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Come Thursday 23rd June, life for Britain's smaller businesses may never be the same again.

Law firm Winckworth Sherwood is advising Genesis Housing Association on its role in LINQ Housing, an innovative delivery and financing model developed by LINQ Partners. Genesis and LINQ Partner have together co-sponsored LINQ Housing’s first initiative, with long-term funding provided by M&G Investments.

Malta has addressed one of the biggest issues in European fund management – the speed to market - with its new Notified Alternative Investment Funds (NAIF) framework, according to Jeremy Leach, Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Partners Group.

Interior architecture and specialist FFE (furniture, fixtures and equipment) consultancy SpaceZero, has secured contracts working on 40 per cent of the country’s private finance-funded Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) schools, and 27 per cent of those that are government funded.

VCCP, the London-based top five UK advertising agency owned by the leading international sports marketing and communications group, Chime Communications, announces that it is expanding its reach to the U.S. with the acquisition of MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER, a highly awarded, San Francisco-based, full-service advertising agency. The combined group will form an international network spanning London, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Prague, Sydney and Berlin.

In exciting news, AI Global Media Ltd. is delighted to announce they have become a member of the CPD Certification Service. In short, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the term used to describe the learning activities professionals engage in to develop and enhance their abilities.

Dr. Antonius Alijoyo of the Enterprise Risk Management Academy and CRMS Indonesia shares his thoughts on the importance of corporate governance today, the recent trends and developments in the field, and how his company implements it.

At the 17th Temenos Community Forum in Barcelona – on 19 May 2016 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the software specialist for banking and finance, today announces a great transfer in wealth from aging baby boomers to younger generations is reshaping the wealth management industry in ways that demand greater efficiency and adaptation by incumbent firms, according to a new report today from Temenos and Forbes Insights.

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Corinthia Hotels announces the acquisition of the Hotel Astoria in Brussels. This part-listed, trophy property has stood vacant for 10 years, but will now be fully refurbished as the city’s leading luxury hotel, branded the Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria.

Kutak Rock LLP is one of America’s premiere finance, securities and investment law firms. We invited the firm’s Chair of Alternative Investments, Marc Lieberman, to talk us through how the firm came to be such a superpower in the private equity, hedge fund and real estate legal industry.

FXFINPRO Capital is a highly innovative Financial Brokerage company with its headquarters located in Cyprus. The company was established by an experienced team of finance, technology, legal, marketing and sales professionals who are dedicated to providing unbiased, client-centred investment solutions and outstanding service and professionalism through an “out-of-the-box” approach. We spoke to them to find out more about their company, and the ever-increasing demand in forex trading.

Netherlands-based leading insurance group Aegon is joining the ranks of institutional investors which entrust their funds to responsAbility-managed investment solutions. Following a thorough investigation of the potential of microfinance, Aegon has now disbursed its first investments in this specific area of development investments.

Lendified is the brainchild of Troy Wright and Kevin Clark, two seasoned professionals in the Canadian banking industry who set their sights on the often-overlooked area of supporting small businesses. We spoke to Kevin Clark to find out more about their company, and get their insight into the myriad of developments, including crowdfunding, in the fintech industry.

YOU ME Patent & Law Firm was established in 1981 and is now currently one of the largest IP firms in Korea with over 34 partners, 54 associates, and 170 engineers and administrative staff. We spoke to David Hunjoon Kim, Partner at YOU ME, to find out more about their firm, and how they have grown to become leaders in their industry.

Rosetini Ibrahim established Rosetini & Partners (the “Firm”) in the beginning of 2005.The Firm’s tagline is: passionate, committed and reliable. It is passionate about assisting the legal needs of its clients and committed to deliver the best outcome for them. It is reliable because it values the trust of its clients and put their needs and interest as first priority.

Thiru & Thiru is a full service mid-size law firm with nine partners and 50 plus associates. We got in touch with Thiruvengadam B.C, Senior Partner at Thiru & Thiru, to find out more about their firm and got his insight into the Indian legal landscape.

The UAE’s new Commercial Companies Law No. 2 of 2015 (the “New Law”) was issued on the 25th of March 2015 and came into effect 3 months following its issuance date (the “Effective Date”) repealing the old UAE’s Commercial Companies Law No. 8 of 1984 (the “Old Law”).

In total there were 12,089 deals worth a combined USD 764,172 million announced during the second half of 2015, according to Zephyr, the M&A database published by Bureau van Dijk. In terms of value this represents a xxx per cent increase on H1 2015, when USD 714,182 million was invested in industrials companies.

Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH (Warburg-HIH Invest) has opened dedicated offices in France (Paris) and Spain (Madrid) and hired two real estate experts who bring local expertise of the French and Spanish property market to the team.

Having female managers on the board improves a company’s share price, according to new research from Skema business school.

Alliance Trust Savings warns that pension savings could miss out on substantial tax relief due to confusion around the new annual allowance taper rules which come into force this month.

I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment manager focusing on energy, utilities, and transport in North America, Europe, and select high growth economies.

ETF Securities, one of the world’s leading, independent providers of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs),believes the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has made a policy mistake. After raising rates for the first time in nine years, the Fed has held back from further hikes in 2016, bowing to market tantrums.

According to a new study by leading specialist lender, Amicus Finance Plc (“Amicus”), more than half (53%) of small business owners expect demand for alternative finance – including forms such as property finance, crowdsourcing, invoice finance and asset finance, to increase over the next two years while just 6% think it will decline.

The Capital Partnership, a private investment office and independent asset manager, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the ownership of Northgate Capital, the California-based venture capital and private equity investment firm, from Religare and certain members of Northgate’s management team.

Following today’s announcement that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to maintain Bank rate at 0.5%, Calum Bennie, savings expert at Scottish Friendly said, “the days of the Bank of England threatening an imminent rise in interest rates seem to be fading into the distance

It’s been a bumpy first quarter to say the least. We expected bouts of ‘violent volatility,’ but we were surprised by the extent of the weakness up to mid-February. Although markets in a low growth environment are very vulnerable to shocks, the declines seemed severe and overdone. So what is the picture for the rest of the year and how are markets looking for investors asks Nigel Cumming, chief investment officer of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management.

A “decade of change” is predicted for cash use across Europe by G4S, one of the largest cash solutions business on the continent.

Over recent years it has become more common to start a new family after getting divorced or separating from a long-term partner. However, having children in later in life is impacting the amount of debt people have as they get older, according to research by Saga Personal Finance.

In a nutshell, Allied Wallet’s astounding Next Gen Payment Gateway allows for simpler integrations for merchants and payment processors.

Exception Capital is a boutique investment firm based in London and Los Angeles. We spoke to Adrian Fairbourn about the firm and their innovative flagship fund, The Family Fund.

Bel Brands USA is the U.S. subsidiary of Bel Group, a family owned company (based in Paris, France) and the world’s third largest manufacturer of branded cheese with a portfolio of 30 international and local brands distributed in 130 countries worldwide. We got in touch with their Didier Aziza, Chief Financial Officer of Bel Brands USA, to find out more about their company and his financial initiatives reaped tremendous rewards for the company.

Fidelis Capital Management’s mission is to consistently achieve superior, risk-adjusted returns for investors. We got in touch with Andrew Sandoe, Chief Investment Officer at Fidelis, to find out how they achieve this, and learn about how his military background has helped him thrive in the hedge fund industry.

The new ATED legislation came into force on 1st April and will now apply to UK residential properties that are completely or part owned by a company, partnership, or collective investment scheme which are worth between £500,000 and £1 million.

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