Markets – Page 106
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Pension plans divided over passive managers’ stewardship: survey
Survey of 120 pension plans intended to ‘widen scope’ of debate about passive fund managers and stewardship
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Fitch warns on liquidity risk in European high-yield bond funds
Comments follow high-profile liquidity issues affecting H2O Asset Management, GAM and Woodford Investment Management
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NewsSchroders flags tipping point for action on climate change
Cost-benefit equation seen as increasingly in favour of policy action to support move away from fossil fuels
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Funds invested in illiquid assets are ‘built on a lie’: Mark Carney [updated]
Bank of England governor warns of ‘potential developing systemic issue’ regarding funds promising daily liquidity while investing in illiquid markets
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AXA IM calls for ‘transition bonds’ to help companies go green
New type of debt could help investors overcome challenge of financing companies aiming to become more environmentally-friendly
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NewsCorporate climate-related financial information ‘still insufficient’: TCFD
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures uses artificial intelligence to analyse effectiveness of disclosures on climate-related issues
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UK and Dutch regulators to increase co-operation ahead of Brexit
The agreement between the FCA and AFM is to apply in both a deal and no-deal Brexit scenario
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NewsProposed transaction tax to hit Danes’ pension pots by €13,000
Danish political parties are increasingly interested in a version of the financial transaction tax ahead of next month’s election
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Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive backs UK proxy voting firm
Solactive has made a ‘significant strategic’ investment in Minerva Analytics, which was founded after a management buyout of Manifest
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Sustainability accounting standards investor group expands
NBIM, Brunel Pension Partnership and Canadian pension funds among 15 new members of advisory group
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NewsInternational bodies seek to address corporate climate data demands
Standard setters collaborate on resource to help bridge TCFD “implementation gap”
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Regulators urge pension funds to use new benchmarks ahead of Libor end
Euribor, Libor and Eonia to be phased out following new European regulation
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NewsPFA CEO: Fundamentals don’t justify strong Q1 returns
Denmark’s biggest commercial pension fund delivers profit of DKK27.3bn in first quarter
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Climate risk: Central banks call for action on disclosure, taxonomies
Network for Greening the Financial System issues recommendations aimed at central banks but also policymakers
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NewsS&P Dow Jones launches ESG version of S&P 500 index
UBS Asset Management follows up with ETF based on new index
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Chart of the Week: Analysts flag declining corporate sentiment
A growing number of analysts are concerned about the end of the business cycle, Fidelity reports
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NewsNorway’s sovereign fund records €50bn investment loss for 2018
Europe’s biggest fund has recouped some of its 6.1% loss in early 2019 as markets bounced back
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Index providers respond to controversial weapons campaign
€6trn of investors want exclusion to be the default for indices, providers emphasise choice
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Joseph Mariathasan: ESG’s challenge to economic theory
Traditional economic thinking needs to change to keep up with the adoption of ESG strategies
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Ex-fund manager fined over IPO misconduct [updated]
Paul Stephany attempted to persuade other managers to lower prices of IPOs, according to the FCA
