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Data management is top concern

Managers now have to cope with multiple feeds of information raising questions about the quality of data from outsourced functions and, consequently, liabilities

Certainties and uncertainties post-crisis

The most likely outlook is for increased regulation and oversight which will mean less downside risk but also less medium-term upside potential

Tackling ‘ownerless’ corporations

UK Treasury minister Lord Myners has once again raised the issue of ownerless corporations, but It may take regulation for the industry to take note, writes Pauline Skypala

Bill Crist: shareholders should club together

Bill Crist, chairman of Governance for Owners, does not want to dictate company policy but he does want to keep boards on their toes

Collective engagement is picking up steam

Collective engagement with companies by fund managers is picking up steam but there are concerns about costs and dividing the workload

Funds take on battle with banks

The UK’s Asset Management Working Group calls for greater transparency for Europe’s savers amid criticism of banks selling their own investment products

Crossborder clarity is advisers’ goal

Committee sets out a simpler document for Ucits

Primary Fund tangle grows ever thicker

Law firm switch is latest twist in the court hearing

Fund traders aim to thwart EU ban plan

Proposed directive is criticised on both sides of the Atlantic

New blow to reputation of Philippines’ exchange

Confusion over Benguet has added to the Philippines bourse’s woes

A costly lesson in the rule of ‘loser pays’

Start understanding the product problem

Funds of Ucits hedge funds take off

Institutions ‘haven’t learnt’ from the turmoil

Luxembourg to gain from Ucits IV

Crisis costs pensions $5,400bn

Independent directors – money well spent

Act now for long term investment

Radical thinking needed on stewardship

Industry falls short on engagement