Leonard Kehnscherper

St. James’s Place Plc is winding down three UK property funds managing a total of £1.84 billion ($2.3 billion), a year after halting client redemptions during a wider commercial real estate downturn.

Low investment levels are one reason why the UK has endured more than a decade of subpar economic growth. So what could be more sensible than to divert more of the country’s pension savings into productive investments?

Aviva Plc reached a preliminary agreement to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) in a deal that would create the UK's largest motor insurer.

Amanda Blanc is determined to steer Aviva Plc to one of the biggest takeovers in its history, a highlight in a storied insurance career where she’s stood up to challenges including activist shareholders and sexist barbs.

Private credit assets should be trading at a premium to traditional fixed-income assets given their lower liquidity, according to Franklin Templeton Investments Chief Executive Officer Jenny Johnson.

Franklin Templeton Investments Chief Executive Officer Jenny Johnson said she's concerned that some investment- and non-investment-grade private credit assets are trading at the same spreads as traditional fixed-income investments like corporate bonds.

Ardonagh Group has secured new investment from Stone Point Capital, almost doubling the valuation of the UK insurance broker to $14 billion in three years, according to people familiar with the matter.

The practice of de-risking defined contribution pension pots as savers close in on retirement will cost the UK as much as £25 billion ($32 billion) during the current Parliament, according to asset manager Columbia Threadneedle.

(Bloomberg) -- Boaz Weinstein is calling on shareholders to replace the boards of seven UK investment trusts with candidates proposed by his Saba Capital Management, including the hedge fund manager himself.

Neil Woodford, the once-renowned investment manager, rejected criticism around the collapse of his fund empire more than five years ago, fighting back against findings by the UK’s financial watchdog.