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NAPF: EC understands 'difference' between insurers and pensions

European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion insists EC is not 'mixing apples and oranges'

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The National Association of Pension Funds is holding its annual conference in Manchester this week. Speakers at the event include Lord Hutton, the head of the UK government-backed Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, former UK chancellor Alistair Darling, and Alan Rubenstein, the chief executive of the Pensions Protection Fund.

Greenhill confident of 'very good' full-year revenues

Scott Bok, chief executive of Greenhill, is confident of strong full-year revenues after it beat analyst expectations in third quarter advisory revenues

NAPF: Nest reform delay would be a 'body blow'

Lord Hutton conceded the timing of pension reforms was not ideal given setbacks for the economy but delay is not the answer

US firm takes dividend following recapitalisation

One of the most controversial private equity practices of the boom-era has been carried out by a US private investment firm – despite the difficult lending conditions

Deutsche Börse and NYSE welcome EU's Mifid proposal

The two exchanges said the rules will create a safer and sounder market

After securing shareholder approval for the merger in July, the two companies are now seeking to persuade Europe's antitrust authorities to approve the deal

Pressure builds on HFT firms as influential report argues that the increasingly-dominant form of trading could impact short-term price-setting

Custodians battered by equity markets in Q3

Assets under custody fell in value in the third quarter as the world’s largest custodians struggled to cope with falls in the stock market

Looking for the guillotine and bargain bucket

The financial industry is looking to cut costs and on the hunt for M&A bargains, according to a survey from Norton Rose

Ten things you need to know about a Euro Tarp

Morgan Stanley analysts have compiled a handy checklist on what may happen when the European Banking Authority gets to grips with the problems in the eurozone

How the FTSE has fared: from Big Bang to now

It may not feel like it, given the extremity of market volatility driven by macroeconomic fears for most of this year, but stock prices are not actually doing that badly. Provided you're prepared to take a rather long-term view, that is.

EU actively mulls temporary bans on sovereign ratings

Pressure is being applied to agencies blamed by officials for helping to cause the crisis

A plan to use the European Financial Stability Facility to back sovereign bonds issued by shaky European nations may prove a false hope

FN100 Women: Where are they now? Baroness Hogg

Financial News will at the end of October publish its annual list of the 100 most influential women in finance. In the run-up to this, we are revisiting some of the women who made this list in previous years

Buyout duo show the way with Amadeus exit

News Analysis: BC Partners and Cinven have demonstrated that it is possible for private equity firms to exit companies successfully in the volatile public markets

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