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Canada is counting on competition among banks, insurers and pension funds to keep down costs on voluntary pension plans that it hopes will plug gaps in the country’s retirement-income system, the minister in charge of the proposal said.
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Future Value Retail Ltd., a subsidiary of India’s largest retailer Pantaloon Retail India Ltd., plans to open at least 65 new stores in 18 months as consumer demand and retail sales in the nation grow.
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Top researchers at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business are taking diametrically opposing views on the Volcker rule, one of the most important issues in financial reform. The sharp distinctions can be seen in their public comments to U.S. bank regulators writing the rule, the part of the Dodd-Frank law that restricts proprietary trading by very large banks.
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Qatar National Bank SAQ’s talks to acquire Denizbank AS, the Turkish lender put up for sale by Dexia SA, are stalled over price and may collapse, people with knowledge of the process said.
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Alphabet Management LLC, the New York-based hedge fund that uses options to bet on the volatility of stocks and other assets, hired Scott Saiers as head trader.
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UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, sought immunity from prosecution by Canadian regulators probing a potential conspiracy to rig the price of derivatives globally, three people with knowledge of the inquiry said.
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Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank, is cutting bonuses at its corporate and investment bank after the unit posted its first quarterly loss in two years.
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The Serbian government needs to exercise more fiscal restraint this year after last year’s budget deficit and public debts exceeded agreed targets, the International Monetary Fund said.
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BNP Paribas SA, France’s largest bank, joined Credit Suisse Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG in cutting 2011 bonuses after quarterly profit plunged at its corporate- and investment-banking unit.
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BNP Paribas SA, France’s largest bank, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and said its corporate- and investment-banking unit had a “good start” to the year.
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