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Polar Capital profits rise after bumper inflows

Polar's assets under management at the end of March stood at $5.08 billion, almost one-third higher than a year before.

Fund management group inks agreement with Narec Capital

Narec Capital selected Frontier IP as its partner based on the Company's experience of IP-orientated funds, as well as its knowledge of the renewable energy sector.

Metro Bank raises £126m from investors to expand

The bank was launched with the backing of American businessman Vernon Hill.

BNP Paribas weighs up asset management business sale

BNP Paribas Investment Partners was developed as a string of affiliates by the late Gilles Glicenstein before his death in 2009.

Banks cling to £100bn of surplus assets

Pension funds want to buy infrastructure loans and banks want to sell – but not at a loss

Metro Bank to open new branches across the South East

Its expansion marks another sign of increasing banking competition after Marks & Spencer said last week it would begin offering bank accounts in its stores.

Deutsche Börse: Failed NYSE/Euronext merger haunts exchange

The basis of the merger was the growing derivatives market. In the modern market, equities trading is regarded as a high-volume, low-profit business.

Equilibrium and 7IM turn to derivatives

Discretionary managers Equilibrium Asset Management and Seven Investment Management believe that derivatives are a good investment opportunity in the current volatile, low-return environment.

Warsaw stock exchange eclipsing Prague

The Warsaw Stock Exchange has become the European powerhouse of new IPOs, and with the launch of a new regional exchange, it's poised to lure the major Central and East European players away from Prague and other small bourses.

Sberbank Said to Buy Dexia Unit Denizbank for $3.6 Billion

OAO Sberbank of Russia, Eastern Europe’s largest lender, bought Dexia SA’s Turkish unit Denizbank AS for about $3.6 billion, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

HSBC Holdings Sells Greek Equities Broking Arm for Undisclosed Sum

HSBC Securities provides equity broking services for Greek equities and derivatives to domestic and foreign institutional clients, domestic retail clients and to HSBC's institutional clients.

Sarasin & Partners launches two new Funds of Funds

The new Funds will be managed by a four person team led by Sam Jeffries

Schroders set to move into property market

SCHRODERS has begun talks to enter property lending as banks cut their exposure to the sector.

London 'risks being pigeon-holed as financial city'

In contrast, recent IPOs in London have included Russian sugar and grain producer Rusagro, Glencore and Russian bank Nomos.

Sesame and Henderson launch investment business

esame Bankhall Group and Henderson Global Investors today officially launch their new joint venture, Optimum Investment Management, following approval from the Financial Services Authority.

James Caan boutique Insynergy closes fund range

Investors in the Insynergy Odey fund, managed by star manager Crispin Odey, will be transferred into a similar product with the same strategy run by Odey.

Commerzbank sees real estate financing growth

"I see good chances of maintaining this kind of growth in the coming years, considerably increasing our market share," Mr. Mandel is quoted as saying.

Vulture funds smell blood from Spanish bank woes

Hedge funds and private equity houses are renewing ties with Spanish lenders and government officials, bankers said, as reforms push banks to offload troubled assets at steep discounts.

JPMorgan returns $600M it had in MF Global money

JPMorgan Chase has returned roughly $600 million that was ensnared at the bank when MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed in October, people familiar with the matter said late Friday.

RBS could sell off central London properties in bid to cut costs

The Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment banking arm is considering vacating some of its central London properties as a result of its plan to cut 3,500 jobs.

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