From EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 7:19pm

No respite in regulation from Esma

Policy makers are keen to ensure that complexity does not pose a problem for investors

Industry trends

A clearing house ©Bloomberg
The future slowly becomes clearer
– Special report
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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement
– Special report
From WORLD Feb 1, 2013

Police watchdog ‘under-equipped’

MPs say more resources and powers needed to probe wrongdoing

Jan 29, 2013

Banks’ debt product skirt liquidity rules

Callable commercial paper makes it cheaper for banks to sell for munis

Euro Coin ©Reuters From FT TRADING ROOM Jan 29, 2013

Wider euro ‘Tobin tax’ will net €35bn

Draft plans set out boost from financial transaction levy

Lombard from COMPANIES Jan 29, 2013

City caretakers must make amends for Bumi

Bumi makes London look like the kind of second-rate bourse that specialises in speculative mining plays

Alchemy
Cayman Islands ©Dreamstime Jan 27, 2013

Reality dawns for alternatives sector

Managers face a mass of work to comply with the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

A Zurich facade ©Alamy From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jan 27, 2013

Scandals dent Swiss asset hunt

New mandate wins fall sharply in the past two years

Face to Face from PEOPLE IN FUND MANAGEMENT Jan 27, 2013

Good governance delivers good value

Sacha Sadan of Legal & General dispels some myths about the recent upsurge in shareholder power

Jan 27, 2013

Edhec tries to redefine risky funds

Research body says moves to label Ucits ‘complex’ won’t protect investors

KBC ©Bloomberg From FTFM OPINION Jan 27, 2013

Investors’ hunger for yield helps banks

Banks’ contingent capital bonds are being snapped up

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