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Money managers under the microscope
Morning Line-Up: PwC DB plans, Pru’s chairman, Chinese insurers
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
PwC shuts UK defined benefit pension schemes - FT
Chinese insurers allowed to invest in private equity, property - Reuters
Renewed attack on Pru’s chairman - Daily Telegraph
Myners’ let-off for hedge fund pay
There’s been plenty of confusion over who exactly will be hit by the ‘supertax’ on banker bonuses.
Myners spends a lot of time reading blogs. REUTERS/Paul Hackett.
The wording of the Treasury’s clampdown last week suggested some hedge funds and traditional asset managers could be caught — PwC’s John Terry told me that of the 20 hedge funds he had spoken to, around half may have been caught in the net.
Looking ‘Bleak’ for Madoff investors
In Charles Dickens’ novel, Bleak House, a long-running dispute over a legacy only ends when the estate’s assets have been completely devoured to pay the army of lawyers involved in the litigation. Delighted, the lawyers move on to the next case, while one heir of the estate ends up a nervous wreck, his assets all gone.
Madoff investors may feel they are in a similar predicament, watching on helplessly as the scant assets so far recovered dwindle while liquidators and trustees wrangle over how to apportion them.
Fraud – a booming business
Fraud is booming as financial pressures rise during the recession, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, which last night hosted a meeting of its ‘Fraud Academy’, which aims to help companies share tips on spotting those up to no good.
“I think fraud is booming in the current downturn,” said Andrew Gordon, a partner in the forensic accounting practice.
