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Worlds colliding
The debate about the effect of pay inequality on both the financial and real-world markets is about to get a whole lot hotter this year.
Amanda WhiteJanuary 22, 2016
FIS Oxford 2015
Overruns biggest peril in mega infrastructure
The biggest challenge when it comes to investing in mega greenfield infrastructure projects is cost overruns, explains Bent Flyvbjerg, First BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management at the University of Oxford’s BT Centre for Major Programme Management, speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford University’s Rhodes House. It’s not hard to find […]
Sarah RundellApril 22, 2015
Uncategorised posts
OECD calls for policy solution to long term investing barriers
Governance of institutional investors and the lengthening investment chain causing bigger distances between assets’ beneficial owners and those involved in executing investment strategies was one of three practical issues raised by the OECD general secretary as a barrier to more investment in long-term investing financing. Speaking at the OECD Project on Institutional Investors and Long-term […]
Amanda WhiteJanuary 9, 2015
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The OECD’s plan for long-term investment
G20 financial ministers and central bank governors welcomed the findings of the G20/OECD roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment last month, which included clear plans to incentivise institutional investors to undertake more long-term investments. The roundtable, “From solutions to actions: implementing measures to encourage institutional long-term investment financing”, held in Singapore recognised that long-term […]
Amanda WhiteOctober 8, 2014
Opinion
Is chasing lower taxes really a strategy for value creation?
Investors are just beginning to understand global tax issues and the risks associated with aggressive tax planning by the companies int their portfolios, Fiona Reynolds, managing director of PRI says there are a number of common-sense measures that companies should begin to put in place. The 2014 G20 Summit to be held in Australia […]
Research
Serious policy barriers limit long-term investment
The OECD annual survey of large pension funds and public pension reserve funds, reveals the “existence of serious barriers that need to be urgently addressed at policy level” to encourage long-term investment. The survey, which looks at 86 institutional investors from more than 35 countries accounting for $9.7 trillion in assets, as part of a […]