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BlackRock taps Asia with property deal

MGPA agreement will almost double size of real estate arm

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Blackstone leads buyout bid for Chinese group

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Yield hunt drives up leveraged loans

Most have been trading above face value

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Markets are at risk of a ‘big data’ crash

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Special report: Asset manager intentions

'The financial crisis hit asset management like an asteroid in 2008,' James Dilworth, chief executive of Allianz Global Investors Europe, told FTfm ©Bloomberg

Will the middle go the way of the dinosaur or rise to phoenix-­like splendour?

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Aim groups look to fringe funding schemes

Roll call of London-listed companies use share placing products

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Middle Eastern SWFs choose private equity

Cash-rich Gulf funds are avoiding property and infrastructure

From PENSIONS INDUSTRY May 19, 2013

Pension funds switch out of equities

Worries market will turn and send deficits spiralling

From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

US fund Monarch to open office in London

Chief sees ‘attractive’ opportunity to invest

Carl Icahn and Michael Dell ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

Companies look to yield markets to refinance and pay dividends

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