Markets – Page 109
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Brexit: Regulators urge co-operation to avoid ‘cliff edge’
The European Commission and the UK regulator have called for greater co-operation between the UK and the EU to prevent a possible “cliff edge” that could jeopardise the financial services sector across Europe. In a speech on Tuesday to the City of London, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission’s vice-president responsible ...
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Swiss investors diversify insurance-linked portfolios after difficult 2017
Significant losses experienced in 2017 from concentrated hurricane risk
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EU programme targets €2.1bn boost for venture capital
EU to act as cornerstone investor in bid to attract outside investors
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Joseph Mariathasan: What to do about high-frequency trading?
Four years after Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys, questions about high-frequency trading remain
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One year to go: Brexit’s impact in four charts
12 months away from Brexit, IPE looks at what the decision to leave the EU has – and hasn’t – done for the pensions and investment sectors
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Regulators placed at the heart of UK green finance push
MPs say regulators should be required to produce climate adaptation reports as expert group presents raft of policy proposals
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Investment industry ‘must embrace new theory of investing’
Adoption of 1950s-born modern portfolio theory seen at heart of many industry problems
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Asset management roundup: Nippon Life to back DWS’s listing
Plus: Commission worries, disappoints with proposals on cross-border distribution of funds
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NewsWhy quantitative tightening won’t happen
Asset owners and economists argue that the UK central bank will struggle to ‘normalise’ its balance sheet any time soon
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‘Only big players will survive’, says Universal Investment CEO
Universal Investment CEO anticipates consolidation in domestic fund service provider market
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NewsMore private equity managers plan to cut targeted returns: Preqin
Industry faces a ‘critical juncture’ amid strong demand, high valuations and record levels of uninvested capital
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‘Alternative protein’ engagement initiative draws more investors
FAIRR-coordinated project publishes outcome of engagement with global food companies
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NewsIceland moves to curb heavy pension fund influence over local companies
Task force backs making ownership policies clearer to address pension funds’ dominance over domestic assets
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Euro and equity rallies boost Belgian pension funds to 6% in 2017
PensioPlus warns on withdrawal of quantitative easing, equity market volatility and higher inflation
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Private debt assets hit record high as dry powder piles up
Nearly €250bn is still waiting to be invested, according to data provider Preqin
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Joseph Mariathasan: Trump’s tariffs and America’s Luddites
Washing machines may never experience exponential change, but solar cells could
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Industriens sees higher volatility, lower returns in 2018
Danish labour-market pension fund posts 8.2% return for last year
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MiFID II may spur more regulation as costs come to light: Moody's
Major post-crisis regulation will hit the European asset management industry where it already hurts, says rating agency
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Politics, markets and long-term challenges
A failure to acknowledge long-term challenges means populism will not go away
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Mandate roundup: Japan's GPIF seeks 'multidimensional' analysis
Plus: EU bodies want to commission pension fund studies, UK LGPS seeks custodian
