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       Posted on May 20th, 2012

SIFMA US Foreign Activity Report, 2012 Q1

A quarterly report and quarterly addendum that tracks purchases and sales of U.S. securities by foreign investors and U.S. purchases and sales of foreign securities. Both gross activity and net purchases are broken out by country and area for the following securities:

U.S. stocks;
U.S. corporate bonds;
U.S. treasuries;
U.S. agency bonds;
foreign stocks; and
foreign bonds.

The quarterly addendum [...]


       Posted on May 17th, 2012

European Responsible Investing Fund Survey

This first edition of the European Responsible Investing Fund Survey, commissioned by ALFI gives a snap shot of the European Responsible Investing Fund universe as at 31 December 2010, including the size of the market, category of investments and the domicile of such funds.

Social investing, impact investing, microfinance, impact finance, sustainable [...]


       Posted on May 14th, 2012

Mortgage schemes: Improving disclosure for retail investors – ASIC Regulatory Guide 45

ASIC today released revised disclosure benchmarks and separate disclosure principles for unlisted mortgage schemes to improve awareness of the risks of investing in these products. This is set out in Regulatory Guide 45 Mortgage schemes: improving disclosure for retail investors (RG 45). Since the publication of the original RG 45, the unlisted mortgage [...]


       Posted on May 13th, 2012

Building bridges: Ernst & Young’s 2012 attractiveness survey – Africa

The second edition of Ernst & Young’s Africa Attractiveness builds on the theme of the African growth story, while emphasising the need to bridge a perception gap that continues to exist among many potential investors not yet doing business on the continent. In so doing this survey highlights the various factors that are [...]


       Posted on May 10th, 2012

Cashing in on climate change? Assessing whether private funds can be leveraged to help the poorest countries respond to climate challenges

The effects of climate change on developing countries have created a huge financial burden. Policymakers aim to limit global warming to a rise of 2°C in this century. In this scenario, the cost of adapting to and mitigating the impact of climate change would be in the range of USD 110-275 billion (€79-198 [...]


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