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Issue 22, March 2008

Key regulatory challenges for platforms

An edited version of Dan Waters’ speech to the Cicero Forum Platform 2008 Summit, Friday 29 February 2008

Dan WatersBy Dan Waters
FSA Director of Retail Policy and Themes & Asset Management Sector Leader

Read about the six key regulatory issues for the platform market, as presented at last week’s Cicero Forum...

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Risks and opportunities: examining sovereign wealth funds

Wolf KlinzBy Wolf Klinz
Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany

The public debate during recent months on the possible risks of sovereign wealth funds to European companies has been heated...

Pensions—and women—at risk

Baroness HollisBy Baroness Hollis

It remains difficult to make pensions, which were designed for men’s working lives, work for women—but the Government could do more to help them...

UCITS reforms must not come off the rails

European flags in BrusselsWith the UCITS Directive still keenly awaited, it seems that last minute manoeuvring may see important elements fall by the wayside...

Analysing the Thoresen Review

Tax helpThe launch of Otto Thoresen’s report means the Government now has a blueprint for the provision of a generic financial advice service...

Introducing the Single European Payments Area

SEPAThe new SEPA scheme is here, but there may yet be difficulties ahead for it...

Is a year a long time in the Department for Work and Pensions?

Job listingsHow best to achieve results in getting people into sustainable employment?...

Will greater risk-sharing save final salary pensions?

Piggy bankThere is currently little scope for firms to share the risks on final salary schemes—but there should be...

EU retail financial services market: What’s the score?

FinanceEver wondered why average banking fees across the EU can vary between zero and more than €80?...

Where next for the beleaguered Northern Rock?

Downing StreetWhy the Liberal Democrats were key to the Government’s decisions on Northern Rock...

Ireland: The Celtic Tiger

IrelandIreland’s rapid economic growth has been a model case study—but is the Celtic Tiger’s roar getting quieter?...

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