All Opinion Pieces articles – Page 35
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Practitioners defend ESG from executive threat
The proxy season was different in the US this time around. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) resolutions – as well as the use of those criteria for investing – are under scrutiny by the Trump administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Opinion PiecesIPE Perspective: Two sides to the MMT premise
Is there any merit in functional finance versus classical economic theory?
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Opinion PiecesDon’t panic (yet) about populism
When I called for investor engagement with Facebook and the social media giants, I did not expect to see a sovereign wealth fund leading such an initiative just three months later
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Christin ter Braak-Forstinger
Impact investing has undergone a rapid evolution over the past decade. What originally started with investments in countries at the bottom of the pyramid has become a valid investment approach in developed countries as well.
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Personalised TDFs on the rise
The newest trend in 401(k) plans is launching personalised versions of target-date funds (TDFs)
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Opinion PiecesLong-term matters: Lessons for Climate Action 100+
Fund management is a pretty opaque profession, and no aspect more so than the way investors hold the management of investee companies accountable
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: The $20bn club shifts strategy
The funded status of US corporate defined benefit (DB) plans is getting better, thanks to investment gains and higher corporate bond interest rates that decrease liabilities.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Manuel Adamini, Sean Flannery, Toby Heaps and Eloy Lindeijer
“Time to invite brown corporates to the green bond party”
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Opinion PiecesBrussels People: Europe’s conservatives eye Africa
Describing himself as “the most senior elected Brit in Brussels” and speaking ahead of 29 March when he and the UK’s 72 other MEPs were set to relinquish their mandate in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall is keen to speak about matters other than Europe.
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Opinion PiecesLong Term Matters: BlackRock – time to pull your finger out!
Donald Trump is not the only US leader to ignore the climate emergency. BlackRock’s 2019 letter to companies, timed to coincide with Davos, it was equally silent on the crisis
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: David Kavanagh
The deadline for national implementation of the IORP II directive passed this January
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Opinion PiecesFirebrand targets supervision
One of the knottier issues in Brussels at the moment is the future of the European supervisory authorities
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Hedge funds under scrutiny
Last year was good for hedge funds in terms of raising new money. But at the same time the industry suffered its biggest annual loss since 2011
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Leading viewpoint: 2019's green investment picture
Lack of standards is not hindering green bond issuance. Pressure on corporates to finance the energy transition will intensify
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Opinion PiecesBanking on life after politics
At 49, Brian Hayes is young man by political standards. Having started in Irish politics early with his appointment to the Irish Senate in the mid 1990s, Hayes was elected to the Dáil, the lower house, before he was 30, taking a seat for the Fine Gail party.
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Opinion PiecesIs BlackRock set to revive annuities?
What can happen if the largest global asset manager teams up with the largest software company, which also happen to be the first and second largest companies in the world by market cap?
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Lisa Brüggen & Thomas Post
”Pension funds, insurance companies and policymakers should limit choices to 6-22 option”
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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 PiecesLong Term Matters: What do Facebook’s investors care?
Mark Zuckerberg “is a bigger threat to American democracy than Donald Trump”, says David Runciman, professor of politics at Cambridge University
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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
