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...Steve Henderson, a director at Savills, believes investment breeds investment and is a boon for local economies....
...Her hook was Franklin’s big $6.5bn acquisition of Legg Mason, a crucial part of its renewal strategy. But history shows that acquisitions in declining industries are a holding tactic at best....
...Legg Mason accepted the deal terms....
...After making a tidy return on an investment in Legg Mason following its $6.5bn acquisition by Franklin Templeton, Peltz took a bite out of Invesco and Janus Henderson....
...Before buying Legg Mason, the largest deal in Franklin’s 75-year history, the asset manager picked up alternative credit firm Benefit Street Partners for $683mn....
...Both Peltz and Garden previously sat on the board of asset managers Invesco and Legg Mason, before the company was acquired by rival Franklin Templeton....
...Robert Henderson, a Nova Scotian, had found traces of gold in a creek he called Gold Bottom and told three men drying salmon at the mouth of the river, George Carmack, Skookum Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie...
...Dipping radishes mark a place as a descendant of the Hendersons at St John and Rochelle Canteen, or the River Cafe, the latter of which this set-up interestingly resembles....
...In one room there is a stand with a ceramic frame and little dishes filled with marron glacés, Turkish delights and marzipan fruits, which apparently he liked buying at Fortnum & Mason....
...merger of Anglo-Australian asset manager Henderson with US-based Janus — neither of which resulted in exceptional performance....
...Some, such as Legg Mason and Eaton Vance, have given up on public markets and sold out....
...Joe Sullivan, the former chairman and CEO of Legg Mason, will be appointed as executive chairman of the new company....
...Trian sold its stake in Legg Mason during the second quarter, ahead of the completion of its sale to Franklin Templeton. Additional reporting by Chris Flood...
...The experience of previous mergers, such as those that created Standard Life Aberdeen and Janus Henderson, will be fresh in investors’ minds, casting doubt over the value of megadeals for clients, said Mr...
...Key players such as defender Harry Maguire and midfielder Jordan Henderson are recovering from recent injuries that may limit their participation....
...Asset manager Legg Mason, another of Trian’s investments, was acquired by Franklin Templeton earlier in the year....
...In February Franklin Templeton acquired Legg Mason and last month Morgan Stanley agreed to buy Eaton Vance, two major deals in part aimed at getting the kind of economies of scale enjoyed by BlackRock and...
...After Trian Partners made a solid return on its investment in Legg Mason following its $6.5bn acquisition by Franklin Templeton, Peltz’s group has now set its sights on Invesco and Britain’s Janus Henderson...
...But recent deals including Franklin Templeton’s takeover of Legg Mason last year, the $5.7bn acquisition by Invesco of Oppenheimer in 2019 and the 2017 merger of Janus and Henderson did not stem customer...
...Mr Peltz could try to set up Invesco as an acquisition target, mimicking the strategy followed by Trian when it invested in Legg Mason....
...It previously owned a stake in Legg Mason, which was acquired by Franklin Templeton in July....
...Ms Pinedo said the value of deals this year could go on to rival 2008, when companies including Whole Foods, the supermarket chain, and Legg Mason, a fund manager, contributed to a record $120bn in PIPE...
...Invesco’s share price has rallied over the past week on hopes that Nelson Peltz, the high profile activist investor, will engineer a deal with Janus Henderson....
...Franklin Templeton agreed to buy rival Legg Mason in February, following on the heels of Invesco’s tie-up with OppenheimerFunds last year....
...But it needs to be done in a balanced and proportionate way, including for taxpayers who are unrepresented [by advisers] and make innocent mistakes,” said Tom Henderson, technical officer at the Low Incomes...
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