United States – Page 10
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FeaturesMiFID II in the US: Complexity cost
The impact of MiFID II in the US is complicated and convoluted
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Industry debates private equity role in 401(k) plans
Should those who invest through 401(k) retirement plans have greater access to private equity?
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FeaturesBriefing: US makes rapid turnaround
Father Christmas delivered a sack of coal to equity markets last Christmas Eve, with the S&P 500 index losing 1.8%, following a three-day slide. Forecasters had previously been expecting two or three rate hikes in December, as Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell steered that discussion. He had mistakenly assumed that the economy had not yet reached a normal, neutral level but it already had, forcing him to backtrack.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from The US: How boards can hurt pension plans
US state and local pension funds manage over $4trn (€3.6trn) in retirement assets for 20m active and retired plan members. But most of the funds are in bad financial shape.
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Joseph Mariathasan: India and the US – a new special relationship?
Can and should the world’s most populous democracy, India, be in formal alliance with the world’s most powerful democracy, the US?
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NewsUS supra-national seeks fixed income options via IPE Quest
The multi-sector mandate should be global and actively managed, and will be housed in a segregated mandate
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Special ReportUS-China trade war: A trembling world
The trade conflict between the two largest economies is reverberating across the world
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Asset Class ReportsTrade war: The silver lining in the clouds of trade war
Smaller emerging market players could benefit from the US-China trade war
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FeaturesGlobal conflict: Another side of the triangle
So much attention is focused on the trade conflict between the US and China that it is all too easy to miss the bigger picture
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SEC highlights proxy voting rules, guidance amid ESG debate
SEC provides guidance to fund managers about proxy voting responsibilities and to proxy advisory firms about anti-fraud rules
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NewsUS Business Roundtable: A victory for the good guys?
Joseph Mariathasan explores the implications of an influential US business group’s new stance on the purpose of a corporation
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ESG roundup: UK ‘economics of biodiversity’ review kicks into gear
Plus: The US Securities and Exchange Commission is to consider whether or not to publish guidance about the use of proxy advice in the shareholder voting process
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SEC proposes revised corporate disclosure rules
US regulator’s revamp is intended to make disclosures more readable for investors and simplify compliance to cut out ‘unnecessary costs and burdens’
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Opinion: Far more than a trade war
The are reasons to question the accepted description of the current tensions between the US and China, writes Daniel Ben-Ami – it is arguably far more serious
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Joseph Mariathasan: The drums of war beat ever louder
Iran could provide major investment opportunites across a variety of sectors and industries – but geopolitical tensions mean these are shut off to most investors
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NewsUS academics challenge whether ESG investing must be fiduciary duty
Two law professors have argued that the position taken by the PRI and others is ‘contrary to both law and economics’
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: On a secure retirement path
The most significant changes to US retirement plans in more than a decade look set to be approved by Congress. On 23 May, the House of Representatives passed the Secure Act – Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement – by 417-3, and the Senate is also likely to approve it, with President Donald Trump unopposed.
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Asset Class ReportsTrade war minefield for investors
High-quality companies are most likely to withstand the ravages of a prolonged US-China trade war
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Asset Class ReportsUS equities: Past, present and future
Are US equity valuations in bubble territory?
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Asset Class ReportsPowerful currents transforming energy
Rapidly improving renewable energy technologies and global warming concerns are fuelling radical changes in the US energy sector
