All Features articles – Page 35

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    Virtu Global Tradewatch July 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    May 2019 data as of 6 June 2019

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    Axioma Riskwatch July 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    Data as of 31 May 2019 

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    Axioma Riskwatch August 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    Data as of 28 June 2019

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    Virtu Global Tradewatch August 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    June 2019 data as of 8 July 2019

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    IPE Quest Expectations Indicator: July 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    Markets are still driven by political risk and growth prospects. It looks like the two risks are working in the same direction this month.

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    IPE Quest Expectations Indicator: August 2019

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    It looks like political risk is taking a back seat to growth this month, continuing last month’s trend.

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    IAS 19: How did they do it?

    July/August 2019 (magazine)

    Two academics have analysed key amendments to IAS 19 and how they came about

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    Policies needed

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    The new European Commission will inherit a coherent but partially implemented Capital Markets Union (CMU) in the autumn. But much needs to be done to consolidate, refocus and re-energise this landmark constellation of policies and objectives.

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    IPE Perspective: Two sides to the MMT premise

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Is there any merit in functional finance versus classical economic theory? 

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    Interview: Haukur Hafsteinsson, LSR

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    The government pensions veteran bids farewell to LSR, Iceland’s largest pension, after 34 years as its chief executive

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    ESG: Evolving non-financial reporting

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    This month, the European Commission is due to release guidelines on climate-related reporting by companies.

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    DC’s collective voice could be decisive

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Australian pension funds could soon become the biggest shareholders in their country’s equity market (see page 5), with researchers at Rainmaker Information forecasting their combined domestic stock holdings to hit 60% by 2033. 

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    Briefing: Guidance for valuation of ILS

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Valuation has always been an important, albeit thorny, component in assessing insurance-linked securities (ILS) but the higher-than-expected losses in 2017 and 2018 made the number crunching even trickier. The recently published set of guidelines from the  Standard Board of Alternative Investments (SBAI) is designed to improve the process but investors should always be aware of the risks attached to this asset class.

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    Fixed income, rates, currencies: Politics remains the bellwether

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Financial markets continue to be influenced by news, and tweets, about the US-China trade negotiations. While stock markets have sold off during the second quarter of 2019, and credit spreads have widened, this financial tightening is so far less than what happened over the last few months of 2018. 

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    Europe belatedly turns eastwards

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    The EU’s lack of a common strategy to respond to the rise of China as an economic superpower suddenly came to the fore earlier this year, as Italy joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). 

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    No going back

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    There is no going back to the days when the key political divide was between mainstream left and right

  • sharon bowles
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    Interview: Sharon Bowles – A forensic assessment

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    The former chair of the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee talks to Stephen Bouvier

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    Briefing: It is all downhill from here

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Six months ago, markets were rediscovering volatility, sentiment was wavering and there were growing fears that we had reached the end of a decade-long bull market for most assets. There were several reasons, such as worries over indicators, global trade tensions and the sustainability of corporate earnings growth, but one of the key ones was the relentless raising of interest rates by the US Federal Reserve.

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    Ahead of the curve: Unlocking new insights

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Fundamental investment success involves developing a view on global trends and future market directions as well as identifying relevant investments that are aligned with this strategy. This second step of the process is long and labourious. 

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    Briefing: Shining a light on active ETFs

    June 2019 (Magazine)

    Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have grown into a $5trn (€4.4trn) global industry by focusing on a few key selling points – low costs, liquidity, easy diversification and transparency.