All articles by David White – Page 13
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Features
Europe going its own way
For as long as most equity analysts can remember, Europe has trotted dutifully in tandem with the US. The received wisdom is that European equity markets are indissolubly linked to US equity markets, that European interest rate movements will always mirror US interest movements and that what the Fed says ...
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Commerzbank reorganises consultant relations
GERMANY - Commerzbank has reallocated responsibilities for consultant relations to give a larger share to its London-based subsidiary, Jupiter Asset Management.
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UK Ombudsman critical of government
UK - The UK’s Pensions Ombudsman has strongly criticised the lack of support his office is getting from the government
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Exemption request for industry-wide plans from accounting rules
The Netherlands Council for Annual Reporting (CAR) has asked that industry-wide pension schemes be exempt from the requirement to apply defined benefit (DB) accounting standards to the companies within such schemes. International accounting rules, which come into force next year, require listed companies within multi-employer pension plans to account for ...
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Dutch accounting body critical of IAS19 proposal
NETHERLANDS - The Netherlands Council for Annual Reporting (CAR) has asked that industry-wide pension schemes be exempt from the requirement to apply defined benefit accounting standards to the companies within such schemes.
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Ireland mulls hedge fund tax-transparent vehicle
IRELAND - The Irish parliament could vote on a change of legislation to introduce a type of tax transparent vehicle which would allow investments in alternative asset classes like hedge funds.
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CSAM’s Parker predicts performance fees
GLOBAL - A senior figure on the global asset management industry predicts that performance fees will replace flat fees within two years.
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Fund Forum: difficulties managing managers
FRANCE – The issue of managing investment managers has been raised at the Fund Forum event in Monaco – with one senior industry figure likening it to ‘herding cats’.
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Fund Forum: Mutual fund industry under spotlight
FRANCE - Mutual funds must re-gain the trust of clients after the market timing and late trading scandals, the head of the second largest mutual fund company in the US has demanded.
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Fund Forum: UCITS boards shun auditors
EUROPE - More than a quarter of the boards of pan-European mutual funds UCITS never ask auditors to attend their meetings, according to a new survey by a leading consultancy.
