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		<title>Of interest in the FT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/20/of-interest-in-the-ft-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Boyde</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fund management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Further reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gartmore confirms plans for IPO
Rising portfolio value bolsters KKR
UK regulator faces pensions dilemma
Paulson starts gold fund amid record prices
Ministers defend new FSA powers
Informant says Galleon tips came from Asia
Worried nations try to cool hot money
Trichet warns on bank bonuses
Electronic rival for convertible bonds planned
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		<title>Shale gas debate just won’t go away</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/19/shale-gas-debate-just-wont-go-away/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/19/shale-gas-debate-just-wont-go-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Boyde</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fund management]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shale gas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FTfm columnist John Dizard was, apparently, just tapping into the global zeitgeist when he wrote of the debate surrounding shale gas reserves. In his November 1 column, Shale gas numbers may not add up, he described what sounded like the lone voice of a softly spoken shale sceptic, Art Berman.
At the time that we went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical investing - who cares?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/18/ethical-investing-who-cares/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/18/ethical-investing-who-cares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fund management]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[ethical investing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ethical awareness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Post credit crunch, most people would expect investors - or would-be ones - to focus on how to gain returns from any financial product, while other considerations such as ethical concerns have headed out of the door.
Not so, it seems. An Ipsos Mori/Eiris consumer survey that dropped into my email box today, showed nearly half of UK consumers are keen to find out about the ethical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of interest in the FT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/18/of-interest-in-the-ft/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/18/of-interest-in-the-ft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Boyde</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guy Hands, head of private equity house Terra Firma, warns US and Europe could suffer &#8216;Japanese problem&#8217; unless banks&#8217; leveraged loans are restructured
Goldman apologises for role in crisis and pledges $500m to help US small businesses
Mark Lowe, who set up Nomos Capital Partners is being sued for discrimination by a former employee
Doomed to repeat history? asks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money for nothing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/17/money-for-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/17/money-for-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline Skypala</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[trail commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The blog posts on websites read by UK independent financial advisers are alive with objections to comments by Andrew Fisher, outspoken chief executive of Towry Law.
Mr Fisher runs a fee-based advice outfit, but revealed recently that his firm gets £6m a year in trail commission on legacy business it inherited from firms it has taken over. Towry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading in the FT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/17/further-reading-in-the-ft-3/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/17/further-reading-in-the-ft-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Boyde</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate governance]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lehman seeks $10bn clawback in Barclays suit
Bank regulation but at what cost to the economy?
Myners says ISC code is not strong enough
Invesco Perpetual launches split cap
Body created to lobby for the financial sector
TPG investors can cut exposure to financial fund
Terra Firma writes down EMI value
Property portfolios make gains

Cut tax relief for the wealthy, says TUC
Protesters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Irish pensioners behave responsibly?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/12/can-irish-pensioners-behave-responsibly/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/12/can-irish-pensioners-behave-responsibly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Grene</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable investment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Irish pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[responsible investing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sovereign pension funds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund is getting a rough ride at the moment. Having been forced to pick up the tab for the recapitalisation of the Irish banks (some €7bn worth of preference shares in Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks), it is about to lose its chief executive, John Corrigan, who moves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading in the FT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/12/further-reading-in-the-ft-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/12/further-reading-in-the-ft-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FT</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fund management]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Hedge funds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable investment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[London&#8217;s status in doubt as BlueCrest decides to relocate 50 staff to Geneva
Resolution prepares to make further deals
UK&#8217;s oldest private equity group, 3i, edges into postive returns
Ceiops to give annuities reprieve in UK, opening the door to exceptions for existing annuity books
Move to curb EU fund managers&#8217; pay
TPG, the private equity firm, could invest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading in the FT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/11/further-reading-in-the-ft/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/11/further-reading-in-the-ft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FT</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/?p=5331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Optimal chief faces Madoff charges
Two former Bear Stearns fund chiefs cleared of fraud
Schroders celebrates two consecutive quarters of institutional net fund inflows
Brussels warns IASB saying rules shake-up could cause instability
Paulson &#38; Co, the New York hedge fund, has disclosed a 2.08 per cent stake in Cadbury
Galleon probe expands to take in tech analysts
]]></description>
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		<title>Praying for a market miracle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/04/praying-for-a-market-miracle/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/ftfmblog/2009/11/04/praying-for-a-market-miracle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline Skypala</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[John Ralfe]]></category>

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The revelation that the Church of England is relying almost exclusively on returns from equities to pay vicars&#8217; pensions in the future raises an interesting question: which institutions can afford a sufficient time horizon to be able to rely on the expectation that equities will outperform bonds over the longer term?
I asked Guy Monson, chief [...]]]></description>
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