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Basel committee moves to raise banks’ capital adequacy requirements (25/07/2008) Over the weekend: Belgian Parliament votes to remove tax on pension assets (26/12/2006) IORP directive not fully implemented by member states (15/10/2006) Solvency II: Insurance companies need to gear up (01/10/2006) UK pension scheme governance: "Significant minority" reveals shortcomings (17/09/2006) Triggers are not target - The Pensions Regulator clarifies its stance (14/05/2006) Pension investments: transparency, not restriction, is key – OECD (02/04/2006) FTK 101 (19/03/2006) Dutch pensions at the dawn of the FTK (19/03/2006) UK-based schemes can apply for cross-border status (08/01/2006) UCITS III 101 (06/11/2005) Funding requirements: UK's pension authority to focus on schemes most at risk (06/11/2005) Pension liabilities: Valuation issues are still unresolved (09/10/2005) Only nine Member States have implemented the Pension Directive (09/10/2005) Centralisation of pension assets: Two steps ahead of the Directive (09/10/2005) The FSA won't meddle with hedge funds, but will keep tab on them (03/07/2005) Compliance debate reaches pension consultants (03/07/2005) Europe's insurance market still plagued by national regulations (20/06/2005) Private equity entities better to gear up for the IFRS (22/05/2005) Hedge funds: many common characteristics, but still no legal definition (23/01/2005) Performance and hedge fund regulation: get the debate straight (22/11/2004) Hedge fund regulation: a new breeding ground for regulatory activities (21/11/2004) Hedge fund regulation: target the investors, not the industry, academics say (21/11/2004) New sources of liquidity to open up with the Directive on markets in financial instruments (07/11/2004) Regulation: no way round best execution (07/11/2004) Myners is still in the air, but pension funds are slow to react (10/10/2004) New registration cost burden in sight for hedge fund managers as the SEC closes its consultation period (27/09/2004) Dutch pension scheme managers facing growing costs from legislation and regulation (26/09/2004) Pensions in the European Union: nowhere near unity (12/09/2004) The Dutch association of industry-wide pension funds pushes its own governance code (12/09/2004) Top financial authorities discuss the hedge fund industry (12/09/2004) Hurdles facing European pension system far from being insuperable (22/08/2004) Pension deficits and IAS 19: an opportunity to restart from scratch (25/07/2004) European Hedge Fund Managers may have to register in the US (25/07/2004) Disclosure of management of simultaneous funds by mutual fund managers will benefit investors – Asset Managers Forum (10/06/2004) FTSE boards undergo significant change in response to Combined Code (10/06/2004) Further European legislation could help bolster the convergence of the AM industry (16/05/2004) FSA confirms proposals to tackle softing and unbundling (16/05/2004) The FRS 17 has already cleared the lane for the IAS 19 (16/05/2004) UCITS : the European Commission seeks to bring order in the plethora of national rules (02/05/2004) UK unfair trading practices no reason for worries (18/04/2004) Dutch corporate pension funds can relax: IFRS will not apply for now (18/04/2004) Soft commissions and bundling: the FSA sticks to its guns (18/04/2004) The ongoing battle to regulate hedge funds (28/01/2004) Opra publishes new guide on pension scheme record keeping (08/07/2003) 'Golden opportunity missed' - NAPF on pensions green paper (01/04/2003) Insurance, banks next in line for FRS17 challenge - Fitch (20/02/2003) IMMFA's code of practice puts money fund safety first, yield next (12/02/2003) NAPF boosts corporate governance unit (09/02/2003) Charities keen on Myners principles, laissez-faire on shareholder activism (03/01/2003) Pensions paper: "Xmas could be late for some schemes" - NAPF (19/12/2002) "Strong but not that strong" - FSB on UK pensions system (28/10/2002) FSA forum okays controversial 'short selling' practice (16/09/2002) FSA calls for hedge fund regulation debate (22/08/2002) Pension schemes urge more radical reforms (02/08/2002) Merrill Lynch backs regulation of analysts (01/08/2002) KPMG says FRS 17 reprieve "good for business" (04/07/2002) Pension changes would be another form of tax on business - FPB (20/06/2002) Hedge fund industry comes under SEC fraud spotlight (29/05/2002) Charity commission to hold FRS 17 consultation (03/04/2002) SEC relief for US funds; Asset-backed CP, "Battle for bps" discussed at MMX 02 (19/03/2002) BA's IR chief and ASB's Keegan to chair FRS 17 debate (14/03/2002) UNISON pension criticisms fuel FRS 17 fire (01/03/2002) Pension funds welcome MFR changes (28/02/2002) New accounting standard puts pensions in peril - NAPF (15/02/2002) Debate continues over how best to police money market funds (31/01/2002) Fund managers begin to meet investment presentation standards for pension funds - PwC (11/01/2002) Pension schemes and fund managers to develop new code on trading costs (01/11/2001) An end to soft commissions "will not benefit pension funds" (19/10/2001) EU directive "to increase costs and workload for pension funds" (27/09/2001) Unilever v Merrill Lynch - Legal action looms over pension fund under-performance claim (25/09/2001) MFR reform to give pension fund trustees breathing space (20/09/2001) Stakeholder pensions "may have to be compulsory" (03/09/2001) Closing time: Trading deadlines for money market funds gives treasurers food for thought (24/08/2001) Naming and shaming of pension trustees to begin next month, says OPRA (17/08/2001) Legislation poised to give local authorities the chance to invest in money market funds (10/07/2001)