Fund manager Henderson cheers shareholders with a forecast that first-half profits will be better than expected and news that it has held on to more of the funds in its recent takeover of Gartmore than it had hoped... more
One of London's top fund managers says he is "staggered" and "incandescent" at the pay-off granted to Gartmore chief executive Jeff Meyer in the wake of the firm's fire sale to Henderson for £366 million... more
When the Financial Services Authority wins an insider-dealing case, fines a firm or bans an individual from working in the City, it does so in a blaze of publicity. The press releases are pumped out. Quotes from Margaret Cole, the chief enforcer, are spread across the newspapers... more
Trainer Nicky Henderson has warned that Aegean Dawn could miss next week's Cheltenham Festival after he ruled the Paddy Power Imperial Cup favourite out of Saturday's Sandown feature... more
Fund management group Henderson's chief executive Andrew Formica says he has seen no nasty surprises in the results of rival Gartmore, which he is acquiring for £335 million... more
F&C Asset Management’s biggest shareholder, Sherborne, attacks the fund manager’s track record and calls on other investors to back its plan to remove the chairman and two other directors in favour of its own people... more
The London Stock Exchange has “now concluded” its investigation into a major and embarrassing outage last November, at the time rumoured to be sabotage, that saw the stock market suspended... more
Comment: Henderson deal marks Gartmore’s seventh change of ownership in little more than two decades, and leaves an obvious lesson for investors... more
Henderson Global Investors is risking the wrath of thousands of customers by launching a takeover bid for a rival at a much lower price than one its own star fund managers paid for the shares... more
Shares in fund management group Gartmore fall more than 10% as it announces a takeover approach from rival Henderson at “a slight discount” to Friday’s closing price... more
When a travel firm hits trouble, its peers in the industry are committed to rescue and bring home the stranded customers. The fund management industry offers no such mutual protection for its clients stranded when a firm collapses
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A year after buying troubled London fund manager New Star for £115 million, Henderson Group is eyeing a deal more than twice that size in the United States ... more
Will suitors soon be circling Dana Petroleum and Premier Oil? Dana in particular has long been the subject of City gossip, viewed as a prime candidate for a takeover by one a titan such as BP... more
Fund manager Henderson today said its integration of the recently acquired New Star business was progressing well although group profits for the half-year will be significantly lower than a year ago ... more
Commentary: When Andrew Formica ran Henderson’s equities business, his mantra was “to invest in companies that whilst fundamentally sound are nevertheless underperforming”... more
Investment: John Duffield’s New Star finally imploded with the stricken fund manager forced to sell up for just £5 million — or tuppence a share... more
Barry Geraghty's decision to give up at least five good rides for Nicky Henderson at Newbury's Hennessy Gold Cup meeting could pave the way for the biggest win of Andrew Tinkler's career when he partners the well-fancied Oedipe... more
As Gordon Brown takes his entire cabinet to Birmingham to show the Government is connecting with the majority of the electorate, businesses are voting with their feet... more
The Prime Minister delivered his speech last night to the Scottish CBI in Glasgow against a continuing chorus from his left-wingers that he should impose a windfall tax on the currently high profits of the energy industry... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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