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02/02/2012 05:15 PMBond benchmarks put investors in undue danger LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are needlessly exposing themselves to huge potential losses by defying two golden rules for making money through bonds - lend more to those who will pay on time in full and less to those already saturated in debt. 
02/02/2012 02:47 PMSovereign wealth fund assets to hit $5.2 trillion - report LONDON (Reuters) - Assets managed by sovereign wealth funds are likely to grow 8 percent this year to $5.2 trillion (3.3 trillion pounds) after a 9 percent increase in 2011, a new report showed on Wednesday. 
02/01/2012 11:11 AMHedge funds brace for euro zone break-up LONDON (Reuters) - Nervous hedge funds managers are stress-testing their portfolios and searching for ways of protecting themselves against their worst nightmare -- a potential break-up of the euro zone. 
02/02/2012 02:44 PMHedge fund managers to outspend bankers on London homes LONDON (Reuters) - Shrinking bonus pools in the City of London will reduce bankers' clout in the capital's buoyant prime housing market this year, with hedge fund managers set to outspend them for the first time, data from Savills showed. 
02/01/2012 11:13 AMLiontrust posts 30 million pounds of client inflows LONDON (Reuters) - Liontrust Asset Management said it continued to attract clients into its funds, even as many fund managers post outflows amidst investor fears over the euro zone debt crisis and choppy markets. 
02/01/2012 11:14 AMBrewin Dolphin commission income slows LONDON (Reuters) - Investment manager Brewin Dolphin suffered a slow first quarter as the global financial stresses of late 2011 spooked clients and translated into a 24.4 percent drop in commission income. 
02/01/2012 11:14 AMFSA slaps record fine on ex-JC Flowers boss for fraud LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Services Authority has slapped a record fine on leading City financier Ravi Sinha for an invoicing scam when he was in charge of the European operations of U.S. buyout giant JC Flowers. 
01/31/2012 04:41 PMInvestors kick off 2012 with defensive stance - Reuters poll LONDON (Reuters) - Investors have begun 2012 in a cautious mood, with U.S. and Japanese asset managers worried about the euro zone debt crisis cutting exposure to stocks and boosting bonds, while European accounts added risky assets, Reuters polls show. 
01/31/2012 04:22 PMNervy UK fund managers start cautious return to stocks LONDON (Reuters) - British fund managers began to return to stocks in January, cutting cash, despite worries about the damage Europe's still-unresolved debt crisis might yet inflict on markets, according to a Reuters poll. 
01/31/2012 04:35 PMUK consumers pay billions in fund dealing costs LONDON (Reuters) - The funds industry is imposing 18.5 billion pounds of hidden costs on investors every year through dealing charges that are obscured by cryptic fee structures and "convoluted language", new research on financial consumers has found. 
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