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M&A enjoys rebound

M&A is back with the third and fourth quarters of 2025 seeing an increase in deal value of 43 per cent to reach USD4.7 trillion compared to USD3.3 trillion for the previous year.

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The varying costs of AI

If asset managers didn’t have enough to worry about when it comes to effective implementation of artificial intelligence across their operations, now they are fretting about how much to spend.

Katie Whipp, re:sustain

Heat wave brings focus on stranded assets

As temperatures soar once again across Europe having smashed all previous records in June, attention inevitably turns not only to climate change mitigation, but to adaptation specifically the buildings in which we live and work.

Anne-Marie Gillon, Quantum Advisory

Fiduciary management market enjoying steady growth

One of the UK’s largest defined benefit (DB) schemes has appointed BlackRock to take control of if investments and advise on strategy taking the asset manager’s total fiduciary assets under management to GBP300 billion.

Keiren Bussey, bfinance

The complex data behind fees: bfinance

Unpalatably high fund management fees which are often cited as a barrier to private market investing are starting to fall but research reveals complex charging structures and poor transparency may prevent investors from capitalising on compression.

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