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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has hired Lynda Shillaw as director of real estate.

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Stamp dealership firm Stanley Gibbons plans to launch a fund investing in rare stamps later this year, allowing UK investors access to the rapid growth of this market.

Could this be the most cynical investment idea ever hatched? Novitas has launched a Divorce Litigation fund which aims to "cover the rising costs of divorce" in an environment where traditional bank lending is still hard to come by.

Following the announcement of Robert Parker's latest wine scores, Scott Assemakis, managing director and founder of European Fine Wines, analyses the state of the asset class.

Britain's most expensive stamp, a 'plate 77 Penny Red', has been sold for £550,000 to a private client seeking portfolio diversification.

FMG, a specialist emerging markets investment firm, has launched a Mongolian-focussed investment fund.

Stirling Mortimer, the offshore property fund caught up in a dispute over €9.8m of cash which went missing from one of its cell funds, has agreed an out of court settlement to end an upcoming legal battle.

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