FTfm: Regulator puts Reits into turmoil, Homes for homeles...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/5F39HH/PNZTKY/A7XEDP1/C5UEXS/   FT.com/ftfm Sunday April 21 2013 Financial Times - FTfm   Regulator puts Reits into turmoil Move by German BaFin to treat real estate investment trusts as investment funds could drive investors away http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/VTX08I/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Homes for homeless fund seeks investors An innovative UK social impact investment fund is looking for commercial investors http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/WHKC6Y/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   BlackRock stands firm under fire The world's largest investment manager is not cowed by two competition probes and hostility from rivals, finds Chris Newlands http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/PNZH1V/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Headwinds batter equity markets John Plender is worried about the decline in developed-world IPOs http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/4VJ47I/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Tobin tax will only benefit shady fixers Think-tank people muse, policy becomes more opaque while US financial institutions prepare 'workarounds' for the European FTT, writes John Dizard http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/SU58H5/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Fiduciary conflict continues Investment consultants that direct clients to their own services will come unstuck http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/B41EDH/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Schroders: benchmarks must go The fund industry should adopt a 'dynamic' view of asset allocation, says the 300 Club http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/A5UIKG/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Giegold promises to polish Ucits label Green MEP Sven Giegold is intent on improving the image of the fund brand http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/NR2LPW/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   EU pension proposals alarm local schemes Calls are growing for Brussels to abandon plans to calculate pan-European solvency figures http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/YGY20F/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   'I did not backpedal' MEP Sven Giegold tells Ruth Sullivan he has always wanted the same pay curbs for fund managers and bankers and says the Ucits brand will not be damaged http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/A5SYMK/40952X/ZGUJQV/WHKC6X/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=21   Exchange Traded Funds BlackRock: Credit Suisse deal on track Alts bandwagon passing by ETF start-ups Lyxor swimming against the stock lending tide iShares ad blitz plays to 'all walks of life' Video FTfm EU bonus cap ruffles fund managers In March, policy makers in Brussels voted in favour of capping asset management staff bonuses at 100 per cent of their salary. Declan O'Sullivan, partner at law firm Dechert, discusses the implications of the planned regulation with Chris Newlands, FTfm editor. Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..