Markets – Page 126
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NewsProposed transaction tax to hit Danes’ pension pots by €13,000
Danish political parties are increasingly interested in a version of the financial transaction tax ahead of next month’s election
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Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive backs UK proxy voting firm
Solactive has made a ‘significant strategic’ investment in Minerva Analytics, which was founded after a management buyout of Manifest
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Sustainability accounting standards investor group expands
NBIM, Brunel Pension Partnership and Canadian pension funds among 15 new members of advisory group
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NewsInternational bodies seek to address corporate climate data demands
Standard setters collaborate on resource to help bridge TCFD “implementation gap”
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Regulators urge pension funds to use new benchmarks ahead of Libor end
Euribor, Libor and Eonia to be phased out following new European regulation
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NewsPFA CEO: Fundamentals don’t justify strong Q1 returns
Denmark’s biggest commercial pension fund delivers profit of DKK27.3bn in first quarter
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Climate risk: Central banks call for action on disclosure, taxonomies
Network for Greening the Financial System issues recommendations aimed at central banks but also policymakers
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NewsS&P Dow Jones launches ESG version of S&P 500 index
UBS Asset Management follows up with ETF based on new index
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Chart of the Week: Analysts flag declining corporate sentiment
A growing number of analysts are concerned about the end of the business cycle, Fidelity reports
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NewsNorway’s sovereign fund records €50bn investment loss for 2018
Europe’s biggest fund has recouped some of its 6.1% loss in early 2019 as markets bounced back
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Index providers respond to controversial weapons campaign
€6trn of investors want exclusion to be the default for indices, providers emphasise choice
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Joseph Mariathasan: ESG’s challenge to economic theory
Traditional economic thinking needs to change to keep up with the adoption of ESG strategies
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Ex-fund manager fined over IPO misconduct [updated]
Paul Stephany attempted to persuade other managers to lower prices of IPOs, according to the FCA
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Diversification appetite driving greater small cap demand: bfinance
Investment consultant group relays stronger interest among its institutional investor clients
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M&A, equity markets drag on Danica’s 2018 profits
Pension customers hit by 2018 losses of up to 10% as equity markets plunged
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Austrian pension funds post 5.3% average loss for 2018
Funds hit by equity volatility but long-term average remains over 5%
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NewsFTSE Russell finalises fixed income country classification framework
Index provider sets out guidelines for government bond indices, launches Chinese green bond index
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Amundi: ESG investing ‘has influenced equity performance’
Asset manager sought to find out if being an ESG investor had an impact on portfolio performance
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EU aims to boost investment in small cap, CEE with new indices
SMEs in central and eastern Europe not on investors’ radar screens, European Commission says
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2019 Outlook: Preparing for the downside, part 1
IPE analyses investment outlooks from investment firms including DWS, BlackRock, SSGA, and Invesco.
