The premise that pension assets are locked up and lying idle has a long pedigree within UK governments

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Pensions seen as passive pots of gold

Meteor Asset Management -3-Year Defensive Growth Plan

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Meteor Asset Management – 3-Year Defensive Growth Plan

Enforcement actions have reinforced the view that the UK is lighter on markets policing but that could be about to change with aggressive US-style tactics

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UK looks to bridge regulatory divide with US

The Bank of England is expected this week to announce further quantitative easing while Australia is set to receive an interest-rate cut

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Economic Outlook: Monetary moves awaited

Executive compensation has become a thorny issue for banks which have cut jobs or been given state aid

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Goldman Sachs cuts chief executive’s bonus

Joint report by the National Association of Pension Funds and the Cass Business School calls for a range of fundamental reforms to the way people shop around for a retirement income.

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NAPF: Savers face £1bn hit from ‘unfair and opaque’ annuity system

The South African banking group says that troubled markets had pulled its operating profit down by more than 5% in the nine months to December

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Volatility and weaker client trading hit Investec

The sum could treble over the next few years as millions more are automatically enrolled in workplace pension plans under rules taking effect in April

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Retirees lose up to £1bn through opaque market

Decision due in days on whether to sell bundled mortgage securities acquired during the AIG bail-out after successful Maiden Lane sale

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New York Fed weighs fresh securities auction

Private equity group backs down after legal strategy ahead of IPO provokes letter from senators amid opposition from investors and corporate governance activists

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Carlyle removes class action clause