To provide its shareholders with quoted access to private equity and infrastructure returns, its main focus is on making quoted and unquoted equity and/ or debt investments in businesses and funds in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Find out MoreThe UK blue chip index retreated on Friday as a calmer bond market and favourable British construction data was overpowered by a weaker commodities market. Sector-wise, oil and industrial metal stocks provided the biggest drag on the FTSE, dwarfing the boost provided by real estate and travel. At 3:
Read moreAfter a negative start, UK stocks rallied into the close as improving labour-market data from the States lifted sentiment. After a choppy week, owing mainly to volatility on the government bond market, Wall Street indices opened higher following a Labor Department report which showed that US jobless
Read moreUK stocks rebounded from early losses, but remained restrained by concerns of Greek instability. Sector wise, miners and technology services provided the biggest drag, while insurers and utilities gave a welcome boost. At 1:45 BST, the FTSE 100 was trading 12 points higher at 6,962. ITV declined a
Read moreUK stocks erased losses by Thursday lunchtime on a quiet session for economic data, though concerns about Greece were limiting upside. Reports that Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has called for the European Central Bank to delay Athens' debt repayments shook sentiment among investors. The
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Read moreInvestment manager 3i Group said all its businesses had performed well in the year to end of March, although it warned of currency volatility across many financial markets. The FTSE 100 group reported a total return of 19.9% equivalent to £659m, in the 12 months to 31 March; a 4.6% increase year-on-
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