Currency – Page 7
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Brexit: Derivatives trade exodus ‘to start with currency contracts’
Asset manager expects derivatives trade through London only to remain unchanged if Brexit is cancelled
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Swiss pension fund tenders $4bn currency overlay mandate
A Swiss pension fund is seeking ideas for a potential $4bn (€3.5bn) currency overlay mandate via IPE Quest. Search QN-2506 is for an global overlay mandate with Swiss francs as the base currency. The main currencies the investor wants to hedge are the euro, the US, Australian and Canadian dollars, ...
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Hope but also fears for 2019
US domestic investors hold healthy stock market profits after a decade-long bull run Geopolitics on many fronts point to tumultuous times ahead
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Macro Matters: Currency returns to the fore
Global tension means exchange rates will again become a key mover of investor decisions
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Fixed income, rates, currencies: Challenges still lie ahead
While the US mid-term elections saw the Democrats regain the House of Representatives, trade policy remains in the hands of the White House. Trade tensions, between the US and China in particular, will remain to the fore. President Trump’s aggressive trade policy is already having a global impact with declining purchasing manager indices indicating corporate hesitation in future plans.
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MiFID II has shrunk fixed income research market, research indicates
ICMA survey finds asset managers using fewer providers as availability of research declines – but quality ‘has not changed’
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Chart of the Week: Sterling struggles as Brexit deal teeters on the brink
The UK currency has fallen versus the dollar and the euro in the immediate aftermath of a draft agreement emerging
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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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Stronger currency eats into Norway’s sovereign fund in Q3
Yngve Slyngstad cites trade jitters as a weight on markets
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Special ReportNew frontiers: Getting to grips with cryptocurrencies
For institutional investors and asset managers, crypto-currencies pose a triple dilemma
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FX cap hurts Austrian pension funds’ performance
Caps to be scrapped by January in line with IORP II reforms
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NewsBringing blockchain to pensions: How ‘smart ledgers’ could benefit CDC
Use of distributed ledger technology could bring benefits in terms of transparency, cost and trust
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APG disbands derivatives counterparty arm [updated]
Pension fund clients including ABP and BpfBouw will take over derivatives management themselves
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Netherlands roundup: Shoemakers’ scheme in tie-up with Detailhandel
Also: Largest Dutch schemes team up to address public trust; PNO Media hails long-term outperformance
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Invesco: Sovereign funds doubled alternatives exposure in six years
Alternatives now form 20% of the average portfolio of sovereign investors, up from 10% six years ago
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NewsDutch construction scheme targets self-employed workers
BpfBouw credits currency hedge for 6.6% investment gain in 2017
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ECB signals end to QE but interest rates to stay low
Bond-buying programme will shrink to €15bn for last three months of the year before ending in December
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Transport scheme divests infrastructure in favour of unlisted property
€25bn Dutch scheme says infrastructure allocation was too small to be effective
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Danish investor seeks manager for $300m EM currency allocation
Also: Asian institution looking to allocate $10m to global trade finance
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NewsBenelux fund tenders €100m money market mandate via IPE Quest
Also: A Swiss pension fund is on the lookout for an active domestic equity manager
