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Housing forecast 2020:London house prices, Brexit and beyond — the lowdown on this year's property market

As years of Brexit fug begin to clear, industry experts forecast double-digit growth in the price of homes in the capital.

Why Alasdair McKinnon, contrarian boss of The Scottish, tips ‘ugly duckings’

Alasdair McKinnon invests trust money in unloved sectors not fast-growing tech

Irish investors to get access to cannabis fund

Canadian fund manager brings first exchange traded fund option to European market

GAM seeks to move tech fund away from tired definitions

The investment group is to drop emphasis on traditional sectors as fund manager seeks to focus on disruptive thinking.

Investor confidence down by 1.3 points in December

The Investor Confidence Index measures investor confidence or risk appetite quantitatively by analyzing the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors.

What is the outlook for Europe in 2020?

All eyes on the ECB

Capacity concerns prompt £9bn downgrade of Lindsell Train funds

Nick Train’s investment trust suffers smaller downgrade thanks to closed-ended structure

Hermes CEO recognised in New Year’s Honours List

With Hong Kong businessman given a CBE for services to trade and investment

Newcastle Building Society reveals launch date for new branch in Wooler

A building society is set to open a new branch in a town which has been bankless for more than a year.

Only a tax and regulatory revolution will revitalise our unloved public equity markets

Far more companies are leaving than are joining, and with record levels of buyback activity

Eugene Investment acquires Poland office building for $61 mn

The deal comes a year after two small Korean financial services companies snapped up the Cedet building, a landmark office building in Warsaw, for 183 billion won.

Festive cheer sends eurozone bond yields to fresh highs

Signs that Germany is contemplating higher borrowing have added to selling pressure

European investment fund acquires Dublin industrial estate for €6.75m

The industrial estate is adjoining Northwest Business Park and is within close proximity to the airport, Dublin Port Tunnel and the M2 and M3 motorways.

M&G Property puts £137m up for sale in 'controlled' asset disposal

M&G has continued the suspension of its Property Portfolio fund and its feeder fund in a bid to increase cash reserves.

LV finalises split with general insurance sale

The change would result in LV being governed by the Companies Act, but it would not change the company’s mutual status.

Greg Coffey hedge fund swings to profit as fees surge 300%

Kirkoswald Capital defied a challenging market for some of the biggest names in global macro investing in 2019

Turkey Wealth Fund Buys 10% Stake in Borsa Istanbul from EBRD

Zafer Sonmez, the CEO of the wealth fund, told Bloomberg in October that the fund was planning to boost its holding in Borsa Istanbul and then take it public.

Migrations and acquisitions: A year in adviser platforms

Platforms reloaded

Posh pet food firms loved by Prince Charles and Ed Sheeran want buyers to gorge on £150million feast

London-based Lily’s Kitchen was founded by Henrietta Morrison in 2008 after her border terrier Lily fell ill and refused to eat regular pet food.

Mercia contrite over small investors left out of £30m fundraising

Group needed money to buy two VCTs and allow Invesco and Woodford fund to cash out

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