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NewsThe euro-zone: We're not out of the woods just yet
There is still plenty of uncertainty for the euro-zone despite Mario Draghi's plan.
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NewsVervoer vs GSAM: Breaking up is hard to do
Jim Robinson looks back at the beginning of the Vervoer, Goldman Sachs love affair.
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NewsLatin lessons in sovereign default
Emerging market debt managers are truly brave souls, says Martin Steward.
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NewsTomorrow's long-term capitalists
Many of tomorrow's long-term capitalists will not be the same ones as today's.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Hedge fund concerns
Hedge funds have, without doubt, delivered ‘loadsamoney’, especially for their staff and their richest and smartest customers over the past few decades. And there is also no doubt that short-selling can send a useful signal to the market about hidden risks.
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Opinion Pieces
Peter Kraneveld, Secretary of the Association for European Retirement Education
“Supervision should be made responsible for pension quality, not just for solvency”
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Ins and outs of ‘flexileg’
In the old days, an international investment bank could study a Brussels Directive or Regulation and make plans.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: MAP-21 skirts IASB
Under the seemingly innocuous Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (or MAP-21 for short), new accounting rules have been approved in the US that will affect their private pension funds. But will it be for better or for worse?
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NewsRunning through all scenarios
BlackRock's head of institutional business explains the importance of considering all variables.
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NewsStandardise reporting to achieve financial literacy
Governments must put all financial reporting on even footing to foster understanding.
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NewsThe flaws of asset liability management
What passes for meeting pensions liabilities today is a fiction, says Ashmore's Jerome Booth.
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NewsThe Kay Report: What is meant by 'fiduciary duty'?
Narrow interpretations of the law could damage the very interests fiduciary duties exist to protect.
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NewsThe great pension fees debate: No need to sensationalise
The fees debate is too important to be sensationalised, says Martin Steward.
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NewsDealing effectively with stagnation
BlackRock's Charles Prideaux outlines three scenarios for the global economy.
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NewsHow we can mend LIBOR
SECOR's Scott Peng outlines how the inter-bank lending rate mechanism might be reformed.
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NewsBeware the path of financial repression
The path leading to financial repression might seem attractive, but it's not without its costs.
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NewsQE: The emperor's new monetary policy
Quantitative easing doesn't lower rates, generate credit growth or create new money.
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NewsAlarm call: Ultra-low interest rates
Persistently low rates are taking their toll on pension funding levels throughout Europe.
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NewsMartin Steward: Have bond markets become myopic?
China's economic slowdown and the shale gas revolution could shift our entire macro framework.
