australian court hands control of key lm fund
The Supreme Court of Queensland today transferred control of a key LM Investment Management fund to KordaMentha, an Australian insolvency and restructuring specialist, and Calibre Capital Ltd.
continue to buy Japan id rather not
The economic stimuli unveiled by the Japanese government may be drawing in equity investors, but not everyone is keen to jump on the bandwagon before seeing if the policies actually work.
cisi warns austrian meps to stop meddling
More than half of financial services practitioners surveyed by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment believe bonuses should be set by banks’ shareholders, not politicians as the group calls on Austrian MEPs to “stop meddling”.
boutique asset managers form self help group
Representatives of boutique asset managers from countries around the world met last week in Spain to form a new association called the “Group of Boutique Asset Managers”.
Tax & Regulation | 11 Apr 13
deadweight tide of regulation
A long-held suspicion of financial services firms was confirmed by a senior Bank of England official last night as he revealed a 600% increase in UK regulation since 1979, comparing the tide of red tape to the country’s unwieldy tax system.