06/09/2014

EM specialist acquires ex-First State and Invesco men's boutique

The £30 million BDT Invest Asian Focus fund is to become the Blackfriars Asian Focus fund. Co-managed by Dobson, Thornton and Rob Brewis, the fund has returned 8.7% over the past three years compared with 6.4% from the MSCI AC Asia Pacific index.

06/09/2014

Mr Hedge Fund: The ‘scandalous’ hidden investment costs

Alan Miller, known as ‘"Mr Hedge Fund" in the UK due to his success in managing one of Britain’s first equity hedge funds, shares his top tips when it comes to trading and talks about the “scandalous” hidden costs he thin

06/09/2014

Big divestments fuel oil and gas dealmaking

The oil and gas mergers and acquisitions market, long known for its mega deals, is surviving at the moment on pockets of activity. But much like small discoveries of oil, bankers hope these smaller finds will eventually lead to the next big wave of merger

06/06/2014

Aviva revitalisation starts to yield positive results

In 2013, Aviva announced it would be cutting 2,000 jobs globally. At the time, the move was seen as signalling a clear intention by group chief executive Mark Wilson – who arrived from AIA Group at the beginning of 2013 – to shake up operation

06/05/2014

£1.3bn to build on Mayfair’s financial boom

The space taken by financial tenants in the area soared by 139 per cent last year to 117,000 sq ft with hedge funds accounting for almost a third of that, according to the study from property advisers Jones Lang LaSalle.