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 ===Circle Holdings===
-Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir Martyn Arbib, founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], ''Daily Mirror'', 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
+Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir [[Martyn Arbib]], founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], ''Daily Mirror'', 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
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 ===Circle Holdings===
-Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir Martyn Arbib, founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], Daily Mirror, 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
+Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir Martyn Arbib, founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], ''Daily Mirror'', 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
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 [[Category: Conservative Party Donors]]
 [[Category:Health]]
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 Lansdowne attracted controversy after it emerged it had made an estimated £100m from the demise of failed UK bank [[Northern Rock]] through the 'short-selling' of its shares.<ref name ="Hedge">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/01/recession-british-banking-recovery Hedge Fund thinks bank slide is over], Observer, 1 March 2009</ref>
-Partner and Conservative Party donor Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] disputed this however,  claiming the actual amount was only a 'small fraction' of the figure.
+Partner and Conservative Party donor Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] disputed this however, claiming the actual amount was only a 'small fraction' of the figure.
 ===Royal Mail===
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 ===Circle Holdings===
-Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir Martyn Arbib, founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330.
+Lansdowne has a 29.2% stake in [[Circle Holdings]] PLC, the parent company of [[Circle Health]]. The latter has landed £1.36billion worth of NHS contracts, prompting claims of donor influence, given that several of its investors have gifted about £1.5million to the Tories in recent years. Ruddock alone has donated nearly half: £692,592. Sir Martyn Arbib, founder of [[Invesco Perpetual]] owns a similar stake 28.7% and has donated around £466,330. <ref> James Lyons, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fury-tory-party-donors-handed-3123469#ixzz2szTXipLQ Fury as Tory party donors are handed NHS contracts worth £1.5BILLION under health reforms], Daily Mirror, 8 February 2014, acc 10 Feb 2014 </ref>
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 *[[Peter Davies]], Lansdowne's co-head of developed markets strategy and a member of the hedge fund's management committee. Davies is a close friend of UK Chancellor [[George Osborne]]; they met at Oxford University and he was best man at Osborne's wedding in 1998.
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 [[Category: Financial sector lobbying]]
 [[Category:Banking and Finance Industry]]
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 Lansdowne attracted controversy after it emerged it had made an estimated £100m from the demise of failed UK bank [[Northern Rock]] through the 'short-selling' of its shares.<ref name ="Hedge">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/01/recession-british-banking-recovery Hedge Fund thinks bank slide is over], Observer, 1 March 2009</ref>
-Partner and Conservative Party donor Sir [[Paul Ruddock]]disputed this however,  claiming the actual amount was only a 'small fraction' of the figure.
+Partner and Conservative Party donor Sir [[Paul Ruddock]] disputed this however,  claiming the actual amount was only a 'small fraction' of the figure.
 ===Royal Mail===
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 ==Funds==
 Its largest and best performing fund in 2008 was 'UK equities', run by [[Peter Davies]].<ref name ="Hedge"/>
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 '''Lansdowne Partners''' is described as "one of Mayfair's largest and most successful hedge funds." It is 20 per cent owned by [[Morgan Stanley]].
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+==Controversies and conflicts of interest==
 Lansdowne attracted controversy after it emerged it had made an estimated £100m from the demise of failed UK bank [[Northern Rock]] through the 'short-selling' of its shares.<ref name ="Hedge">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/01/recession-british-banking-recovery Hedge Fund thinks bank slide is over], Observer, 1 March 2009</ref>
-Partner and Conservative Party donor [[Paul Ruddock]] however disputed this,  claiming that the actual amount was only a "small fraction" of the figure.
+Partner and Conservative Party donor Sir [[Paul Ruddock]]disputed this however,  claiming the actual amount was only a 'small fraction' of the figure.
 In 2013 it emerged that Lansdowne had benefited from investing around £50million in [[Royal Mail]]'s privatisation, with the value of its shares  rising by £18million after one day of trading alone. The Labour Party drew attention to fact that one of Lansdowne's top executives was a close friend of [[George Osborne]]. Both the Tories and Lansdowne denied any impropriety, saying Osborne was completely unaware of the share allocations. <ref> Steve Swinford, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-mail/10373868/Hedge-fund-investing-in-Royal-Mail-employs-George-Osbornes-friend.html Hedge fund investing in Royal Mail employs George Osborne's friend], ''The Telegraph'', 11 Oct 2013, 10.00pm BST, acc 15 October 2013 </ref>
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 [[Category: Financial sector lobbying]]
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-*[[Paul Ruddock]], co-founding partner. Ruddock is one of the most prominent supporters of the [[Conservative Party]]. Up to Feb 2009, he had contributed £260,000 to the party. His donation qualifies him for membership to [[David Cameron]]'s 100-strong elite donors club, the [[Leaders Group]]. He previously worked for [[Goldman Sachs]] and [[Schroders]].<ref name ="Hedge"/> In 2012 he was awarded a knighthood. He has Sir Paul denied that this was linked to his donation, but rather for his 'services to arts'.
+*[[Paul Ruddock]], co-founding partner. Ruddock is one of the most prominent supporters of the [[Conservative Party]]. Up to Feb 2009, he had contributed £260,000 to the party. His donation qualifies him for membership to [[David Cameron]]'s 100-strong elite donors club, the [[The Leader's Group|Leader's Group]]. He previously worked for [[Goldman Sachs]] and [[Schroders]].<ref name ="Hedge"/> In 2012 he was awarded a knighthood. 'Sir Paul' denied that this was linked to his donation, but rather for his 'services to arts'.
 *[[Peter Davies]], Lansdowne's co-head of developed markets strategy and a member of the hedge fund's management committee. Davies is a close friend of UK Chancellor [[George Osborne]]; they met at Oxford University and he was best man at Osborne's wedding in 1998.