A coalition of investors managing 50 trillion euros ($56.81T) has warned the European Union not to label natural gas investments as sustainable, saying Brussels’ draft plan to do so would weaken its global leadership on green finance. The European Commission drafted a plan late last year to label some gas and nuclear investments as green …
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The 2022 bfinance Insurer Investment Survey has revealed major shifts in asset allocation, investment risk exposures and ESG practices during the pandemic, driven by long-term pressures and the effects of Covid-19. The survey found most insurers are set to further cut their fixed income allocations in the next 18 months. According to Funds Europe, “a …
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Strong earnings updates in the United States and Europe helped shares recover on Wednesday from earlier falls driven by rising fears over inflation that have sent bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic to multi-year highs. An index of Europe’s 600 biggest stocks rose 0.49% as robust earnings from luxury majors Burberry and Richemont …
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Investors stepped up selling in global bond funds in the seven days to 19th January as hawkish remarks from U.S. Fed officials amid rising inflationary pressure solidified expectations that the central bank will tighten monetary policy as early as March. Investors offloaded global bond funds of $4.12B, that topped previous weeks outflows by about 69%, …
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Global thematic ETFs and ETPs saw net inflows of $80.5 billion last year, down almost 25% on the $106.1 billion recorded in 2020, according to ETFGI. According to the data provider’s December 2021 ETF and Thematic industry landscape insights report, total assets in thematic ETFs and ETPs fell from $441 billion at the end of …
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