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FSA crackdown on cash for CEO access

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Cash for access

Financial regulator should tighten rules on commissions

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Fears rise over cash for access

Asset managers paying up to $20,000 for meetings

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Business Blog: why CEO shock at ‘cash for access’ is overstated

Serious underlying issues need to be explored

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Oxfam takes food fight to Belgium

KBC and Dexia Asset Management among those banks the charity has in its sights

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Pros and cons of ‘Tobin tax’ divides EU

Several European countries remain deeply opposed to a proposed levy on financial transactions

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Carried interest’s slow bus to Washington

Proposed tax reform legislation would reclassify performance fee as ordinary income, writes Tom Stabile

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UK pensions push for flexible accounting

Many schemes are struggling to match assets and liabilities

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Cap Gen warns on alternatives

It is no use adding broad-based exposure to alternatives

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Team Robeco enters next challenging phase

The Dutch fund manager is upbeat about prospects under Orix

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