FTfm: Buffett pays $2bn in move on Israel’s IMC, Key inves...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/NA70KK/9MPGXF/IYS3R8O/WLXS67/   FTfm Wednesday May 01 2013 Financial Times - FTfm   Buffett pays $2bn in move on Israel's IMC The deal reflects the success of Berkshire Hathaway's first overseas purchase in 2006, when it bought 80 per cent of IMC from the Wertheimer family http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/XBDFF1/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Key investor hits at gold miners The warning comes after the share price of Barrick Gold fell to a 20-year low last week, losing its crown as the world's largest gold miner by market value to GoldCorp http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/HI87MK/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Crowds line up for a bite of Apple's big bond iPhone maker's blockbuster US debt sale is perfectly timed to take advantage of ultra low interest rates and strong demand from investors eager to own top quality credit http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/IE6MMO/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Funds hit at planned European transactions tax Chief investment officers for some of the region's largest pension funds have warned over plans by 11 eurozone countries to cash and derivatives transactions tax http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/MJVXXZ/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   UK Treasury fears £9bn bank crisis fund The move would require Mr Osborne to tap industry for a resolution and deposit insurance fund matching at least 1 per cent of covered deposits http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/JQO55C/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   KKR holds talks with Petraeus over role Mr Petraeus' longtime mentor is the retired army general, Jack Keane, who has acted as an adviser to KKR.\ http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/4VJTTG/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Sony leadership to forgo bonuses Forty top executives to give up Y1bn in total after they failed to keep a promise to return the Japanese group's consumer electronics division to profit http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/FDBAAV/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Fed weighs tighter cap on bank leverage The move is being considered amid scepticism of the Basel III accords, which allow banks to vary capital requirements depending on the riskiness of individual assets http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/6AFBB1/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   BBVA issues $1.5bn perpetual bond Bumper coupon promised in order to attract yield-hungry investors to unusual structure http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/PNZYY4/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Kodak to shift film arm to UK pensioners US courts' approval of groundbreaking deal to erase about $2.8bn of claims would prevent the scheme falling into Britain's Pension Protection Fund http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/DXNW15/ZBYFC4/C4AIV4/1OQUUN/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Exchange Traded Funds Green light given to ETF 'self-indexing' Growth worries hit stocks and commodities iShares liquidating its first active ETF State Street, Vanguard making inroads in Europe Video FTfm Investors behaving badly Institutional and retail investors often fail to act in their own best interests, exhibiting behaviour that is at odds with their stated goals. Suzanne Duncan, global head of research for the State Street Center for Applied Research, tells FTfm's Chris Flood that investor behaviour is changing, affecting the future of the investment management industry. Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..