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7 September, 2010
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Break-ups not the key, says bank industry
7 September, 2010
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Money market fund protection unlikely to continue
7 September, 2010
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Job vacancy decline knocks confidence
6 September, 2010
Telegraph: The confidence of Britain's bosses in the economic recovery could be waning after new figures reveal a decline in the number of job vacancies last month.
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Fury at Tories new plan to sell Royal Mail
6 September, 2010
Mirror.co.uk: A Government report claims privatising the 350-year-old postal service is the only way of saving it from falling custom and a £10billion pension deficit.
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Manufacturing stages a record-beating recovery
6 September, 2010
The Independent: A remarkable resurgence by British manufacturing industry is reported today by the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF).
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US jobless figures set to raise fears of double dip
3 September, 2010
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Standard Life to scrap 600 jobs in £100m cost-cutting plan
2 September, 2010
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Industrial upturn bolsters world markets
2 September, 2010
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Veteran fund chief quits at Gartmore
2 September, 2010
FT.com: The intrigue surrounding fund manager Gartmore has escalated after one of its longest serving fund managers quit the company.
Comment
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Inflate of the nation
August 2010
Is there more to the move from RPI to CPI than an attempt to reduce scheme deficits? Philip Coggan thinks so
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Stagnate, inflate
June 2010
Handling sovereign debt will be the biggest dilemma of the next phase in the financial crisis, says Philip Coggan
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Another fine mess
January 2010
The pre-budget report has added further comedy to the slapstick taxation of high earners, says Philip Coggan
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Analysis
Sorting out the stars and stripes
September 2010
Moves in the US to give shareholders greater powers are long overdue
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Sharks circle sterling
September 2010
Sterling has ended its summer rally and is unlikely to pick up again with the government’s spending review on the horizon
What went right?
September 2010
After a turbulent start to the year, Europe – or at least Germany – offers great investment potential
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QEII – a Titanic danger
September 2010
A second bout of quantitative easing (QE) would be fraught with risks
Confidence crisis
August 2010
The last three months have seen a chain of nasty shocks knock the stuffing out of investor sentiment. Ongoing sovereign debt concerns in Europe; Spanish bank collapses; and much uncertainty over how and if governments would tackle gaping...
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Anticipating austerity
August 2010
Pension schemes should consider the wider impact of government spending cuts on their investment strategy
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Collective responsibility
August 2010
Pension funds should team up and hold big business to account. But who will lead them?
Features
Keeping out of the black hole
September 2010
Inflation and deflation suck value from pension schemes. Economic and legal uncertainty adds to the problem, says Alastair O’Dell
Fixed position
September 2010
Inflation plus the recent debate about CPI and RPI has presented meteoric challenges for the bond market, finds Matthew Craig
A concrete constellation
September 2010
Real assets, such as property and infrastructure, can provide schemes with a steady infl ation-linked income finds Andrew Sheen
The long game
August 2010
The market for longevity swaps is rapidly maturing but it will be some time before it can provide a viable solution for all schemes, says Gill Wadsworth
Calculated risk
August 2010
The new wave of liability driven investment strategies puts short term tactics up front, says Ceri Jones
Stop the clock
August 2010
Freezing a pension scheme is far from the end of the game – but it does change the rules, finds Andrew Sheen
