US private equity house JC Flowers has bought the insurance broking arm of Belgium's KBC Group - Fidea - as the bank off-loads assets to repay €7 billion (£6.1 billion) in bailout funds... more
Comment: JC Flowers, the US private equity house run by Chris Flowers, is set to unveil a £50m deal to take over the Kent Reliance Building Society - even though he doesn't seem the type... more
The Kent Reliance building society confirms private equity group JC Flowers is planning to take control of it in what would be a first strike by the investment group to break into UK High Street banking... more
Analysis: Little-noticed amid the financial market meltdown, 26 sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) met in Santiago, Chile, last month where they agreed to prepare a set of principles for their future operations... more
London Gateway, the £1.5bn container port under construction on the Thames at Thurrock, will have capacity to unload six of the world's largest ships at one time and have as much impact on the capital as a new airport or half a dozen Westfield shopping centres
With London Fashion Week kicking off on Friday, British designer Matthew Williamson tells Rosamund Urwin about breaking up with his ex, post-show partying and his new model man
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