Markets – Page 124
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NewsUK publishes RPI reform consultation as part of Budget
RPI runs at about one percentage point higher than CPI, currently at 2.7%, compared with 1.8% for CPI
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Asset owners take hit as oil price war escalates
‘The best protection, as ever, is to have been prepared before the panic’
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Dutch pensions’ funding ratios plunge further as COVID-19 fears spread
The long-term economic impact of the coronavirus is more important than current market valuations
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NewsPrivate finance gets its own COP26 agenda
Mark Carney sets out ‘road to Glasgow’ for private finance sector and regulators, governments
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NewsNN IP: Green bonds an ‘economic alternative’ to traditional bonds
As interest rates dropped further in 2019, the green bond index performed better than the aggregate index
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NewsDNB: Dutch investment institutions return 18% on average
The value of each euro invested 11 years ago has increased to €2.37 on average
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NewsThink tank invites investors to support ‘evidence of impact’ work
2° Investing Initiative exits Science-Based Targets initiative project
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Low interest rates drive Dutch schemes’ funding to drop by up to 3.7%
Aon and Mercer said the drop is largely due to market volatility and shriking equity markets
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Aviva’s Waygood calls for international panel on climate finance
Panel needed to improve chances of delivering the Paris Agreement
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EBRD: Private equity offers bigger impact on employment
‘Private equity has the reputation to cut jobs after the takeover of companies’
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NewsAon: factor investing overcrowding fears ‘not justified’
It is unrealistic to foresee a situation where factor premiums are wiped out completely
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NewsConsultants unravel coronavirus implications for Dutch schemes
Dutch pension funds remain vulnerable because of the sector’s widely shared expectation of lower returns in the coming years
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Singapore Exchange snaps up Scientific Beta
Singapore Holding of EDHEC endowment fund to retain 7% stake
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Call for central banks to become climate change ‘coordinating agents’
Joint BIS, Banque de France analysis says scenario-based analysis only a partial solution
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EC promises ‘enabling framework’ for green investment
European Commission explains how its Green Deal will be financed
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NewsPrivate debt activity slowed sharply in 2019, but 2020 starts crowded
Plus: BNPP Asset Management adds German partner to SME alternative financing platform
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NewsEIOPA: ‘No clear evidence’ of short-termism from pension funds
Supervisory authority recommends development of ‘cross-sectoral framework’ as basis for concrete definitions
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NewsESMA backs ESG disclosure as short-termism bulwark
Watchdog recommends Commission amend legislation to introduce more specific disclosure requirements of companies
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InterviewsInterview: Miranda Carr, Haitong International
It is all too easy to forget that the markets are in a peculiar state. For example, nominal yields on US 10-year Treasuries have trended downwards since 1981. Real interest rates – that is, adjusted for inflation – have also trended downwards from about the same time. Estimates vary but there are also many trillions of euros worth of negative yielding debt.
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Opinion PiecesA precarious balance
Why has there not been another global financial crisis over the past decade? That is a more fruitful question than trying to predict when the next bout of market mayhem will hit.
