Asset manager posts another quarter of net outflows amid ‘challenging’ conditions
Investors pull total of £6bn from asset manager over past year amid pressure on London’s capital markets
The boutique has been a busy beast — but its share price has not budged for 5 years
Early-stage talks between FTSE 250 asset manager and independent boutique come as UK industry faces mounting pressures
Asset manager begins search for successor to Alastair Barbour whose length of board tenure triggered row last year
The UK asset manager is being ejected from the FTSE 250 after billions in outflows and losing half its market value
Clients will not like turmoil, no matter who runs the business
Activists who disrupted deal will put forward new board at September EGM
Shareholders in Swiss asset manager reject deal company had said was essential
Activist investors say the offer undervalues the Swiss asset manager’s potential as deadline looms
Swiss asset manager urges shareholders to reject advances from activist investors
Group with 9% holding says Liontrust offer undervalues Swiss asset manager and is pushing for new directors
Rare intervention from staff comes as proposed sale of Swiss company has drawn criticism from some shareholders
Swiss group’s board is poorly placed to demand better terms and UK bidder is unlikely to offer much more
Investor move threatens sale of GAM to London-listed Liontrust
Swiss fund group strikes deal with London-listed asset manager after striving for weeks to secure future
UK asset manager makes approach as industry pressure to consolidate intensifies
Corporate governance worries prompted two executives to leave the asset manager’s board
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Chief executive raises stake after asset manager’s share price falls
Opposition comes as fund managers face increasing scrutiny over remuneration
Tie-up marks latest example of industry consolidation as groups seek new growth avenues
John Ions has built momentum with a string of acquisitions but argues size isn’t everything in the fund industry
Planned purchase will lift London-listed investment group’s asset base to £25bn
