Latest Special Reports – Page 33
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Special ReportEurope: Has stability returned?
Despite the gloomy assessments there is a positive case for European capital markets
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Special ReportGeopolitics: Assets for interesting times
What assets will insulate investors from the geopolitical risks of the future?
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Special ReportMacro matters: Central bank powers set to fade further
Central bankers were seen as all-powerful, all-knowing and all-guiding. The financial crisis has tarnished this reputation
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Special ReportInterview: Trading on discontent
Christian Bluth is a trade economist at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German foundation and think tank. IPE’s Daniel Ben-Ami talked to him about the increasingly contentious topic of international trade
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Special ReportWhat is next for the CMU?
As the new European Commission takes office, Europe’s pensions and investment sectors share their views on the priorities for the further development of the Capital Markets Union
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Special ReportInvestment Research: The small-cap research squeeze
MiFID II is affecting smaller company research in unexcepted ways
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Special ReportESG: The long quest for comparable data
A growing band of institutional investors and other financial actors is seeking better and more comparable inputs to financials statements in areas like carbon emissions
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Special ReportRisk metrics jigsaw
Moves to promote useful climate risk disclosure among companies are hampered by highly variable risk metrics and a lack of cohesive standards
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Special ReportThe buy-side: Greater focus on quality
There is growing demand for research that genuinely adds value
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Special ReportBrydon Review: Call for deeper, wider audits
UK review reveals stakeholders would like more information on company prospects and risks
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Special ReportCredit Ratings: Good credit, bad behaviour?
Rating agencies and asset managers are starting to integrate ESG in bond portfolios
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Special ReportIndustry viewpoints: Research post-MiFID II
How has research consumption changed since the unbundling of sell-side research costs from brokerage fees?
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Special ReportArtificial Intelligence: Solving the riddle with AI
Artificial intelligence is making it possible to glean better ESG information about companies
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Special ReportSDI Asset Owner Platform: ESG investing gets a platform lift
Two Dutch pension providers have launched a global platform to help asset owners invest in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Special ReportInvestment Process: A recipe for confusion
The shift to ESG has inadvertently led to divergence of opinion over the best metrics to use
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Special ReportRobeco Active Ownership: ‘Engagement’s not a one-off’
Carola van Lamoen, the head of active ownership at Robeco, talks to Liam Kennedy
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Special ReportESG Adoption: Big advances on the ESG front
A custodian’s view on how technology and a generational shift are powering the growth of ESG investment among European pension funds
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Special ReportMateriality: A new framework for ESG
A new materiality concept focuses on seeking investment value where the interests of shareholders and other stakeholders intersect
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Special ReportResearch: Europe has turned a corner
Asset managers must cater to the trend to deeper ESG investing to remain competitive Key points ESG investing in Europe has developed over more than three decades There are four broad categories of ESG investment – exclusion, integration, stewardship and impact Integration is the most widespread approach ...
