John Gapper from COMMENT 7:22pm

Wave of money eludes the real economy

The spate of dealmaking contrasts oddly with sluggish economies and risk-averse banks

Industry trends

A clearing house ©Bloomberg
The future slowly becomes clearer
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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement
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From EQUITIES 6:39pm

Great Rotation hovers on the horizon

Is the flow out of bonds and back into stocks imminent?

David Stevenson Adventurous Investor from PERSONAL FINANCE 6:38pm

A Third way to US equity profits

David Stevenson is attracted to a big US hedge fund

John Authers from EQUITIES 5:55pm

Selling, like comedy, is an art of timing

From COMPANIES 11:28pm

TowerBrook raises $3.5bn fund

Objective beaten in less than a year

Alchemy
11:11pm

Global inflows to Africa at two-year peak

Investors seek exposure to the region’s growth story

From EMERGING MARKETS Feb 7, 2013

Investors start a new scramble for Africa

Frontier markets outperform mainstream counterparts this year

From COMPANIES Feb 7, 2013

Bold attempt to unlock tech cash reserves

Moves reflect fresh response to groups hoarding nearly $500bn

A bricklayer adds cement to a brick as he builds a wall for a new home at Bovis Homes Group Plc's Kingsmere residential development in Bicester, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. U.K. mortgage approvals rose to their highest level in 15 months in August as property investors bolstered demand, the British Bankers' Association said. ©Bloomberg From PENSIONS INDUSTRY Feb 7, 2013

Pension funds wary of UK infrastructure

Investors want government to take on some of the risk of investing in new-build projects

From CAPITAL MARKETS Feb 6, 2013

Bank loans pitch faces investor road test

Funds are marketed as an alternative to bonds for the risk averse

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