General Electric has raised again the prospect of selling its GE life, its UK life assurance and pensions business after saying it would be prepared to reduce the price, previously mooted, by some £50... [more]

First round bids for Barcays Leasing, the vehicle and equipment leasing unit operated by Barclays business banking, are expected in this week. General Electric, Siemens, CIT Group, Fortis and Societe ... [more]

Barclays Private Equity is set to acquire Blemain Group, the loans company, for about £350m.... [more]

Star Capital is reviewing the future of its investment fund in private finance initiative projects, the Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund (SMIF). NM Rothschild has been appointed to conduct the rev... [more]

Colliers CRE has acquired Locum Consulting Group, the Haywards Heath-based consultancy with 20 staff, for £2m. Locum is a specialist consultancy practice, advising owners, managers and developers on s... [more]

Seymour Pierce, the London-based stockbroker, is rumoured to have made an approach to a potential buyer via its financial advisors. It has been reported that the executive chairman Keith Harris has be... [more]

Smith & Williamson, the independent financial services group, have appointed corporate finance group Hawkpoint to carry out a review of the company. The review could lead to a sale or a flotation. Smi... [more]

The appointment of Lehman Brothers as the new house broker for UK bank Lloyds TSB has prompted speculation of a sale from some sources, while others believe that the move could be a poison pill agains... [more]

Man Group, the UK-listed hedge fund operator, may still put its financial unit up for sale, despite its £173m acquisition of assets from US company Refco in November 2005. Analysts believe that likely... [more]

Broker Network Holdings is to acquire the general insurance business of Towry Law for £12m, creating a new subsidiary with offices in Birmingham, Bracknell, Glasgow, Leeds, Leominster and London. The ... [more]