All Features articles – Page 336
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'Avoid UK's mistakes'
In these days of heated debates on a European Constitution it seemed appropriate that the IPE/Royal Institute of International Affairs conference in London entitled: ‘The Future of European Pensions’, should commence with a conciliatory message from Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) that there are ...
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'Conflict free' fund service
Major consulting firm Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow(HBW) has introduced the Fund Delivery Service enabling UK pension funds to choose investment funds from a wide range of managers, but on a basis that claims to avoid any conflicts of interests. This is for defined contribution and smaller defined benefits plans as ...
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FTSE moves ruffles DJ Stoxx feathers
There has been a lively reaction to the arrival of the FTSEurofirst tradeable indices series from the FTSE Group and Euronext, with Dow Jones Stoxx branding the product as a copy of its DJ Stoxx 50. In late spring, the FTSEurofirst 80, representing Euro-zone performance and the FTSEEurofirst 100 covering ...
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DJ microsectors
Dow Jones Indexes started calculating 15 MicroSector Indexes in June. These are narrow-based equity indices that include five of the largest and most actively traded stocks in each sector. They are derived from industry groups and subgroups of the group’s global classification standard comprising the Dow Jones global indexes. A ...
