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Chart of the Week: Angela Merkel begins a long ‘auf wiedersehen’
German equity investors have enjoyed the 13 years since the chancellor first took power
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Chief executive of audit watchdog to step down amid independent probe
Stephen Haddrill has led the Financial Reporting Council since 2009
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NewsUK roundup: GMP revision costs ‘could outweigh benefits’
Plus: Manchester university staff to vote on strike action over pension changes; smaller companies open to master trust switching
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Dutch union discusses strike action amid pension reform stalemate
FNV preparing for industrial action over lack of agreement on discount rate for new system
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NewsDutch retirement age increase delayed as life expectancy stalls
Current life expectancy for 65-year olds is 20.63 years
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Poland’s second-pillar funds suffer losses as equity market falls
Falling Warsaw Stock Exchange prices drag down returns amid macro concerns
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UK women face pension ‘gap’ of £7,000, report says
Analysis of official data shows women get 39.5% less than men a year
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NewsLegal & General hits out at MSCI’s dual share class index move
Index provider to launch a range of benchmarks to account for companies with unequal voting rights in their share structures
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Accounting roundup: Rulemakers risk running out of time, IASB chair warns
Also: UK questioned over EFRAG conflict; PIRC’s concerns over troubled bakery; FRC urges annual reports shake-up
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Netherlands to be first AAA-rated issuer of green bonds
Annual amount expected to be between €3.5bn and €5bn
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People moves: SEI institutional chief Disney to retire [updated]
SEI, Standard Life Aberdeen, APG, Insticube, SSGA, Morningstar, Dutch Pensions Ombudsman, Russell Investments
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NewsEuropean investment professionals reject forced consideration of ESG
CFA Institute poll shows 85% believe it right to take ESG into account
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£2bn DC scheme selects ESG strategies for default option
Willis Towers Watson’s LifeSight master trust will shift half of its equity holdings to two ESG index funds later this year
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Netherlands roundup: Shipping scheme scraps individual DC plan
Plus: Dutch savers have missed out on 15% inflation-linked uplifts on average
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NewsMitsubishi UFJ buys First State Investments’ global business
€2.6bn transaction expected to complete next year after regulatory approvals
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Swiss fund to reassess private assets in strategy overhaul
Portfolio restructuring brings higher credit exposure and focus on risk categories
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ATP nets DKK3bn profit from private equity holdings in 2018
US bond losses in third quarter dented year-to-date investment profits for Danish fund
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German investors under pressure to achieve returns, survey shows
Fewer investors now rank security as top concern, according to poll by Union Investment
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ESG roundup: UK public sector schemes to oppose Ryanair chairman
Also: ABP invests €15m in green bond for Schiphol airport; World Bank backs first ‘blue bond’ for Seychelles
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Netherlands will be a centre for financial infrastructure, regulator claims
AFM expects at least 30% of European trade in financial instruments to relocate to the Netherlands
