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Katharina Lichtner is managing director and head of research, Capital Dynamics

Opportunities arise as private equity begins to emerge from its slumbers
Published:  16 August, 2010

The financial crisis and subsequent collapse of the lending markets brought turmoil to private equity. Valuations suffered from high volatility and the industry, for most of 2009, saw an almost complete standstill in investment and divestment activity.

Georgina Marshall is regional head of corporate governance at Aviva Investors

Looking beyond the code: what is achievable in corporate governance?
Published:  09 August, 2010

Compliance alone will not be enough to improve governance; behaviours will determine the success or failure of the approach.

Lucy MacDonald is chief investment officer of global equities at RCM

Quality growth stocks are the new gold standard for savvy investors
Published:  02 August, 2010

Gearing is at historically low levels for the corporate sector, unlike the consumer or government sectors.

Jamie Clark is business development manager at Scottish Life

RDR is set to change the way employees pay for advice on corporate pensions
Published:  26 July, 2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is changing the way advisers can be paid when selling retail investment products. The recently published FSA Policy Statement 10/10 – Corporate pensions – feedback to CP09/31 and final rules – sets out how this will work for corporate pensions.

The truth about enhanced transfer values
Published:  08 December, 2009

It’s now nearly three years since the Pension Regulator published its guidance on what it termed ‘Inducement Offers’ otherwise known as ‘Enhanced Transfer Value (ETV) exercises’.

Is the clock ticking for public sector pensions?
Published:  05 May, 2009

• There are significant and complex issues around the provision of defined benefit public sector pensions

The most attractive asset class
Published:  26 January, 2009

2008 was a disaster for the majority of investors. The global downturn coupled with the mass deleveraging that resulted from the banking crisis meant that there were very few hiding places in 2008.

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