All Opinion Pieces articles – Page 37
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Letter from Brussels: Campaign to boost pan-EU distribution of UCITS and AIFs
Another step by Brussels to ease financing to business across the EU comes with measures to facilitate the cross-border distribution of investment funds
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Amlan Roy
Incorporating changing behaviour and technological trends in retirement planning is essential
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Long-term Matters: An apocryphal tale for wannabe climate-aware investors
It is impossible to know how today’s CIOs will look back on their actions in the 2010s. But, we still have time to avert the worst of runaway climate change
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Letter from the US: No panic as investors stay the course
Some 59% of US defined contribution (DC) plans’ assets and 47% of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are invested in mutual funds, with a total of $8.8trn (€7.5trn). Overall, the US mutual fund industry manages about $22trn on behalf of more than 100m investors.
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Letter from Brussels: Who cares about our €3.5trn?
PensionsEurope is concerned about a Brexit ‘no deal’ and is calling for negotiators to pay heed to the €3.54trn sector’s interests
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Harvard gets down to business
It has been a busy 18 months for NP ‘Narv’ Narvekar, who became CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC) in December 2016. At the end of this month, he will complete HMC’s first fiscal year completely under his responsibility
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Opinion PiecesLong-term Matters: Who decides which engagement is fit for purpose?
Private responses to my recent article about investors who do ‘BS’ stewardship have raised two key questions
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Guest Viewpoint: Fiona Stewart & Georg Inderst
“A growing body of research shows ESG factors are a material credit risk for fixed-income investors”
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Guest Viewpoint: Christopher Ailman & Mark Walker
Words matter, but sometimes they can get in the way. Impact investing, mission-based investing, responsible investment, double and triple-bottom-line investing, ESG factors, and even sustainable investment. All of these terms can have both positive and negative connotations for investors.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: All eyes on Oregon’s auto enrolment
The US pension fund sector is looking at how Oregon progresses with its OregonSaves programme
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Letter From Brussels: Corporate tax reform in view
Radical upgrades to the EU’s corporate tax base norms have never been so close to fruition
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Opinion PiecesLong Term Matters: Getting behind the stewardship bullshit on Carillion
Every so often things go so wrong that players are forced to come clean. Which is what has started to happen with Carillion. And it’s not a pretty sight
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Letter From Brussels: Default guarantee option dominates debate on PEPP
Europe’s asset management industry is lobbying against any mandatory guaranteed default option in the third-pillar PEPP proposal
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Con Keating
It often takes an experienced Kremlinologist to divine the true message and meaning of European Commission missives, and the financing sustainable growth (FSG) action plan is no exception
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Gun stocks and passive funds
Could the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school be the turning point in the debate about state pension funds’ investments in gun makers?
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Long Term Matters: What my illness is teaching me about investment
When diagnosed with life-threatening conditions, we can be devastated, run from the diagnosis or embrace it and adapt. No prizes for guessing the smarter choice. The same goes for investment decision-makers today
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Opinion PiecesLetter From The US: ESG strategy not just divestment
ESG investing is a hot topic in the US pension fund industry. “One dollar out of five from institutional investors is going into ESG investing”
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Luke Hildyard
“The potential impact of climate change on investments should be considered at least on an annual basis”
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Plans act on Trump tax reform
The tax reform signed by President Donald Trump last December is having quite an impact on the US pension industry
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Keith Ambachtsheer
“CFA curriculum material should become more future-oriented and address awkward topics”
