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Aberdeen has acquired £13.5bn of long-only multi-manager and fund of hedge fund assets from RBS Asset Management for £84.7m.

New Star's £741m UK Property fund has made its first purchase in over two years, a £10.5m retail unit in Chichester.

Property continued to top the retail best seller table in November for the second month running in what proved a bumper period for fund inflows, according to IMA figures.

Henderson has agreed the final sale needed in order to re-open its New Star International Property fund, which has been suspended since 25 November 2008.

Jeremy Hall, partner at Edinburgh-based investment boutique Cartesian Capital, explains exactly how 130/30 funds work.

The Government has committed to create a level playing field on VAT for retail investors in Islamic finance products.

Industry veteran Piers Denne has been hired by alternative investment boutique Future Capital Partners (FCP) to head up its new business development strategy.

Commodities will be the main focus of investors' strategies next year, driven by demand from developed economies, according to Fidelity asset allocation director Trevor Greetham.

The Liberal Democrats have proposed creating a national infrastructure fund, open to institutional and retail investors, to replace Private Finance Initiatives (PFI).

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