FTfm: Ex-Moody’s staff raise alarm over ABS, Dutch warn UK...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday November 11 2013     FTfm   Ex-Moody's staff raise alarm over ABS   A former senior executive has warned that rating agencies are using 'deluded' processes to calculate risks that could trigger another financial crash       Dutch warn UK about pooled pensions   Some of the largest institutional asset managers in the Netherlands have advised the UK against adopting collective defined contribution pensions     New York public pensions investigated   Relationships with investment consultants will be probed and could result in new regulation or New York's state and city pension funds     Saving the poisoned Swiss cash cow   Until recently, 'private banking has been akin to organised crime', but the role of Swiss private banks has changed beyond recognition     Hedge fund activism hits a wall in Europe   European activist fund managers prefer a more discreet approach than their outspoken and numerous US counterparts, but they plan to get noisier     A payday puzzle for pension trustees   Pension funds may be exposed to payday lenders, prompting John Plender to consider that usury may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it     Financial tax rises from the grave   John Dizard is appalled by the resurrection of the harmful European transaction tax in draft documents related to the German coalition agreement     130/30 funds stage amazing comeback   Resurgent interest in Europe's equity markets has delivered an unexpected bonus to the humble and long written-off segment of the investment market     'Robin Hood' tax takes from pensioners   A European financial transaction tax could take an 'obscene amount of money' from pensioners and force some companies to seek listings outside Europe     Pension lifeboat charts a daring course   Martin Clarke, executive director of financial risk at the UK's £19.9bn Pension Protection Fund, says it is ready to take on more risk         Video   Cash for access breaches   The UK regulator wants to stop fund managers from misusing client money to access company executives. Nicola Higgs, senior associate at law firm Ashurst, discusses why erring funds have not been punished to date, and what clients are likely to do about it           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.