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Measuring up
It's not just banking regulation that needs tightening It’s not just banking regulation that needs tightening but private pension schemes are badly in need of better governance and stronger oversight....
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Getting engaged too costly for fund managers
Lord Myners: criticism Various fund managers have owned up to being a bit pathetic when it came to challenging powerful banking figures. They have been roundly castigated by the likes of Lord Myners...
View ArticleCelebrating in style
Octopus Investments has just passed the £1bn mark in funds under management. Simon Rogerson, the CEO, and Guy Myles, managing director, are celebrating by shaving their heads. This traditional asset...
View ArticleLinking things up
Gillian Tett of this parish is wondering why more bankers are not in jail. She thinks it’s partly because all this finance stuff is too complicated for the poor little lawyers to understand. But there...
View ArticleLow costs crucial for pension savings
Pension saving is too expensive. According to a report from the Royal Society of Arts, up to 40 per cent of pension savings disappear in fees and costs under the UK’s current system of private pension...
View ArticleExcuses for not doing anything about climate change #273
Fund managers are in the unhappy position of being able to see the oncoming train but unable to move because their hands are tied. Even though they think climate change is a source of investment risk,...
View ArticleEat your heart out
Norway’s Government Pension Fund seems to have it all. Oil wealth, decent returns and a responsible approach to investment. The decision to put part of its oil wealth to work for the country’s pension...
View ArticleSustainable stock exchanges
One meeting to watch out for today is the sustainable stock exchanges event in New York, hosted by several United Nations’ bodies including the the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The aim of...
View ArticleCan Irish pensioners behave responsibly?
The Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund is getting a rough ride at the moment. Having been forced to pick up the tab for the recapitalisation of the Irish banks (some €7bn worth of preference shares...
View ArticleFurther reading in the FT
Lehman seeks $10bn clawback in Barclays suit Bank regulation but at what cost to the economy?Continue reading: Further reading in the FT
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