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Issue 25, June 2008

Explaining the Rasmussen report on hedge and private equity funds

Poul Nyrup RasmussenBy Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
President, Party of European Socialists and former Prime Minister of Denmark

The long-awaited Rasmussen report is here—and we have its author to go through its logic and consequences...

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Making the case for responsible investment in pension funds

Emma Howard BoydBy Emma Howard Boyd
Head of Socially Responsible Investment, Jupiter Asset Management

It has become important to ask whether we have reached a point at which pension funds must adopt a scrupulous environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy...

Will the Government’s pension reforms deliver (Part Two)?

Chris CurryBy Chris Curry
Research Director, Pensions Policy Institute

Addressing the concerns around potential levelling down following the introduction of auto-enrolment...

EU looks to improve transparency in Credit Rating

Financial DiagramThe credit crunch is leading the EU to focus on transparency—and this time, CRAs are the target...

Re-marginalising the green lobby

DroughtDisappointingly, the Government’s commitment to tackling climate change has dried up, and green policies are in danger of being sidelined...

The FSA Retail Distribution Review: measuring consumer outcomes

PayslipTo what extent will the RDR help the market to meet consumers’ advice needs?...

Tax doesn’t need to be taxing

British currencyIt is far from clear whether either HM Treasury or corporate Britain still agrees with this assessment any more...

What’s going wrong for Labour?

Boat in storm at seaThe Government is in choppy waters as a result of its failure to connect with ordinary Britons...

Where now for Gordon Brown?

Downing StreetGordon Brown transformed a good start into a personal crisis. Can he turn things back around?...

Happy Birthday to EMU

Euro signThe euro is now 10 years old. It has come a long way—but what challenges does it now face as it moves towards maturity?...

Denmark’s uneasy relationship with private equity—a test case for Europe?

Denmark flagWhen it comes to private equity it seems that there is an ill wind blowing right through Europe—one which has blown with greater force in Denmark than anywhere else...

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