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It’s time to catch up on the stories you didn’t have time to read this week. Here are some stories you don’t want to miss.

    This week亚博赞助欧冠writers look into whether Wall Street will feel the impact of limited Net neutrality, why veteran-owned tech businesses can make good investments and how cash balance plans are breathing new life into the defined-benefit-retirement model. Here are our best stories of the week:

    1. Could Curbs on Net Neutrality Affect the Financial Industry?

    With President Barack Obama finally taking a stand on Net neutrality (he’s for it), the conversation surrounding the potential impact of Internet service providers’ deciding to create so-called fast and slow lanes or other limitations has gained a second wind. But what impact could it have on the markets?Senior Writer Aaron Timms explainswhy the answer may be “not much at all.”

    2. Former Deutsche Bank Securities CEO Tommy Gahan Wants to Capitalize on Volatility

    Senior Writer Julie Segal profiles Thomas (Tommy) Gahanand his New York–based investment firm Benefit Street Partners. Gahan, who resigned as CEO of Deutsche Bank Securities in March 2008, is hoping that bankers who started trading junk bonds in the 1980s will now come to him with smart formulas for picking credit investments. “We were at the table inventing many of the structures that are currently in the market,” Gahan tells Segal. “That understanding is fundamental for an investor trying to reengineer and disentangle these securities.”

    3. Asia’s Top 20 Investment Managers

    Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management takes the top spot in Japan equities inII’s first-ever Asia Investment Management Awards, thanks to its ability to deliver a 138 percent gain over three years to the end of September. Also making the list for Japan is Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management, which takes the top spot for fixed income, while Fortune SGAM Fund Management Co. holds the position as best in China equities ???and Mizuho Asset Management Co. is tops in Asia-Pacific fixed income.

    4. Tech-Savvy Veterans Are Luring Investors to Their Start-Ups

    虽然退伍军人之间的失业率很高,但许多人留下了丰富的高度市场技术技能。STUART SUTLEY,一位经营沙漠风暴的老兵,帮助创造了一个venture capital fund focused solely on investing in veteran-owned businesses, which, according to him, represent a growing opportunity for investment.

    5.新的现金余额计划为rias提供尚未开发的市场

    Defined benefit plans may seem endangered to some, but a plan often used as a tax shelter for executives has proved to be beneficial to — and increasingly popular with — the average investor.Employers, especially at small businesses, are moving into cash balance plans, which draw from pretax income and provide a nice complement to existing 401(k)s.

    6.俄罗斯采用自由浮动汇率后卢布获得了提升

    Russia has a new tactic for managing panic and speculation about its currency:自由浮动汇率和设备e intervention. The plan, announced on Monday, November 10, has been good for the ruble so far, but questions remain regarding the long term. Russian Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina said on Monday that the ruble rate is deeply undervalued, and President Vladimir Putin told reporters on the same day that “speculative jumps” in the currency market should soon come to an end.

    7. Are Sovereign Wealth Funds Taking Over European Soccer?

    什么是阿布扎比的国际石油投资有限公司(IPIC)正在进行西班牙足球队皇家马德里?尽管报道表明他们在这项运动中掌握了这项运动,但主权财富基金通常远离欧洲的足球俱乐部。Does IPIC see a financial boon— perhaps related to an upcoming IPO — where others don’t?

    8.被动投资者赢得了管理辩论

    The long-running debate over whether active or passive investment management is best may be coming to an end.Julie Segal argues that passive investors clearly have the upper hand. Citing recent Morningstar data that show investors withdrew in droves this year from active equity funds and flocked to indexes, she writes that “traditional active equity managers are in trouble.”

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