PENSIONS INDUSTRY Feb 3, 2013

US pension funds sue BlackRock

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Asset manager rejects allegations it ‘looted’ securities lending revenues

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Sights set on $3tn assets milestone
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The future slowly becomes clearer
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Feb 3, 2013

First social impact retail bond for UK

The Future for Children Bond will aim to improve the lives of adolescents at risk of being taken into care

Face to Face from PEOPLE IN FUND MANAGEMENT Feb 3, 2013

Luxembourg could strike fund gold again

Marc Saluzzi, chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, says they are not trying to grab market share from the Irish

illustration of man holding a newspaper with headline 'Golden Fleece Asset Management' FTFM OPINION Feb 3, 2013

No brand, no chance, say investors

Fund managers may wonder what’s in a name, but if they do not advertise, they had better perform, finds Chris Newlands

An Iraqi policeman keeps guard as Shiite Muslim women walk to the Kadhimiyah area of north Baghdad ©Getty View from the US from FTFM OPINION Feb 1, 2013

Hunt is on for sovereign debt holdouts

A ‘pretty big shark cage’ would be needed to protect restructuring countries, writes John Dizard

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The end may be nigh but don’t bet on it

The world is trapped in a debt supercycle, but future income streams to repay the loans are set to shrink, says Edward Chancellor

European Union flags are seen outside the European Commission headquarters ©Reuters REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 3, 2013

‘Tobin tax’ push causes dismay

Europe-wide financial transaction tax will ‘damage money fund sector’

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 3, 2013

S&P Dow Jones eyes potential partners

Changing regulations to create buying opportunities, index provider says

INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 3, 2013

Cairn selected for lending plan

London-based credit manager is first house selected by the UK government to participate in push to increase lending

Japan Airlines plane takes off from Tokyo's Haneda airport ©Getty INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 3, 2013

Investors slow to pick Japanese stocks

Few individuals or institutions have made significant commitments to the Asian country

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John Dizard A ‘pretty big shark cage’ would be needed to protect restructuring sovereigns from holdouts, but John Dizard believes it shows free capital flows are becoming restricted

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