It is extremely hard for fund managers to raise their heads above the parapet in the current climate.
Investment Week |
02 Feb 2012
AXA IM has hired Lyxor Asset Management CEO Laurent Seyer as its global head of investment solutions.
Investment Week |
02 Feb 2012
A UK bond trader has pleaded guilty to overstating the value of mortgage-backed bonds when working at Credit Suisse at the start of the financial crisis.
Investment Week |
02 Feb 2012
Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has apologised to MPs for the failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland which led to the multi-billion pound bailout of the bank.
Investment Week |
31 Jan 2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled plans to introduce a tax on financial transactions.
Investment Week |
30 Jan 2012
Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so regulators need to "step into their footprints" and limit or ban the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UK's new consumer protection watchdog said.
Investment Week |
25 Jan 2012
Charles Stanley's third quarter revenues dropped for the three months to 31 December 2011 to £27.3m, from £32.2m during the same period the previous year, as trading conditions remain tough.
Investment Week |
25 Jan 2012
The FSA has launched a consultation on regulations for hedge funds and private equity firms that will form the basis for tough new rules on pay.
Investment Week |
25 Jan 2012
A blanket ban on traded life policy (TLP) investments would amount to “overkill” and could hamper the UK’s ability to compete in global markets, according to SL Investment Management (SL).
Investment Week |
23 Jan 2012
Carmignac's chairman Edouard Carmignac has warned economic growth could weaken as a direct result of the financial transactions tax if it is given the go-ahead.
Investment Week |
23 Jan 2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should as a matter of urgency retract its references to traded life policies (TLPs) as "toxic", said EEA Fund Management.
Investment Week |
18 Jan 2012
FSA rules around legacy assets are “unclear” and “incomplete” and could result in less transparency for consumers, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).
Investment Week |
17 Jan 2012
