking group that she made her name.

Skandia: guidance guarantee should only be introduction to advice

In its response to the Treasury consultation on the Budget pension shake-up, Skandia said that the guidance should issue a report of an individual's financial situation and indicate where they can find an appropriate financial adviser.

BNP Paribas launches new pan-European fund

Having invested nearly €300 million in offices properties for NEIF, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Services has just launched NEIF II* with nearly €150 million of equity commitments.

Britain's green bank to launch 1 bln stg offshore wind fund

Britain's government-funded bank investing in green energy projects will launch a 1 billion pound fund dedicated to buying stakes in operational offshore wind projects in the country

Russia, France may opt to use RMB for global transactions

Teplukhin said the development is unlikely to be short term and may become a trend in the market

Martin Currie to rename open-ended fund business

Martin Currie’s open-ended funds business is set to rebrand itself as Martin Currie Fund Management.

"Thousands of firms" could quit EU trading

This would mean that thousands of foreign firms, including hundreds of US CTAs and other hedge funds could cease trading on European markets

An Offshore Tax Haven Plans to Become the World's First Bitcoin Island

While many places around the world want nothing to do with Bitcoin, some locales are trying hard to make the cryptocurrency happen, not just in the murky international waters of cyberspace or the confines of a student-fuelled experiment, but as a real loc

Increased partnership between investors and hedge funds - AIMA-Barclays survey

Investors increasingly are striking partnerships with hedge funds, underlining the closer collaboration taking place between the hedge fund industry and its investor base

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