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INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 23, 2013

ESG data reveal Africa’s true potential

Cocoa Farming in Ivory Coast

Governance scoring helps show the real continent – warts and all

Industry trends

FTfm/Ignites: Investing for Retirement 2012

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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement

– Special report

Investing in commodities

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Enthusiasm wanes as regulators sharpen claws

– Special report

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 5:03pm

ETF assets pass $2tn milestone

Racing start in January builds on strength from 2012

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Jan 23, 2013

Activist shareholders step up pace

Global investors who engage with investees are outperforming

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

New hedge fund bucks trend with fees cut

Cantab fund seeks to challenge industry rivals

From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

EU blessing for core nations’ transaction tax

Levy could cream billions of revenues from London

Former Nomura banker Jesse Bhattal has resurfaced as a senior adviser at Lazard

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Bhattal to join Lazard in Asia

Former Nomura banker hired in advisory role

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The future of private wealth management is digital

CFA Institute: traditional wealth management needs to change
The benefits of volatility futures in equity portfolios

Volatility and equity returns tend to move in opposite directions
Issues with volatility ETNs

Volatility ETNs cause market distortions, says Edhec

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Egan-Jones is given SEC ratings ban

18-month embargo covers asset-backed and government securities

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From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Schroders trader arrested in FSA probe

Five detained in new insider trading investigation

INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 22, 2013

US active managers disappoint in 2012

Two-thirds of US active large-cap managers underperform

The Big Picture Vanguard puts active managers in a spin
‘In the wrong asset class? You’re toast’

Jan 22, 2013

Investors take an interest in farmland

Farms are looking for cash and investors want diversification

Columnists

View from the US

John Dizard

You might have thought this would be a tough market for bank paper, but John Dizard finds that, on the contrary, troubled institutions have recently been raising billions

Opinion

Chris Newlands

©FT The end has finally come for Wegelin, the 272-year-old Swiss private bank. Chris Newlands believes other institutions will have to work hard to avoid a similar fate

The Last Word

Pauline Skypala

Banks may be allowed into UK schools to help teach personal finance, but these institutions must first learn what money is and where it comes from, says Pauline Skypala

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