EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS May 15, 2012

ETF ‘growth suffers’ after regulatory criticism

A farmer waters a drought-stricken field in Wuhan, China ©Getty

Industry’s failure to provide unified response hits development

Industry trends

Danger sign ©Dreamstime
Providers are shifting towards a new product mix in a bid to shed the image of risky complexity
– Special report
SEC headquarters ©Bloomberg
Mutual fund leaders are facing a squeeze on expense ratios, rising costs and increased regulation
– Special report
From COMPANIES 11:16pm

Activist investor makes move on PepsiCo

Relational to push on spin-off of US beverages

12:51am

KKR to take 50% stake in Fotolia

Private equity group invests in ‘crowdsourcing’ image marketplace

The Short View from COMMODITIES 10:14pm

Gold loses its lustre

Commodity is trading like a base metal

From COMPANIES May 15, 2012

Greece is fastest-growing market for G4S

Heightened financial instability lifts demand

Alchemy
From CAPITAL MARKETS May 15, 2012

Greece to repay €450m bond in full

Official warns decision does not create a precedent

A humpback whale Markets Insight May 14, 2012

A whale in the waters of negative yields

Bill Gross points to changes to global monetary system on the horizon

From COMPANIES May 15, 2012

F&C to launch more investment trusts

Asset management group modifies incentive scheme

From WORLD May 14, 2012

China investment boom starts to unravel

Electricity output data hint at a steeper slowdown

From FT TRADING ROOM May 14, 2012

China’s Citic in algorithmic trading deal

Broker to buy high-frequency technology from Progress Software

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