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Threadneedle to shut down former LVAM fund

Threadneedle is set to close its £2.6m Worldwide Select Multi-Manager fund which it acquired as part of the deal which saw it take on LV= Asset Management’s funds.

London counts on safe-haven appeal for Middle East real estate investors

The new South Bank Tower is one of the many new luxury developments in the city that has buyers from the region in its sights.

US hedge funds hope to bridge European cultural divide

In Henry James’s late 19th century novel The American, a brash businessman travels to France in search of a wife only to leave defeated by the baffling social mores of the Parisian aristocracy.

Royal Mint Launches 2015 Year of the Sheep Gold and Silver Coins

The series launched last year with the striking depiction of the Year of the Horse issue, and continues with the Year of the Sheep.

Saracen funds aiming to add more investors

SARACEN Fund Managers has moved into profit as its two funds swelled in value and the firm spent more on staff and marketing.

Henderson property fund kicks off Paif conversion process

The unit trust will change structure at the end of August and will be renamed the Henderson UK Property Oeic.

Brown Shipley makes raft of changes in multi-manager overhaul

Lead manager on all the funds will be Simon Nicholas, with the previously-listed managers working as a team underneath him.

Bonuses for hedge fund employees in London have dropped by 94% since 2012

“The slow decline in salaries pales in comparison with the collapse in bonuses.”

Guernsey – Home To Captives From Near And Far

Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explores the reach of Guernsey's captive insurance expertise.

Dutch mineworkers transfer pension plan assets to Aegon

Executives at the fund are “taking this course of action because our membership levels are steadily declining.”

Life insurance product sold by Barclays is first to be accredited as a 'simple product' under BSI scheme

It identified concerns about consumers' ability to select the right financial products to buy for them when the financial products being sold are complex and difficult to understand.

Pundits see shining future for safe-haven gold

Sheltering in gold is back on the table for fund managers who believe that global markets have yet to react fully to new geopolitical issues.

Norges Bank Investment Management invest in a €425.6 million property in Paris

The transaction did not include any debt financing. The property consists of 60% office and 40% retail. It has been refurbished over the last three years and is fully let.

RLAM equity income franchise drives asset gathering

‘New business acquisition remains extremely positive, especially in the wholesale sector,’ Royal London said group chief executive Phil Loney.

J O Hambro Capital Management Continental European: Fund boss tells investors, 'stick with the Continent, the fog will clear'

Investors may be anxious about the economic fog gathering over Europe

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