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Fixed-income ETPs see assets under management grow fastest; how wealth management industry contributes to UK GDP; fine wine index tipped for surge; survey reveals optimism among fund managers; New UK regulator...
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Has the popularity of exchange-traded funds turned them into the new regulatory whipping boys?
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S&P Indices has reported dismal return figures for investors in 2011: an overall $3 trillion loss and a 10.07% decrease in global markets, according to the S&P Global Broad Market Index (BMI). Excluding...
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