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Matalan
The most basic rule of business may be about to net the founder and majority shareholder of the UK discount store chain a big reward
Painting by numbers
Next week a London fair tests confidence and whether the precipitous plunge in prices is bottoming out
Lex: Movie derivatives
Potential investors might watch the film The Producers and note that Hollywood accounting has an infamous history
Movie derivatives
Potential investors might watch the film The Producers and note that Hollywood accounting has an infamous history
Blackstone and AB InBev
This expected deal is a shadow of those from just a few years ago, but it is a sign the private equity industry is continuing its slow rebound
KKR listing
The partial Dutch IPO of the private equity group marks the start of their European reconnaissance mission
CIC
While other sovereign wealth funds talk a good deal, China Investment Corp does them
Hedge funds
The shadow banking system is reviving more quickly than the real one as non-banks start doing what banks are supposed to do
Blackstone buys Broadgate
Transatlantic marriages of convenience are alive and well in the real estate market
EU hedge fund regulation
For all their footloose talk, it seems European hedge funds are more reluctant to leave London than they had let on
