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Brevan Howard Alpha Strategies fund ends first half up almost 6%
Global hedge funds gained 3.9% on average in the first six months
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London IPO activity could jump from September, Peel Hunt says
City broker says UK listings market is ‘selectively open’ as volatility settles
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Neil Woodford’s damning verdict on UK stock market, and Jupiter snaps up CCLA
Catch up on all this week’s asset management news
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Hedge funds in first half of 2025: Humans beat machines
Discretionary portfolio managers outpaced systematic strategies in the first six months
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Trading Places: Goldman hires Rishi Sunak, UBS and BNP Paribas shake-up teams
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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Banks had a blistering rally. Earnings are the next test
The stocks have surged to prices that may give them little room for error as investors evaluate the results
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VTB Capital shells out £3.3m on 12 UK employees in 2025
The Russian bank’s wind-down in London is set to continue until 2029
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Fund groups reach ‘tipping point’ over investment research costs
Almost 90% of asset managers polled by Substantive Research expect at least half of all investment research budgets will become client funded
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Investment Association names State Street’s Ann Prendergast as new chair
The head of State Street Investment Management’s business in Emea will take over the role from JPMorgan’s Patrick Thomson in September
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Coutts plots growth push with JPMorgan private bankers
Catch up on the top news in wealth management this week
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Simpson Thacher names co-heads of European M&A
The New York law firm has appointed two London partners to lead its M&A team in Europe
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Coutts raids JPMorgan’s private bank for CFO hire
Betsy Munro is the second senior private banker the NatWest-owned wealth firm has poached from the Wall Street firm this week
Deutsche Börse to return banking licences in regulatory shake-up
Germany’s biggest exchange operator pushes for more efficiency
Neil Woodford: UK stock market is ‘dying before our eyes’
Former star fund manager says UK is an ‘outlier’ compared to other countries, where pension funds have a much larger allocation to domestic companies
L&G partners with Blackstone for US private credit push
UK-listed group will work with alternatives giant to bolster its private credit capabilities
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Deloitte and Azets probed over collapsed fintech Stenn
Trade finance firm Stenn went bust in 2024 after a lender identified suspicious transactions
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Jupiter strikes £100m deal to acquire CCLA
Acquisition of the charity investment manager is the latest to be agreed under chief executive Matthew Beesley
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UBS names new US ECM head in leadership reshuffle
The Swiss bank has hired two senior bankers and named new leaders of the unit in the Americas
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Citigroup bolsters European leveraged finance with Deutsche Bank hire
The US bank has hired a senior dealmaker in leveraged finance as it aims for more work from private equity firms
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Why M&A lawyers are optimistic on dealmaking
Catch up on this week’s top legal news
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