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Franklin swells assets to $1.5tn with Legg Mason deal

Tie-up of struggling asset managers is about ‘offence not defence’, says chief Jenny Johnson

Michael Spencer

Michael Spencer taken to the cleaners by Laundrapp demise

ICAP founder among investors hit as ‘Uber of dry-cleaning’ collapses into administration

AnalysisPassive Investing

US’s passive investing juggernauts break new ground in Britain

Approach pioneered by BlackRock and peers threatens UK’s personality-led investment culture

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

Jupiter chief defends stock picking after Merian acquisition

Deal highlights how rise of passive providers is forcing traditional fund managers to join forces

LombardCat Rutter Pooley

City has fallen out of love with investment bankers

Barclays stands alone; Jupiter boss rehashes playbook; Laura Ashley’s perennial problems

Turkey wealth fund chief rebuffs criticism of Erdogan’s role

Zafer Sonmez seeks foreign backers to scale up state body’s investment capacity

Lansdowne Partners Ltd

Hedge fund Lansdowne hit by failed bet on UK recovery

Drop at flagship product drags out run of disappointing performance

SoftBank Group Corp

SoftBank investment chief pushes for hedge fund vehicle

Misra explores tie-up involving Mubadala and Kazakhstan despite it deviating from Son’s blueprint

Inside LondonBryce Elder

Where the fund manager consolidation narrative goes wrong

Optimism, not pessimism, could spark future takeover offers for UK investment houses

EU financial regulation

Former MEP warns of fresh raid on fund managers’ EU business models

Brussels data proposals could disrupt crucial delegation rules, says Kay Swinburne

How will the EU reshape fund managers’ regulations after Brexit?

UK fund managers fear Brussels could shift goalposts and compromise third-country access

InterviewFTfm

Sustainalytics chief: ‘We are past the time of voluntary disclosures’

Michael Jantzi argues for consistent, mandatory reporting of ESG data

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