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NORDICS: In for the Long Haul

The Danish pension fund for the financial sector is looking at changing its alternative investments. Angele Spiteri Paris reports ... Despite tumultuous financial markets and...

ANALYSIS: Blame it on the Boogie

Sarkozy: ‘It was necessary to rebuild a regulated capitalism in which whole sections of financial activity were not left to the judgement of market...

US EQUITIES: Once Upon a Time …

Financials may be toxic, but there are still sectors that may attract investors to US equities, finds Fiona Rintoul ... “What all the investment banks...

TRANSFER AGENCY: Too much on their plate

Transfer agents are under more pressure than ever to provide lightning-speed solutions for increasingly complex funds. Angele Spiteri Paris reports ... In their quest for...

BEST EXECUTION: Complicated Scoring System

Fund managers must now take note of execution quality. Nicholas Pratt examines the implications ... When the EC’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was...

SMART ORDER ROUTING: Question Time

Nicholas Pratt finds out what fund managers should be asking of their dealing counterparts in determining just how smart their smart order routers are ... Like many...

ALTERNATIVES: ETFs & An Uneasy Alliance

ETFs have given investors simple access to a wide range of assets. But private equity and hedge funds are proving a challenge for providers,...

INVESTOR SERVICES: The colour Turquoise

Project Turquoise, the bank-backed alternative trading platform, has caused much anticipation among the trading community. Nik Pratt talks to Eli Lederman, CEO (pictured) about...

INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY: Buying abroad

Battered by the credit crunch, Europe’s real estate players are increasingly looking at cross-border property investment. Fiona Rintoul sees the plus points of assembling...

TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPLIANCE: Comply with me

Compliance monitoring was easy enough when domestic equities dominated fund managers’ portfolios, but now it has to cope with unconstrained mandates and cross-asset funds...

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