FTfm: Concern over funding for broker research, New hedge ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday November 04 2013     FTfm   Concern over funding for broker research   FCA critical of 'bundled' use of investor money to pay brokers for research, for arranging access to companies' senior executives and trade execution       New hedge funds drop as banks boost pay   Only 418 hedge funds have been set up so far this year, compared to 725 and 780 established in the two preceding years respectively     The unnecessary social bond network   In social impact bonds, private investors lose money if the idea flops and get paid if it works. Tom Stabile asks why we need middlemen     Funds place bets on canes vs walkers race   John Dizard looks at the strategic and political questions and tactical issues that providing for elders have created for the professional investor     Paulson's asset management bet pays off   Paulson & Co's Recovery funds have gained a tasty 40 per cent since the start of 2013, thanks to investments in banks, insurers and asset managers     FCA rules out fines on corporate access scandal   The regulator's decision not to punish asset managers that breached UK rules by misusing client commission has surprised some market participants     JPMorgan succumbs to fee pressure   The US house, which has $2.2tn in assets under management, plans to overhaul how much it charges for the outperformance of its funds     Legal & General makes first big European push   Legal & General's fund arm wants to draw wealthy private investors from beyond the UK for the first time in its 177-year history     Man Group rallies, but AHL loses its mojo   The struggling hedge fund house defends its quant way of working, as AHL has become the world's biggest purveyor of actively managed equity ETFs     With a little help from his Nobel friend   David Booth says Dimensional Fund Advisors serves as a quasi-laboratory for Nobel Prize winner in economics Eugene Fama's economic theories         Video   Red tape threat to fund managers   The flurry of new regulation that has hit the UK asset management sector in the past few years has left the industry fearful about the effect on returns. David Oakley reports           Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.