United States – Page 12
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Special Report
US states move to fill pensions gap
States in the US are offering retirement savings plans to workers who are not covered by company-sponsored schemes
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NewsAccounting roundup: Discount rates on the rise
Also: DB, DC plan definitions under IAS 19; IASB staff still working on DC discount rate anomaly
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News
Beyond pensions: Debating auto-enrolment’s potential
Could auto-enrolment pension savings be used to pay off loans or buy a house?
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News
IPE Conference: EU should ‘use single market access to its advantage’
Former EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht says EU ‘must remind Trump how valuable it is’
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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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Asset Class Reports
FAANGS: Tech black swan in the wings?
The US technology giants could be hit by extreme risks
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: REITS a good long-term bet, says study
Investors have lost some of their enthusiasm for US REITs – real-estate investment trusts – after their poor performance in the third quarter. From July to September, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index gained 0.5%, compared with a 7.6% return for S&P 500 over the same period. The return of the REITs index has trailed behind S&P 500 by more than seven percentage points for the first three quarters of the year.
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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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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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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
Markets & regions: Spotlight on US equities
US equities have proven overwhelmingly popular with investors desperate for signs of economic growth
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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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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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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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News
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
