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Opinion PiecesBrussels People – Lieve Wierinck: Building on Europe’s scientific base
Lieve Wierinck’s main political passion is ensuring the EU takes full practical advantage of Europe’s excellent scientific base
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Sviatoslav Rosov, CFA Institute
The statistics on public market participation by corporations over the past two decades make grim reading. The US had 14% fewer exchange-listed firms in 2012 than in 1975
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Long Term Matters: What should investors do about authoritarian governments?
In October, I wrote that investors would soon have to choose between backing social justice or going along with authoritarian- ism. I was not expecting that the choice would come so quickly
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Letter from the US: REITS a good long-term bet, says study
Investors have lost some of their enthusiasm for US REITs – real-estate investment trusts – after their poor performance in the third quarter. From July to September, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index gained 0.5%, compared with a 7.6% return for S&P 500 over the same period. The return of the REITs index has trailed behind S&P 500 by more than seven percentage points for the first three quarters of the year.
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Opinion PiecesBrussels People: Sven Giegold, MEP
While he derives some satisfaction from advances in green energy and the like, Sven Giegold is unhappy that most global investment can still be classed as environmentally unsustainable.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Simon Lewis, AFME
Europe’s capital markets are facing some of their toughest challenges since the global financial crisis
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FeaturesMarket approaches nudged off course
Sweden’s experience with the Premium Pension system shows how arduous dismantling of poorly constructed architectures can be
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FeaturesSlowing longevity may be a dip
Demographic trends tend to be outcomes rather than causes of broader social shifts
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FeaturesThe real problem with Italy’s budget
Italy’s budget is not the hallmark of modern economic policy. It is a toxic mixture of measures
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FeaturesTime to take control of climate-change investing
One of the most common complaints we hear regarding the concept of sustainable investing is the lack of specifics involved
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Controversial nomination for PBGC
How do you fix a pension programme that has liabilities of $67.3bn (€58.4bn) and assets of only $2.3bn?
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Brussels: Brussels seeks to bolster secondary market in non-performing loans
Are non-peforming loans an investor’s dream come true? Or do they represent immeasurable risks?
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Liz Nolan, State Street
“The irony that the UK’s first business day outside of the EU will be April Fools’ Day is not lost on anyone”
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FeaturesTime to beef up UK supervision
With assets of in excess of £1.8trn, DB occupational pensions easily represent the single largest stock of financial savings in the UK
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FeaturesCatching up on China
The typical investor is probably behind the times when it comes to understanding the implications of China’s rise
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FeaturesWaiting for the next downturn
The current global economic expansion continues more-or-less unabated but the potential causes of the next downturn seem clear
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FeaturesA retirement storm is coming
Stormy weather caused disruption for delegates at last month’s Longevity 14 conference in Amsterdam – and discussions lingered on metaphorical storm clouds ahead for retirement systems around the globe.
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Opinion PiecesLong-Term Matters: Disruptive change is coming – which side will you choose?
Paying good pensions is a noble purpose but much less so if investors, inadvertently or otherwise, help create a world that is not worth living in
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Brussels: Focus on pension products and supervision ahead of elections
Tensions are rising in Brussels as the EU institutional mandate approaches its end ahead of the Parliamentary elections in May 2019, and the Commission has already ceased issuing new proposals in the absence of legislative time.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Jim Hawley and Jon Lukomnik
It is fitting that we launched our ‘Purpose of Asset Management’ paper in London, not far from 221b Baker Street, the home of the famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
