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03 Nov 2009

FSA chutzpah on structured products

The FSA does not understand structured products with capital guarantees. Because it does not do product regulation, the market now faces a wave of complaints but with no proper basis for determining misselling.

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20 Oct 2009

Independence: our response to RDR

Industry readers may be interested in our reponse to the FSA consultation paper on the Retail Distribution Review. We voice concerns the new standards of independence will catch some good guys out as well as the bad guys.

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19 Oct 2009

No QED for QE

The stated intention of Quantitative Easing was to drive asset prices up, not boost bank lending. Is that a dodgy basis for a bull run?

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04 Oct 2009

Academic endorsement for outcomes-driven investment

EDHEC Business School’s model of how Liability Driven Investment should be applied to individual investment goals looks remarkably like ours!

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15 Sep 2009

Banks named and shamed

High Street banks dominate the first list of firms named and shamed by the Financial Ombudsman Service.

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