All articles by Daniel Brooksbank – Page 219
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News
UK’s FSA moves on forced selling of stocks
UK – The Financial Services Authority says it may grant waivers to life insurance firms to prevent them having to sell shares and breach insolvency margins.
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Muzinich wins e27.5m Bupa mandate
UK – The 240 million pound (367.3 million euro) pension fund of private health care insurer Bupa has awarded an 18 million pound (27.5 million euro) high-yield bond mandate to Muzinich & Co., with the high-yield specialist saying there is an “explosion” in the asset class.
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Features
Silence on role of custody
Custody services provider, Northern Trust, says the government’s recent pension reform proposals did not address a key aspect of the Myners report on the independence of custodianship. “We’re almost back to before Myners raised the question,” says Steven Hayward, head of UK pensions relationship management at Northern Trust. He says ...
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Large IPOs on fast track
Euronext has amended its rules, with the aim of allowing newly introduced large companies to be admitted more quickly. “After adopting general rules on the treatment of initial public offerings in June 2002, the Euronext Indices Steering Committee has decided to approval an additional rule which will see to quicker ...
