Tell Sid: they still listen to Joe on Wall Street

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Individual investors have 20% of share ownership in the UK but 49.7% in the US. The proportion of the population holding shares is similar at 20% but US investors play the stock market more seriously. Most British shareholders own shares in one company, acquired in the privatisation era. British investors have pension schemes with over 80% of their assets in equities. Credit market instruments are important to US investors and reducing yields on fixed-interest investments made US investors turn to shares.

Analysis, Evaluation, Investments, Wall Street, Americans, British

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City joins hunt for new watchdog

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The City self-regulation system is in question and a statutory system designed by the Securities and Exchange Commission is a possibility. The Securities and Investment Board (SIB), the chief investment regulator, is a statutory body financed by the City with powers under the Financial Services Act 1986. SIB Chairman Andrew Large employs many practitioners.An amalgamation of the SIB and the self-regulatory organisations would provide a career path and standardise organisation.

Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Financial services industry, Financial services, Securities law, Government financial institutions

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