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  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    UK financial regulation
    UK watchdog admits 7 funds breached ‘trash ratio’

    Revelation raises pressure on Andrew Bailey ahead of parliamentary grilling

  • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
    UK Budget
    Chancellor plans to scrap tax relief for entrepreneurs

    Lobby group warns £3bn move would destroy retirement plans of small business owners

  • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Carrying out a successful mega-deal

    Yves Perrier has won over staff to his unorthodox approach to the investment industry

  • Saturday, 29 February, 2020
    Fund management
    Ex-Woodford fund shrinks 16% since reopening

    New manager Standard Life Aberdeen hit by investment in Tui

  • Monday, 24 February, 2020
    FT CollectionsTech battlegrounds
    BlackRock’s black box: the tech hub of modern finance

    Used by rival fund managers, the reach of the Aladdin platform raises possible conflicts of interest

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    ESG investing
    Low-carbon fund is UK best seller in January

    Flows into BlackRock vehicle highlight rising interest in sustainable investing

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    FTfm
    Inside story of Jupiter and Merian’s marriage of convenience

    Tale of how two British fund managers came together says a lot about industry pressures

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    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

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    AnalysisTechnology sector
    Why UK universities are courting overseas investors

    There are plenty of discoveries to bring to market but domestic funding has been squeezed

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  • Saturday, 15 February, 2020
    Jupiter Fund Management PLC
    Jupiter in advanced talks to buy Merian Global Investors

    Deal would create UK group with just over £65bn of assets under management

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    Financial services
    UK university pension fund closes stockpicking team

    Manager will shift £14bn of assets to quantitative and ‘responsible investment’ units

  • Monday, 10 February, 2020
    Oxford Sciences Innovation Plc
    Former Google CFO quits as chair of Oxford university spin-off arm

    Patrick Pichette follows chief executive out of £600m investment business

  • Saturday, 1 February, 2020
    Investing in funds
    Investors give up stocks for bonds despite frothy returns

    Fixed-income funds attracted more than $700bn in 2019

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Woodford’s investors face £10m in winding-up costs

    Equity Income fund administrators will also have to meet pledges made by fund manager

  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Trapped Woodford investors told of steep losses

    More than 300,000 UK savers have been stuck since June in the £3bn failed fund

  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    Star stockpicker Darwall apologises for Wirecard exposure

    Ex-Jupiter fund manager regrets 17% portfolio share but still backs German payments group

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    AnalysisCoronavirus
    The impact of coronavirus across industry and finance

    Companies from luxury retailers to airlines and banks are reeling as the disease accelerates

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    Fund management
    Top UK pension scheme threatens managers over climate risk

    Brunel toughens stance and says it will fire funds if they fail to reduce exposure

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    InterviewFTfm
    Africa looms large for UK’s development finance unit

    Impact investments can generate solid returns, says chief of CDC

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    Oxford Sciences Innovation Plc
    Oxford Sciences Innovation parts ways with chief executive

    Abrupt departure of Charles Conn after 8 months has not been publicly announced

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    Financial Conduct Authority UK
    FCA blindsided by investment fund suspensions 

    Regulator admits it does not track frequency of funds that block investor withdrawals

  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
    AnalysisBlackRock Inc
    BlackRock seeks to regain lost ground in climate fight 

    World’s largest asset manager has failed to live up to own rhetoric, argue critics

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Trapped Woodford investors face delay to first repayment

    More than 300,000 savers have been stuck in £3bn fund since it was suspended in June

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Neil Woodford
    Woodford and partner shared £13.8m in dividends in final year

    At least 300,000 investors still trapped in former star stockpicker’s flagship fund

  • Sunday, 5 January, 2020
    Cannabis industry
    High demand prompts launch of Europe’s first cannabis ETF

    Similar products in North America have proved popular despite a poor year for the sector

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