All Opinion Pieces articles – Page 38
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Climate risk: Action on demand
We are winning the war against tobacco, at least in the developed world. Yet, we are losing the war to keep global warming to less than 2°C
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Letter from Brussels: Opposition to mission creep
The EU’s controversial mandate for a radical shake up of financial supervision has received a cool reception from the pensions sector as well as smaller EU members
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: DC plans shift from mutual funds
An increasing number of DC plans, including 401(k) schemes, are choosing CITs in the US, according to the latest report from Cerulli Associates
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Greg McClymont
Pension systems everywhere are either struggling to manage the shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) or contemplating the journey
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Letter From The US: 401(k) in the crosshairs of reform
Since their launch in 1981, 401(k) plans have become the preferred employer-sponsored defined contribution retirement plan
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Letter From Brussels: Court for international investor disputes on the horizon
International investors in the EU have for decades been suffering from woeful dispute settlement proceedings when involved in cases against public authorities
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Long-Term Matters: Elephants in the sustainability room
Decent folk in the investment world are beginning to ask why our sector is so slow to change. Why can’t it function as a fit for purpose enabler of human prosperity?
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Guest Viewpoint: Sarah Keohane Williamson & Matthew Leatherman
“The selection of a benchmark is secondary to many other provisions for encouraging long-term behaviour”
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Long Term Matters: An Achilles’ heel for buybacks?
Investors are salivating over possible US corporate tax cuts. But evidence suggests this excitement is misplaced, at least from the perspective of the end beneficiaries
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Tide turning against divestment
Will the movement in favour of divesting from fossil fuels slow down among US pension funds?
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Letter From Brussels: Pension rights for posted workers
Discussions over the payment of social costs for workers from central and eastern European countries posted temporarily to wealthier EU countries are playing a major role in the attempt to update existing directives
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Robin Ellison
“The FCA has picked the wrong fight. We need a way to rate alternative investments”
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Tax benefits boost rise of HSAs
Will HSAs become the new IRAs? Some operators in the US retirement industry say so
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Letter from Brussels: Tax threatens PEPP proposal
At first sight, the benefits of the European Commission’s Pan European Personal Pension (PEPP) regulation proposal seem clear. But it did not take long for commentators to point out the considerable hurdles
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Long Term Matters: Climate Change
Divestment advocates or traditional investors – which side will lead?
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Peter Kraneveld
“The elephant graph explains why people are unhappy”
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Letter from Brussels: Reboot for Capital Markets Union
The European Commission’s “further steps to drive forward the Capital Markets Union (CMU)” outline nine new priority legislative actions to solve the EU’s long-term cross-border investment challenge
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Guest viewpoint: Stefan Lundbergh & Kerrin Rosenberg, Cardano
“At present, UK trustees do not have the right governance framework in place to be effective or accountable”
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Letter from the US: Firms happy to retain say-on-pay
One of President Donald Trump’s promises has been to loosen regulation on all businesses to boost the economy. A casualty could be shareholders’ right to vote on executive compensation
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Letter from Brussels: EU seeks to avert Brexit arbitrage
Strong words on Brexit are flying in political circles. But behind the theatre, concerns about the future of London’s fund management sector are emerging
