FTAdviser latest:Bramdean Alternatives proposals could mean Aberdeen rebrand

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Proposals put forward by the board of Bramdean Alternative investment trust - formerly managed by investment heavyweight Nicola Horlick - could see it rebranded with the Aberdeen name.

  • Time published: 12:57
  • Date published: 09.03.2010
  • Published in: Investments

Longbow rolls out health and life science fund

Specialist venture capital house Longbow Capital has launched an Enterprise Investment Scheme fund, investing in emerging healthcare, life science and wellbeing companies.

  • Date published: 15.02.2010

Electra Partners funds esure MBO

Electra Partners Private Equity investment trust has emerged as one of the backers of the management buy-out of Lloyds Banking Group's 70 per cent stake in online insurer esure.

  • Date published: 11.02.2010

Longbow aims for emerging healthcare EIS

Specialist venture capital house Longbow Capital has launched an enterprise investment scheme fund, investing in emerging healthcare, life science and wellbeing companies.

  • Date published: 08.02.2010

Henderson Private Equity manager could be deposed

Henderson Global Investors could be dropped as manager of the Henderson Private Equity investment trust after activist investor Advance UK requisitioned a meeting.

  • Date published: 25.01.2010

Horlick's Bramdean contract bought out as Aberdeen takes control

Aberdeen Asset Management has bought out the investment management contract for Bramdean Alternatives investment trust from Nicola Horlick's Bramdean Asset Management.

  • Date published: 19.11.2009

Small, mid-caps hold key to recovery - BlackRock

Investors should "look through" the stagnant UK economy to small and mid-caps that are exploiting demand overseas, according to Richard Plackett of BlackRock.

  • Date published: 19.11.2009

Experts issue dire warning over European directive

Financial experts at this month's Aberdeen Global Investment Conference have warned the draft Alternative Investment Fund Management directive could be "potentially catastrophic" for the industry.

  • Date published: 26.10.2009

Aramid offers 9% yield bond

The Aramid Entertainment fund has issued a bond with a yield of 9 per cent to UK and international retail investors.

  • Date published: 26.10.2009

Jon Moulton speaks on Alchemy owned lender

Ousted Alchemy Partners founder, Jon Moulton, has warned the performance of the private equity firm's biggest current investment, Swift Advances, is unlikely to produce anything noteworthy for investors.

  • Date published: 22.10.2009

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Focus: Liquidity is essential

Irrespective of what stage we are at in the market cycle, ample liquidity is an essential component of any investment portfolio.

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