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Aviva targets more cost savings following Direct Line acquisition

The news was revealed in its third quarter results, published today (13 November), which showed strong performance across the group.

The asset management landscape: global insights and UK strengths

This report provides a data-driven assessment of that role, providing a detailed account of the sector’s performance, structure and evolving client base in the UK and globally.

Pretium Real Estate Fund: Capital increase concludes with surprise

The Pretium Real Estate Fund has successfully completed its first capital increase – and with great success.

UK funds reached £10tn AUM in 2024

The report, ‘The asset management landscape: global insights and UK strengths’, offers a data-driven assessment of the sector’s performance, structure, and evolving client base in the UK and globally.

JTC set to be acquired by private equity firm in £2.7 billion deal

The Acquisition enterprise value implies a multiple of approximately 26.2 times JTC’s pre-IFRS 16 adjusted EBITDA for the 12 months ended 30 June 2025 of £100 million.

Great-West Lifeco merges European subsidiaries to create £135bn UK asset manager

Canada Life AM, Setanta AM and Irish Life Investment Managers combine to form Keyridge Asset Management

Culture, connectivity and compliance: The pillars of Ireland’s fund success

Gateway Fund Services, the independent management company headquartered in Ireland, stresses the domicile advantages

Lloyds the landlord: how the bank quietly became a big rental property player

Bank has a £2bn rental property portfolio via its Lloyds Living arm, amassing 7,000 properties so far with plans to add 43,000 more by 2030

Financing the Corporate Journey: Balancing Growth and Lender Expectations

Equity funding dominates; the key objectives are flexibility and establishing operational credibility.

ESMA finds that distribution costs account for almost half of the total costs paid to invest in UCITS

This is the first comprehensive assessment of the total costs charged to investors in EEA investment funds.

Copia Capital: Navigating the UK market amid rising gilt yields

Despite fears over the looming Autumn Budget, several factors suggest the UK market remains resilient, writes Copia Capital’s Richard Warne

What matters in ESG? Value, not values

Jessica Pilz of the ESG Committee, Association of Real Estate Funds, argues the ESG value proposition is not gone away in considering the asset class

A strategic leap forward for private markets structuring in Ireland: Understanding CP162

Andrea Lennon, who leads Gen II Fund Services' Irish business comments on the implications of Ireland's proposed changes to its AIF regime

Zurich continues strong execution with positive top line momentum and excellent profitability

With a diversified business and robust balance sheet, Zurich is well positioned to capture future growth opportunities and generate attractive long-term returns.

Major investors call on Britain's Reeves to double fiscal buffer

Three of them said raising income tax for the first time since the 1970s was the best way to achieve this.

BlackRock launches global securitised fund

This approach aims to reduce reliance on any single securitised sector or region, while offering low correlation to traditional fixed income.

IMI reports strong growth following recovery from cyberattack disruption

Its focus on operational excellence, exposure to structural growth areas such as automation and energy efficiency, and disciplined capital allocation all contribute to its long-term appeal within the UK industrials sector."

Shareholders press on with $4.6bn action against FNZ

Private equity firm Summit Partners, an FNZ shareholder, also withdrew from the case shortly after the claim was filed.

Linedata increases its Global Services offering in the UK

This builds on Linedata’s long-standing presence and software expertise in the UK, where the company has supported financial institutions with tailored technology solutions for over two decades.

EdR AM fund launch targets EU strategic security & competitiveness

Innovation and financing other pillars of strengthening jurisdiction

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