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Charities fear their funding crisis can only get worse
The three virtues – faith, hope and charity ... If past recessions are anything to go by, ... Renu Mehta, founder of Fortune Forum, a charity ... Nearly a thousand charities in the UK shut ... Sixty one per cent said they were concerned ... A spokeswoman from Oxfam said: “Each pound that...
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Ex-Goldman heads launch advisory firm
A former managing director and an executive director ... Bimaljit Hundal, a former managing director and head ... It received Financial Services Authority approval in January. ... Egerton-Warburton left Goldman in June 2007, while Hundal ... Egerton-Warburton told Financial News: “We believe there is...
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The search for the heart of the hedge fund industry
Many believe the beating heart of the global ... Financial News can reveal a new contender: a ... The heart of the UK hedge fund industry ... Europe’s largest hedge fund manager Brevan Howard Asset ... A host of other hedge fund managers, from ... All UK firms must provide registered UK addresses...
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Soros urges G20 emerging market focus
Billionaire stock picker George Soros has urged the ... In a hastily arranged lecture at the London ... He specifically called for the 20 governments to ... Soros argued that by doing this, emerging markets’ ... Extending the SDR programme is already under consideration...
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Know your enemy: The protester profiles
London is bracing itself for an eruption of ... Financial institutions in the capital have been in ... The G20 kicks-off on Thursday April 2 but ... Website Anarchy.net is urging followers to meet in ... Protesters are being urged to “engage in the ... The group spells out its reasons for protesting...
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Cayman comes under spotlight after Weavering collapse
A Cayman Islands-based lawyer has questioned whether the ... The lawyer questioned whether the island had enough ... The fixed income fund of London manager is ... PricewaterhouseCoopers, the fund's liquidator, said the fund conducted ... Magnus Peterson, Weavering's founder, was reportedly joined by...
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New low in commercial real estate lending
Banks' reluctance to lend to the collapsed commercial ... According to a survey of 83 lenders by ... In comparison, three-fifths (59%) of those surveyed said ... This year's survey also found that of the ... The lack of desire to lend to the ... According to the survey, of the 22 active...
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Top London properties to slump 50% from peak to trough
Luxury residential properties in London are selling for ... Jeremy McGivern, who runs property consultancy Mercury Home ... Large price hikes by ambitious vendors at the ... Alex Michelin, head of Kensington-based estate agents Finchatton, ... Trevor Abrahamson, head of Highgate-based Glentree Estates, which...
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Hedge funds increase punts against UK betting firms
In a wry turn of events, hedge funds ... William Hill and Ladbrokes are among UK bookmakers ... Short sellers sell borrowed shares, betting their price ... Punters have increased their short positions in William ... London's Odey Asset Management revealed in exchange ... The bookmaker's shares have fallen 2.3% since the...
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London tightens its grip on forex trading
The amount of foreign currency traded in the ... Figures compiled by Financial News based on the ... Last April, UK trading represented 58% of the ... The central banks – based in London, New ... The rise in FX trading has been caused ... The figures underscore the increased importance banks attach...
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RBS assets for sale - no time wasters, please
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s newly-installed chief executive ... Hester, along with UK Financial Investments Ltd, the ... RBS, which is 68% owned by the UK ... RBS said in today's statement: "It is intended ... The good bank will constitute its UK and ... The ‘bad’ bank comprises assets worth up over...
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Hedge fund body echoes regulation calls
A powerful trade body representing the hedge fund ... The Alternative Investment Management Association said large hedge ... It added that hedge fund managers globally should ... “We want to dispel once and for all ... He spoke as politicians and regulators seek to ... Many policy makers see hedge funds, and particularly...
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Rural property market shows 'transformation'
Residential property in rural commuter towns have witnessed ... The Knight Frank country house department - which ... "We are seeing international buyers take advantage of ... The agent said that with interest rates now ... The rise in activity has been led by ... Andrew Shirley, head of rural property research, added:...
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Ken Clarke loses hedge fund advisory role
Two prominent European politicians have left Centaurus Capital ... Kenneth Clarke, the former UK Chancellor of the ... The pair are leaving the US hedge fund ... According to the most recent figures available, Centaurus' ... Kenneth Clarke did not return calls for comment....
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Comment: UK likely to make a swift recovery
The international race to climb out of the ... The nation that appears at present to be ... I am speaking out against the consensus here, ... I suspect the opposite may be true – ... European economic circumstances offer a textbook display of ... French President Nicolas Sarkozy is hell bent on...
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Paranoia strikes the super-rich
Individuals in receipt of wealth beyond the dreams ... Their worries are not always rational, but they ... Wegner shows people cannot suppress concerns for long. ... And the wealthy have good reason to become ... The banking system and hedge funds were under ... Andrew Rodger, director of multi-family office Stonehage, says:...
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Letter from the City: UK plans amnesty program for offshore bank accounts
In these lean times, governments are facing pressure ... The UK Treasury will launch an amnesty for ... A similar plan in 2007 brought in around ... The move comes as the UK and other ... Timms said the new plan gives offshore-account holders ... The tide is fast turning against offshore financial...
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UK asset slump exceeds £100bn
Assets under management at UK-domiciled funds fell by ... The value of assets at open-ended UK funds ... The fall came despite an increase in the ... Bonds attracted large inflows of £3bn in 2008, ... A higher percentage of assets under management are ... The best selling funds were those that invested...
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UK commercial property prices to plunge further 25%
Moody’s Investors Service, the credit rating agency, has ... In a report yesterday from Moody’s on commercial ... Valuations on French commercial property could fall a ... Oliver Schmitt, Moody’s CMBS analyst and one of ... He added: “For the occupational market in the...
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Private equity firms eye wealth managers
Wealth managers are in for a big shake-up ... James Fraser, head of the financial services unit ... “There is an opportunity to add real value ... Permira’s decision to play an active role in ... Jones, one of the most experienced asset managers ... Permira launched its financial division two months ago,...
