From COMPANIES 7:42pm

Pension funds back SEC over reforms

Support grows for Dodd-Frank rules backing investors

From COMPANIES 10:12am

Investors hire sleuths to vet China bets

Red flags increase the importance of due diligence

From COMPANIES Feb 13, 2012

Foreign outcry over ‘Volcker rule’ plans

Non-US banks and regulators fear impact

Hand holding £20 notes Feb 12, 2012

UK asset managers’ pay levels in question

Shareholder activists can hardly tackle reward for failure if they too are overpaid

Arlene McCarthy ©AFP Feb 12, 2012

Rules threaten fact finding

An EU clampdown on insider trading could hit simple research

Feb 12, 2012

Many hoping regulators turn ‘bad’ rules ‘good’

Concern is mounting about overlapping and overreaching rules

Feb 12, 2012

US agrees to enter Fatca partnerships

US concessions could save European fund managers up to $1bn in costs

From COMPANIES Feb 10, 2012

Fund chief arrested for insider trading

Whitman Capital head charged with securities fraud

Gillian Tett Feb 9, 2012

Bank lending probe lights up dark financial corners

Interbank borrowing rates are a case in point

From WORLD Feb 7, 2012

Qatar seeks to lure asset managers

Doha recruits UK financial services expert

From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2012

Share prices signal optimism for US banks

S&P financials above book value of assets for first time since July

From COMMENT Feb 5, 2012

US Treasury: Manhattan transfer

Rapid staff turnover is raising fears that the department is precariously short of seasoned professionals

Feb 5, 2012

Call on FSA to address wholesale standards

UK regulator should revisit ‘folly’ of abolishing mandatory qualifications, CISI chief says

The Last Word from FTFM OPINION Feb 5, 2012

ECB ‘saves’ banks as economies sink

ECB action has ended the liquidity crisis, but is unlikely to spur real lending

From FTFM OPINION Feb 5, 2012

People now see it is a system for the rich only

Jeremy Grantham agrees with Occupy – tax the rich and help the working poor

From FTFM OPINION Feb 5, 2012

Watch that desire for certainty and elegance

Economists will have to admit the world is too complex for their models

From PENSIONS INDUSTRY Feb 5, 2012

UK pension body warns that annuity market is on the brink of failure

The pensions industry must reform to make annuities fair and fairly priced

From PENSIONS INDUSTRY Feb 5, 2012

Criticism from the industry

Expecting employees to understand annuities is totally unrealistic, industry says

Feb 5, 2012

Securities lending and its many functions

Regulation welcomed so long as it is not too complex

From FTFM REPORTS Feb 3, 2012

Regulation: Debate has some way to go

Regulatory focus on ETFs has been beneficial to the industry, observers say

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