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Jun 16, 2013

Fund lobby groups attacked by investors

Members of the European Parliament are seen during a voting session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg

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Concern grows that financial regulation is being diluted

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Retiring boomers reshape investment

A group of businessmen walk out of the headquarters of Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Japan Corp. in Tokyo

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An industry report finds a gloomy picture of the increasing personalisation of risk is emerging

The bad-weather scale of regulation

The ‘torrent of approaching regulation’ and a ‘downpour of new rules’ dampen spirits

From PENSIONS INDUSTRY Jun 16, 2013

Pension funds flock to ‘real assets’

Schemes ramp up holdings of property, infrastructure and farmland

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

BlackRock aims to be big in Japan

US fund giant eyes growth opportunities in local retail market

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Large spike in ‘smart beta’ investments

Index-based investing becoming more sophisticated

Adventurous Investor More ‘smart beta’ options
Edhec to launch free smart beta indices

From PENSIONS INDUSTRY Jun 16, 2013

‘Big three’ dominate the UK LDI market

BlackRock, LGIM and Insight Investment control 90% of market

Rescuers assist an injured woman after an eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh

©AP The Big Picture from REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Jun 16, 2013

The devastating cost of cheap outsourcing

Companies ignore risks in the global supply chain at their peril

Responsible Business Consumers
The Last Word Investors must use their powers for good

The Last Word from FTFM OPINION Jun 16, 2013

A dark reading of the end of hot money

James Mackintosh finds an end-of-days feeling in the markets

Face to Face from PEOPLE IN FUND MANAGEMENT Jun 16, 2013

‘Fund managers need cultural revolution’

Somerset’s Dominic Johnson says regulation is not the answer

From FTFM OPINION Jun 16, 2013

The bad-weather scale of regulation

A ‘downpour of new rules’ dampens spirits, finds Chris Newlands

Comment Dark art of corporate access flourishes
FTfm editor ‘Lax’ Luxembourg defends regulation

From FTFM OPINION Jun 16, 2013

EU regulation revision could risk savings

High-frequency traders could benefit at expense of individuals

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Retiring boomers reshape investment

Gloomy picture of increasing personalisation of risk is emerging

View from the US from FTFM OPINION Jun 14, 2013

Big friends needed for ‘bottom fishing’

John Dizard casts around for securities with good intrinsic value, liquidated by forced sellers

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Wine fund market brought to its knees

Investment in wine funds is drying up as the sector struggles

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 13, 2013

Qatar: Tiny emirate has big ambitions

The Gulf state is keen to develop its asset management industry

From EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS Jun 14, 2013

Lyxor appears shaken after chairman exit

Four senior executives have left in the past six months

From FTFM OPINION Jun 16, 2013

Is the gold standard as good as gold?

Investors have always been captivated by the yellow metal’s glow

From FTFM OPINION Jun 16, 2013

Asset management gets some mojo back

Shiv Taneja finds no evidence that the great rotation is happening

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Government bonds and gold ‘overvalued’

Finance professionals concerned about developed equity markets

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Is M&G’s Optimal Income fund too big?

The £15bn fund has grown dramatically in size from start of 2012

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Jun 16, 2013

Green fund aims to harvest greenbacks

Agroforestry vehicle will invest in Africa and Latin America

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View from the US

John Dizard goes bottom fishing and casts around for securities with good intrinsic value

The Last Word

James Mackintosh cautions against a dark reading of the end of hot money

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Highlights

Concern grows that financial regulation is being diluted

Schemes ramp up holdings of property, infrastructure and farmland

US fund giant eyes growth opportunities in local retail market

Index-based investing becoming more sophisticated

BlackRock, LGIM and Insight Investment control 90% of market

Companies ignore risks in the global supply chain at their peril

James Mackintosh finds an end-of-days feeling in the markets

Somerset’s Dominic Johnson says regulation is not the answer

A ‘downpour of new rules’ dampens spirits, finds Chris Newlands

High-frequency traders could benefit at expense of individuals

Gloomy picture of increasing personalisation of risk is emerging

John Dizard casts around for securities with good intrinsic value, liquidated by forced sellers

Investment in wine funds is drying up as the sector struggles

The Gulf state is keen to develop its asset management industry

Four senior executives have left in the past six months

Investors have always been captivated by the yellow metal’s glow

Shiv Taneja finds no evidence that the great rotation is happening

Finance professionals concerned about developed equity markets

The £15bn fund has grown dramatically in size from start of 2012

Agroforestry vehicle will invest in Africa and Latin America

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