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Universal banking [updated]

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Barclays Bank plc (Barclays) £7.7 million for failures in relation to the sale of two funds. Barclays will contact customers and pay redress where appropriate… More…

How to end-of-year window dress, by JPM

Short and err, simple, this one.

From JP Morgan’s European quant strategy team:
As we head into year end, managers may look to reposition their portfolios following a phenomenally strong equity market rally. More…

Goldilocks still popular among fund managers, BofAML says

It’s the non-shock headline of the day perhaps; but fund managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch continue to position themselves for the `ideal’ economic recovery scenario — one where the growth rate is neither too hot, More…

Funds FAIL!

From the annual fund management report by International Financial Services London (IFSL):
Global fund management Conventional assets under management of the global fund management industry fell 19% in 2008, More…

Alpha advertising

As asset management houses look to stay sharp, constantly improve and deliver the alpha investors require — Inalytics, the specialist manager evaluation firm, continues its in-depth analysis into the identification of manager skill with the launch of a new whitepaper unveiled today [Monday]. More…