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Features
What next for US Treasuries?
A consensus on the direction of 10-year US Treasury rates is not obvious, because the answer reverts to a further question: whose consensus? Strategists, economists and other informed professionals have a particular view. The market itself, however, expresses a more diffuse and different opinion.
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AnalysisAnalysis: US proxy process under scrutiny – ESG under threat?
The SEC roundtable is bringing together stakeholders with diverging views on proxy advisers and shareholder voting. Sue Rust reports
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News
Joseph Mariathasan: Big decisions over China for Europe and the UK
Picking a side in the trade war ‘should be an easy decision’, Ashmore’s Jan Dehn tells Joseph Mariathasan
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Asset Class Reports
Investment Process: In search of an edge
Investors have to work hard to gain an information edge to successfully exploit small-cap markets
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Asset Class Reports
Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Small-cap effects
Some US smaller companies may benefit from America First policies but others will not
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Special Report
Markets & regions: Spotlight on US equities
US equities have proven overwhelmingly popular with investors desperate for signs of economic growth
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Special Report
Markets & regions: Using ETFs to position for a US–China trade war
Many media and market commentators believe that the potential US-China trade war could be one of the largest risks facing the global economy
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Special Report
The market: Transatlantic invasion
The Americans are coming! But unlike the US cavalry providing an 11th-hour rescue in the last reel of an old-time Western, these Americans are moving in on what they hope will be a lucrative European ETF market
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NewsMercer parent company to buy JLT Group for $5.6bn
Marsh & McLennan Companies announces deal to acquire Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
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News
Biggest US pension funds ‘must consider climate-related risks’ [updated]
California passes rules requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS to identify and report on climate risk in their portfolios
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is it time to scrap quarterly reporting for listed companies?
A tweet from the US president has renewed a discussion about the pros and cons of three-month updates
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NewsSwitzerland tops alternatives allocation in six key pension markets
UBS Asset Management publishes 46th edition of Pension Fund Indicators report
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Joseph Mariathasan: America first – or America last?
Policies meant to protect US interests could end up causing more damage to the country’s economy
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NewsMercer to acquire North American specialist consultants
Two transactions to boost global advisory firm’s alternatives offering
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News
Katy Sherrerd replaces Arnott as Research Affiliates CEO
Promotion formalises a position she had effectively been holding for years, according to the company
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News
Joseph Mariathasan: Facing the challenges of the Middle East
A new book on the history of Islam should be required readong for those attempting to understand the troubled region
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Formica exits as Janus Henderson scraps co-CEO structure
Dick Weil appointed sole chief executive of €302bn asset manager following last year’s merger
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Joseph Mariathasan: Finding a narrow path to prosperity
US president Donald Trump seems ready to instigate a trade war that could have a calamitous impact on global prosperity
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NewsEx-State Street transitions chief convicted of fraud
Hidden trade mark-ups helped generate $20m in “improper revenue” for the bank, according to US regulators
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NewsPGGM, UBS collaborate on food security project
Investors partner with US and Dutch universities to construct assessment model for UN’s second SDG
