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AXA IM has launched a property fund that will invest in both equity and debt in an effort to produce a return profile similar to that of direct real estate investment.

Hermes Real Estate has hired Aviva Investors' manager Philip Nell as a fund director charged with overseeing a new property portfolio at the group.

RWC has joined a raft of asset managers bulking up to launch emerging market equity strategies, ahead of a possible turnaround in investor appetite for the asset class.

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EFG Asset Management has launched a New Capital Global Equity Conviction fund for head of equity research Robin Milway.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has urged new Prime Minister David Cameron to undertake a 'fundamental reform' of Britain's relationship with Europe.

China's central bank has cut interest rates for the third time in six months as it tries to shore up its slowing economy in the face of low inflation and a cooling property market.

After a disastrous night for Labour and the Liberal Democrats, we are several steps closer to knowing the identity of the next pensions minister.

The Conservative party's election victory means it has been given a mandate to renegotiate the UK's role in Europe, according to Jupiter vice chairman Edward Bonham Carter.

David Cameron has said the Conservatives will govern "as a party of one nation" over the next five years, as well as delivering on their promise to hold an in-out referendum on EU membership.