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Franklin Templeton is betting that Indian investors’ rising interest in fixed income will power the next leg of its growth in the country, where it is regaining ground after a credit crunch six years ago.

FSD Africa, an agency backed by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, is establishing funds to raise as much as $400 million of capital for small businesses in five nations.

Private equity firm Hg marked down the portfolio value of one of its funds by 9% in the first quarter after software valuations fell to a 20-year low, highlighting concerns that artificial intelligence will deal a huge blow to the industry.

After being “out of vogue” for years, Ariel Bezalel says his bond strategy is back in the spotlight. The fund manager has just wrapped up a tour across South America, where his message was straightforward: in a world of tremendous geopolitical volatility,…

Hedge fund manager turned NBA owner Gabe Plotkin, who shut his firm after a bruising showdown with meme-stock traders, is planning to convert some of his own assets into an ETF using a tactic that’s helped a slew of wealthy investors defer tax.

Billionaire Bill Ackman’s IPO of his closed-end fund and his alternative asset management company is expected to raise about $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, the low end of the targeted fundraising range.