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    Edison expands into Israel

    Edison Investment Research has expanded into Israel, hiring the founder of HSBC’s equity research team for Israel-listed companies, Will Manuel, as an analyst.

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  • US federal reserve

    Controversial Volcker Rule passed

    Banks in the US will no longer be able to engage in short-term proprietary trading of certain securities, derivatives, commodity futures and options on these instruments, regulators ruled yesterday, thereby

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  • Dividends growth

    UK companies claw back two-fifths of dividends

    UK companies have clawed back almost two-fifths of the sum they paid out as dividends since the financial crisis.

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  • EU

    Non-EU firms will struggle with ‘patchwork quilt’ of AIFMD rules

    Alternative investment funds based outside the EU may be deterred from operating in Europe by a “patchwork quilt” of rules originating from the

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  • Finish line

    BlackRock overpowers competition in October inflows

    The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, attracted a net €6.8 billion to its long-term, European-registered funds in October, far more than was gathered by rivals.

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