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Special Report
BGI looks at SRI
Barclays Global Investors, one of the world’s largest investment managers, is considering introducing an SRI component into its management approach. Matthew Annable, CIO for active equity strategies in Europe, says the group is investigating whether there is a link between socially responsible companies and outperformance. As such it is in ...
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Features
Social partners reaffirm faith
With the Spanish presidency citing pension reform and the occupational directive as high on its agenda, it seems appropriate to take stock of the European industry. And where better to do it than at the Royal Institute for International Affairs’ annual European pensions conference. For two days, delegates in London ...
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Features
Euroland catches a does of 'Enronitis'
The Enron affair appears to be the main culprit preventing Euroland from landing on its feet. “Euro-zone’s equity markets would definitely have gone up if Enron hadn’t created a new wave of panic,” says Gilles Meshaka, head of European equity management at CDC IXIS Asset Management in Paris. He believes ...
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Features
Markets at odds on interest rate trends
This year appears to be starting well, for the US and European economies at least. On both sides of the Atlantic, forecasters have been upgrading their figures as new data emerges showing surprising economic strength: the recent German Ifo and French INSEE surveys, US consumer sentiment, US GDP and Chicago ...
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Features
Corporate bonds favoured as recovery play
Not only do bond investors disagree among themselves as to the direction of interest rates this year but the asset allocation pundits are also proposing a variety of outcomes. For Goldman Sachs, for example, the place to be over the next 12 months is equities: “Equities offer the best returns: ...
