Today's top news stories
Asset management roundup: MJ Hudson makes Brexit move
Plus: New LGPS transparency code commitments, HSBC MiFID II research decision
Unisys scheme to join general pension fund De Nationale
APF to implement asset management and administration in indivual compartment
ESG roundup: Stewardship is 'improving investment decisions'
Plus: Emerging markets, Moody’s and the IIGCC, World Benchmarking Alliance goals
Pension funds 'have purest approach to long-term investment': PensionsEurope
Trade body responds to consultation by European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on sustainable finance
Industriens 3.7% H1 return propelled by domestic shares
Pension fund expects DKK150m tax gain after legal ruling on foreign investment tax
Shell's Dutch DC scheme introduces drawdown plan
Participants have also the option of buying fixed annuities from an external provider
Digital Edition
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On the Record: How important is a pension fund’s reputation?
Three pension funds – ÄVWL, Ilmarinen and Pensioenfonds PGB – talk about the importance of reputation and trust
How We Run Our Money: HSBC UK Pension Scheme
Mark Thompson, CIO of HSBC’s UK pension scheme, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the scheme’s creative de-risking solutions and search for innovation in DC provision
EBIT: an interesting development
A look at the IASB’s latest attempts to devise a consistent way to measure and compare companies’ performance
PEPP proposal faces scrutiny
Questions on the European Commission’s PEPP proposal
Trade dispute: Germany against the rest
Foreign criticism of Germany’s strong trade performance is escalating
A 30-year quest continues
Governance produces better outcomes, not metrics
Debt warning signs are hard to read
A World Bank study highlights increasing levels of debt in emerging markets
EM debt: China evokes unjustified fears
Many foreign investors fail to grasp the transformation of China’s bond markets
EM debt: Experts clash over debt dynamics
Opinions differ sharply on the sustainability of emerging market debt
Latin America debt: A complex opportunity
Latin American debt is no longer just a tactical trade
Diary of an Investor: The price of everything
We Dutch are well known for keeping an eye on the price of things and for our frugal approach to life. Increasingly, this applies to pension funds
Long Term Matters: Climate Change
Divestment advocates or traditional investors – which side will lead?
Guest viewpoint: Stefan Lundbergh & Kerrin Rosenberg, Cardano
“At present, UK trustees do not have the right governance framework in place to be effective or accountable”
Guest Viewpoint: Avida International
“Fiduciary management has turned into a sophisticated exercise of managing increasingly complex investment value chains”
Climate change: Incentives are the way forward
Generally missing from the discussion on climate change is an identification of the incentives that can drive change
