The question of index governance and the regulation of index providers has been in the news a lot recently. ETFStream wrote on this subject yesterday, https://www.etfstream.com/features/do-index-providers-need-to-be-regulated/ […]
The Benefits of UK Insurers Investing in USD-denominated Corporate Bonds UK insurers may be tempted to invest in sterling corporate bonds in order to capture some […]
Might some of the concerns surrounding the power of the dominant index providers be resolving themselves? The September issue of Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) published […]
The potential economic impacts of the novel coronavirus have been likened to the Great Depression and a more severe version of the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. […]
Following a public consultation that launched in October 2019, the EU Commission announced on 24th July 2020 that it is proposing only limited changes to the EU benchmarks regulation.
On The Finer Details of Carry and Roll-Down Strategies Carry and roll-down strategies are generally predicated on the presumption that the current yield curve is a […]
The Long And Short Of The Gilt Market In recent years the gilt yield curve has maintained a particular shape, with long yields inverted. Alan Cubbon […]
It’s clear from recent comments by regulators and those closely associated with regulators that index providers are going to come under increased scrutiny in the near […]