Note The EMF has been created, long live the EMF!
Philip Hall and Adrian Paturle give an update on the operation of ESM: European leaders have largely been inspired by the IMF...
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Note What is penalizing the industrialized countries?
The dynamics of Western countries are inadequate because, two years after leaving the recession behind, their economies still seem unable to implement a sturdy, autonomous trajectory of growth, explains Philippe Waechter, chief economist at Natixis (...)
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Note Financial markets and self-fulfilling prophecies
This phenomenon is equivalent to the change from a brutal economic and financial equilibrium to another, not because the fundamentals of the macroeconomic environment would justify it, but because there was a change for good or bad reasons of market (...)
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Note Infrastructure investment to be a key driver of growth in emerging markets post COVID-19 crisis, sigma says
Emerging markets will invest an estimated 3.9% of GDP (USD 2.2 trillion annually) in infrastructure over next 20 years. There will be strong growth in investment in renewable energy, smart and resilient infrastructure. Emerging Asia will invest an estimated USD 1.7 trillion (...)
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Note German life insurers hope for respite as investment yields scrape floor
With no sign of a tightening in European monetary policy, low investment yields will continue to put pressure on German life insurers, many of whom sold overgenerous life policies even as signs were emerging that the European economy was entering a prolonged period of (...)
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Note New EDHEC study of private infrastructure debt shows that defining ’infrastructure’ correctly pays off for investors
A new paper analysing the characteristics of the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute private debt index shows that private infrastructure debt only delivers better risk-adjusted returns than corporate debt when it is narrowly and correctly (...)
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Note SimCorp Survey Reveals Optimism Among Investment Managers About Own Growth Prospects
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today released a survey, which shows significant assets under management (AuM) and revenue growth expectations from investment managers in the next three (...)
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Note Bank Credit Quality & European MMF Regulations Concern Treasurers
European corporate treasurers are concerned by decreasing bank credit quality, global banking and European money market fund (MMF) regulation, according to a live survey of 90 delegates at Fitch Ratings’ third annual cash management conference in London last (...)
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Note Global pension fund assets reach new highs
Global institutional pension fund assets in the 16 major markets grew by over 6% during 2014 (compared to around 10% in 2013) to reach a new high of US$36 trillion, according to Towers Watson’s Global Pension Assets Study released (...)
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Note Eurozone offers best high yield bond valuations, institutions say
The Eurozone offers better valuations for high yield bonds than any other region in the world, according to new research by NN Investment Partners (NN IP). The research, conducted amongst NN IP’s panel of institutional investment managers, showed 27% of respondents rated (...)
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Note EDHEC-Risk Institute study shows that progress remains to be made in risk management for pension funds
The survey finds that LDI is popular, but in concrete terms the fund separation approach, which is consistent with the LDI paradigm, is not yet sufficiently widely applied to manage the LDI approach optimally, especially in southern European (...)
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Note Surging dividend growth from Europe drives global company pay-out boom
Global investors are enjoying a bumper year for dividends, according to the latest Global Dividend Index (HGDI) from Henderson Global Investors. Overall pay-outs grew 11.7% year on year in the second quarter to a new record of $426.8bn, an increase of (...)
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Note Carbon leakage or desirable abatement? The curious case of aluminium
If there has been carbon leakage during Phases I & II of the EU ETS, primary aluminium seems, at first glance, like a good candidate for it. The sector competes intensively with producers outside of Europe
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Note The Timing Impact Approach: How particularities of carbon markets influence market ?
With the current ‘back-loading’ proposal of the European Commission on the table it is essential to further examine the specialities of carbon markets to assess the implications of the proposal on the market development of the EU ETS. An emission right is a new kind of good (...)
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Note CFA Institute Study Reveals Leaders Must Transform if Investment Industry is to Thrive
The Future State of the Investment Profession study released today by CFA Institute describes an industry at an existential crossroads. It warns that investment industry leaders who fail to transform their business models may jeopardize the future of their (...)
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