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Shadow Capital Rises Behind Patient Capital

The $5.6bn leveraged-buyout fund raised by the founders of KKR in 1987 as they pursued the takeover of RJR Nabisco was seen as enormous at the time.

Fund Firms Fear Skill Shortage In Complex World

Fund firms are struggling to find sufficiently talented people as the world they operate in becomes increasingly complex.

Banks fall to attractive valuations after “interesting” start to 2016 - Schroders

European bank shares have fallen to optically attractive levels at the same time as capital requirements have become far clearer.

UK property trusts suffer steepest fall in five years

Property buyers, particularly sovereign wealth funds, are being stretched by low oil prices and weakness in emerging market economies

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sweeps Institutional Investor's 2016 Europe Rankings

Last year the firm ranked No. 4, No. 2 and No. 2, respectively, in these annual rankings.

Banking the customer experience dividend

How to create growth in a changing market? KPMG Nunwood's latest analysis shows that customer experience is the key to achieving growth.

Asset managers set to lose out as Europe's institutions band together to invest

However, the developing trend is not the death knell for independent managers, says Cerulli Associates, the global analytics firm. "In fact, net demand for third-party managers in infrastructure and property may well grow," notes David Walker, i

Where are we in the Credit Cycle? by Standard Life Investments

Bank lending standards have tightened in emerging markets, and there are nascent signs of tightening in the US, although European lending is still loosening.

Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Global growth continues

Meanwhile, accommodative central bank policies should keep interest rate risk low

Lehman Bros. hit the rocks, but lives on as Scotch

He is describing his flagship Scotch whisky, labeled Ashes of Disaster.

Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse bonus pain horribly compounded. Senior bankers’ strange alternative careers

Bonuses at Credit Suisse are deferred for three years.

Bankers’ bonuses are bigger than last year’s, but majority say it is not enough money

Just 24% of Merril Lynch bankers were reportedly satisfied with their bonus payments, compared to 45% who said they were not happy about the sums.

British bankers are not happy with their massive bonuses because they think their colleagues get more than them

However, well over a third say that they’re not satisfied with their bonus, and a lot of that is apparently down to a lack of transparency in the bonus system.

Bankers Fight For Scraps

The aim for all three is to scale back in investment banking, where results are weighed down by post-financial crisis capital rules and volatile financial markets.

Three quarters of high-net-worth individuals plan to invest more in 2016

14 per cent responded No and 10 per cent did not yet know.

OMI tackles high net worth channels with new investments

One year on from rebranding Skandia International as Old Mutual International, sales director Marcel Bradshaw talks about the positive impact of the process, the rationale behind the company’s sponsorship of the England rugby teams and the shift to

European corporate bond yields fall back below zero

Research from CreditSights shows that investment grade bonds from companies including French bank Credit Agricole and German industrials conglomerate Siemens are all yielding close to zero.

Carney is being 'too aggressive' on interest rate hike threats and is 'confusing the markets'

The interest rate has been at that level since 2009.

Top UK income funds revealed: Size matters as Unicorn magics its way to the top, but big guns fall from grace

Sanlam Private Wealth's bi-annual income study reveals the best all-rounders within the UK Equity Income sector on a five-year basis.

Credit Suisse’s 36% bonus cut, and 7 other things you must know about its results

Salespeople and traders at Credit Suisses’s global markets business are likely to be crying into their envelopes this week and next.

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