Tuesday, 6th January 2009

 

New Star profit falls 37% on massive outflows

New Star Asset Management on Friday said its funds under administration fell 14% to £19.8bn (€24.5bn) during the first half of the year, as operating profits declined 37% to £30.3m, according to a report in The Times, London.

The fund manager said that retail and institutional investors withdrew £1.1bn and market declines wiped an extra £2.2bn off the value of its portfolio.

Net revenues declined 16% to £72.8m. The interim dividend has been slashed to 1p, from 4p last time.

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Mayfair goes Modern

Sebastian + Barquet, a three-year old design gallery based in New York and Chelsea, is opening a new gallery showing museum quality pieces in Mayfair next month, the first in London to focus on international modernism from the 1940s to the 1960s. Its opening exhibition is dedicated to American modernist design and is curated by celebrated architect Eric Parry.

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Merrill’s Peter Kraus collects $25m and then resigns

Merrill Lynch’s John Thain may not be getting a bonus this year, but the former Goldman Sachs Group executives he hired are getting a fortune.

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