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Europe’s regulators turn their sights on robo-advisers
European regulators have announced plans to investigate the increasing use of ‘robo-advice’ in the financial services industry in order to work out what action may be needed to control its growing use.
Fixed Income | news 3 Dec 15
Schroders launches euro credit absolute return fund
Schroders International Selection Fund (ISF) has launched its Euro Credit Absolute Return UCITs fund, which aims to provide a positive annual return throughout the market cycle.
Retirement | news 3 Dec 15
OECD warns of growing risk of pensioner poverty
Future generations are likely to find their pension entitlements much less generous than today’s and many may face a serious risk of pensioner poverty, according to a new OECD report.
Decoding the ECB ‘disappointment’
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi disappointed markets on Thursday. While the bank delivered a 10 basis point cut to the deposit rate to an historic -0.3%, and extended the deadline of its asset purchase programme by six months, it kept the main refinancing and marginal lending rates steady at five and 30 basis points respectively.
ANALYSIS: Central bank moves prompt high-yield rethink
S&P last week said 2015 will see the highest number of defaults since 2009, and so with the end of an era of very cheap money in sight, should bond investors be worried?