FTfm: Fund managers face anxious wait over Volcker, Woodfo...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday December 09 2013     FTfm   Fund managers face anxious wait over Volcker   Asset managers owned by European and Asian banks face an anxious wait to discover if US regulators will restrict their ability to run mutual funds       Woodford exit sees Invesco assets dip   Investors have withdrawn just shy of £2bn from the two flagship funds of Neil Woodford, Invesco Perpetual's departing 'star' manager     Sexism, silence and shocking stats   Chris Newlands responds to criticism of FTfm's survey on women in asset management saying it was shaped by a lack of response from big fund companies     European risk has not magically disappeared   John Dizard says where real growth is hard to come by, we have to make do with volatility and he expects more of that in European asset prices next year     Equities ignore the homing instinct   John Plender maintains that diversification still has a point as equities remain immune amid exodus from foreign banking and bond markets     Heinz bottom of food chain   Burger King, Mars and Heinz have been named as some of the worst offenders in a European benchmark that tracks how food companies monitor animal welfare     Last bear Hendry embraces bull market   Hugh Hendry, the usually bearish hedge fund manager, has embraced an 'unstoppable bull market' for equities     Managers agree on outsourcing guidelines   A new set of 'guiding principles' for the outsourcing arrangements of UK asset managers has been agreed     Retail real estate investors have to adapt   Valuations have been resilient in this asset class but location remains key in the search for yield as customers move online and shops close     AP4 chases returns and cuts CO2 exposure   Mats Andersson has proved the naysayers wrong after taking charge of the struggling state fund and turning it around while making green choices         Video   Energy destruction   If climate change targets are to be met a high proportion of known fossil fuel reserves should be left unexploited. Anthony Hobley, chief executive designate of Carbon Tracker Initiative, talks to Steve Johnson about the risky decisions involved.           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.