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  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    M&G PLC
    M&G sues Royal London over client exposure to ‘inappropriately risky investments’

    Asset manager demands at least £27mn in damages after buying financial adviser platform from mutual

    The offices of M&G Plc in the City of London
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
    Unilever PLC
    Unilever merges sustainability role after revising environmental goals

    Consumer goods giant which has scaled back some green targets is to combine position with other areas

    CEO Hein Schumacher
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Directors’ Deals: Ashtead chief increases stake as shares struggle

    Gloom over rental revenue growth

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Moral Money
    EU rule change highlights difficulty of defining ‘green’ Premium content

    Regulator changes tack after pushback on fund naming rules

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Active ETFs will transform model portfolios, says BlackRock CFO

    Martin Small said the world’s largest asset manager was on track for a record year in ETF net inflows

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Business InsightRichard Waters
    Big bets on AI point to venture capital industry’s shift

    The strategy of focusing money on larger deals comes at time of extreme indigestion for start-up investors

    The Databricks logo is seen on a smartphone
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    UK financial regulation
    UK’s FCA to simplify disclosure rules for investment products

    Watchdog says it will scrap regime inherited from EU that can ‘confuse or overwhelm’ investors

    The FCA head office in London
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Investor activism
    Boaz Weinstein takes aim at seven UK investment trusts

    US hedge fund trader cites poor performance and outlines plans to put forward his firm Saba as new manager

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  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Technology sector
    Start-up Vultr hits $3.5bn valuation in funding frenzy for AI cloud groups

    Data centre operator raises $333mn from investors in bet that companies will look for alternatives to Microsoft and Google

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  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    IPOs
    Chipmaker Kioxia rises on debut at the end of Bain’s long road to IPO

    Private equity group finally floats Japanese flash memory provider at a valuation far below what it paid in 2018

    Memory card products on display at the entrance to Kioxia’s HQ in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    ObituaryPrivate equity
    David Bonderman, 1942-2024, private equity’s globetrotting rock star

    TPG co-founder was part of a generation of buyout pioneers and made some of the industry’s boldest bets

    David Bonderman
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    European companies
    EU should force customers to buy less polluting products, companies say

    Major fossil fuel and industrial groups push for mandatory requirements in letter to European climate commissioner

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  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Venture capital investment
    Databricks raises $10bn in the biggest US venture deal this year

    Investors in the AI and data analytics group include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Insight Partners

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  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    LexFinancial services
    Thought ESG was hard to define? Try its antithesis

    Investors who want to bet against progressive values have a few options, none straightforward

    US President-elect Donald Trump delivers a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Florida
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    China expands private pension scheme and adds index funds

    Authorities hope the initiative, which makes use of index funds including ETFs, will boost investment in private pensions

    A Chinese investor takes a nap in front of an electronic board showing stock prices at a securities brokerage house in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    The Big Read
    The relentless advance of American asset managers in Europe

    Powerful US groups are shaking up the market and forcing their transatlantic rivals to partner and scale up — or exit the sector

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  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Blackstone-owned events organiser Clarion plans acquisition spree

    Trade fair group looks to double revenue as private equity backer plans sale

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  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Private equity
    Blue Owl co-founder seeking multiway merger to form PE investment giant

    Billionaire dealmaker Michael Rees sounds out potential partners to assemble new firm in mould of Blackstone

    A montage of Michael Rees and the logo of Blue Owl Capital
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Goldman Sachs’ investment arm agrees €2bn deal for drugmaker Synthon

    Deal with BC Partners aims to capitalise on rising demand for off-patent versions of complex drugs

    Aerial view of a  Synthon factory
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    FT Asset Management
    BlackRock’s billionaire bonanza

    Plus, Vanguard’s restructuring, a US trading frenzy, and Palazzo Citterio in Milan reopens

  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    ETF savings plans look set to take Europe by storm

    A monthly regular ETF investment habit that started in Germany is catching on across the continent

  • Saturday, 14 December, 2024
    Personal Finance
    What do investors need to look out for in 2025?

    The US dominates at FT Money’s annual investment panel — much to some participants’ annoyance

  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Directors’ Deals: Auction Technology Group finance chief offloads £1.2mn worth of shares

    Hargreaves to leave company after a mixed year

    A bidder’s paddle at an auction
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Stockpickers: China remains the watchword for luxury goods

    Plus: Ashtead and DS Smith — companies analysis from Investors’ Chronicle, our sister publication

  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
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