Activist investor Edward Bramson takes the helm of F&C Asset Management, the fund manager where he led the ousting of the previous chairman after an acrimonious battle in the spring... more
The chief executive of F&C Asset Management who survived February's boardroom coup at the fund manager says it will take "several months" to come up with its new strategy... more
F&C Asset Management, the fund manager which saw its chairman ousted by rebel shareholders this month, could now lose one of its biggest clients... more
The interesting thing about Project Merlin was that it was Government trying to call the banks to account, rather than the shareholders. It is perhaps a sign of how far we have strayed from risk-based capitalism in the financial sector that no one really noticed... 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
Fund manager F&C Asset Management ups its battle to see off rebel shareholder Sherborne Investors with plans to cut costs of up to £12 million affecting 110 back office staff... more
Could we all be heading for one massive great hangover on the August Bank Holiday weekend?
Blue-blooded broker JPMorgan Cazenove certainly thinks so... more
With the summer holidays approaching it’s a good time to get into Tui Travel shares, but analysts say there is little sunshine for Lloyds Banking Group... more
Market Round-up: City gossip-mongers push the yarn that private equity could be stalking Connaught, helping it to claim the top spot on the FTSE 250 winners board... more
Thames River Capital, a Mayfair hedge fund run by a man who described himself as “the most overpaid nanny in the world”, is sold for a knockdown price... more
Fund manager F&C Asset Management had its first net inflow of funds for more than two years during January, almost three years after it was put up for sale by Friends Provident... more
The stock market has been heading mostly upwards for months but some fund management houses, such as F&C Asset Management, are still contriving to lose money... more
Stock-market investors might have wished for a better start to the second half of the year. As it is they’ve taken something of a battering, with the prospect of further volatility to come ... more
Economy: Fund management giant F&C Asset Management has announced its second jobs cull in four months as it admitted it is facing "downward pressure on revenues and margins"... more
Life insurer Friends Provident abandons the sale of wealth management unit Lombard and its stake in F&C Asset Management as chaos in the financial markets scupper any deals... more
Fund managers and banking analysts react with dismay to the Treasury’s plans to control how much banks pay out in dividends if they take up any of the Government’s £50 billion recapitalisation offer... more
A top City lawyer who won her claim for sex discrimination when she was driven from her job after an 18-month campaign of bullying could receive £19 million compensation... more
A leading City lawyer is in line for a record £13 million compensation payout over claims she suffered bullying and sexual discrimination by her colleagues... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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