‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Industry calls for FCA consultation amid trust test-taking woes
Platforms requiring retail investors to undertake knowledge tests before buying certain trusts is bruising the already-ailing sector
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EU inflation slides to brink of target at 2.4%
Dip greater than consensus forecasts of 2.7%
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Investment Association calls for improved rules for EU clients
The IA’s views are detailed in a report titled ‘Making Investment Better for All’
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Frontier markets risk being left behind without green reforms
After the recent market rally, Ninety One’s Thys Louw reflects on the importance of reforms in frontier markets
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Calls for judicial review into FCA as investment trust sector faces extinction
Cost disclosure regulation has been called “illegal and irrational” amid an “emergency situation” for investment companies
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Resolute 75bps rate hike gives ECB some breathing room
Move was widely anticipated but industry commentators are split on how big it goes next time
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Why new EU rules could see traditional asset managers transform into responsible investors
‘Firms will want to take stock of their current business model’
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EU outlines plans for higher sustainability standards
Green bonds and carbon benchmarking are on the European Commission’s agenda
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AIC hits out at Kid reforms under Priips regulation
European Supervisory Authorities’ timeline is too ambitious
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Investment Association makes key hire for Brussels expansion
Move would have happened irrespective of Brexit
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Europe bulls could eye UK on political shocks
UK equities could be a beneficiary of Spanish and Italian political turmoil, despite investors playing down existential risk to the European Union from the peripheral economies.
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Bailey: Post-Brexit rules should not force finance firms’ relocation
The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority Andrew Bailey has questioned whether financial firms should have to move owing to Brexit, adding that “authorities” should not dictate where financial firms are based.
