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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.
Specialist venture capital house Longbow Capital has launched an Enterprise Investment Scheme fund, investing in emerging healthcare, life science and wellbeing companies.
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.
Specialist venture capital house Longbow Capital has launched an enterprise investment scheme fund, investing in emerging healthcare, life science and wellbeing companies.
Henderson Global Investors could be dropped as manager of the Henderson Private Equity investment trust after activist investor Advance UK requisitioned a meeting.
Aberdeen Asset Management has bought out the investment management contract for Bramdean Alternatives investment trust from Nicola Horlick's Bramdean Asset Management.
Investors should "look through" the stagnant UK economy to small and mid-caps that are exploiting demand overseas, according to Richard Plackett of BlackRock.
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.
The Aramid Entertainment fund has issued a bond with a yield of 9 per cent to UK and international retail investors.
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.
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