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PENSIONS INDUSTRY 1:43pm

Pension funds wary of UK infrastructure

A bricklayer adds cement to a brick as he builds a wall for a new home at Bovis Homes Group Plc's Kingsmere residential development in Bicester, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. U.K. mortgage approvals rose to their highest level in 15 months in August as property investors bolstered demand, the British Bankers' Association said.

Investors want government to take on some of the risk of investing in new-build projects

Industry trends

Exchange Traded Funds

Sights set on $3tn assets milestone

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OTC derivatives

A clearing house

The future slowly becomes clearer

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From UK 12:02am

Investors propose executive pay guidelines

NAPF seeks ‘skin in the game’ requirement

From COMPANIES 6:53pm

Investors call for leveraged buyout wave

‘More Dells’ needed to prevent loan scarcity

From COMPANIES 11:35pm

Solvency II cost branded ‘indefensible’

Regulator says revamp has burdened insurers with ‘shocking’ outlay

From COMMODITIES 6:39pm

Commodity hedge funds lose 20% of assets

Investor withdrawals have led to several funds closing

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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

7:20pm

Hybrid bond issues hit record level

Fixed income investors attracted by high coupons

KPN eyes €4bn capital raising
Inside Business Investor appetite for cocos is fragile

Jim O’Neill

©Reuters From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2013

Brics builder O’Neill leaves Goldman Sachs

Economist departs bank after 20 years amid frustrations

beyondbrics Goodbye Mr Bric
O’Neill’s latest viewpoint Are things that Good?

EE (Everything Everywhere) store, a joint venture between France Telecom SA and Deutsche Telekom AG

©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Feb 6, 2013

Buyout firms seek funds for £10bn EE bid

ould be Europe’s largest LBO since financial crisis

REGULATION & GOVERNANCE 5:55pm

MPs support campaign for fee transparency

Savers require clear information on fund charges

From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2013

L&G chief to criticise insurance shake-up

Warning that regulations to restrict big groups could harm economy

Columnists

View from the US

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

Opinion

Chris Newlands

©FT Fund managers may wonder what’s in a name, but if they don’t advertise, they will soon find that investors could decide ‘no brand, no chance’, finds Chris Newlands

The Last Word

Edward Chancellor

The world is trapped in a debt supercycle, but as the stock of debt becomes ever larger, future income streams to repay the loans are set to shrink, says Edward Chancellor

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