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Putting a Price on Pollution

December 5, 2019--Carbon-pricing strategies could hold the key to meeting the world's climate stabilization goals
Without major and urgent efforts to slow accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, future generations will inherit a much warmer planet with risks of dangerous climate events, higher sea levels, and destruction of the natural world.

The international community's response is grounded in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which has the key objective of limiting future global warming to between 1.5 and 2˚C above pre-industrial levels.

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Source: IMF


Hedge fund billionaire vows to punish company directors for climate change inaction-Sir Christopher Hohn, who has donated to Extinction rebellion, steps up pressure on firms responsible for carbon emissions

December 4, 2019-A billionaire hedge fund manager and backer of Extinction Rebellion has warned he will begin taking action against companies that do not do enough to tackle the climate emergency.

Sir Christopher Hohn, founder of TCI Fund Management, which manages more than $28bn (£s;21bn) of assets, has sent letters to big companies in which it invests, including Google and Airbus.

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Source: independent.co.uk


The next generation of digital currencies: in search of stability

December 2, 2019--Recent developments have re-opened the debate on the future of money. This Policy Contribution discusses two aspects: the implications of the rise of global private stablecoins, such as Facebook's Libra, and the role that public central bank digital currencies could play.

Four major developments have challenged the status quo and reopened the debate on the forms that money will take in the future: 1) use of cash as a medium of exchange has declined; 2) distributed ledger technology (DLT) has led to the emergence of thousands of digital cryptocurrencies; 3) some global tech giants are planning to provide private digital currencies to their billions of users in the form of stablecoins; and 4) in turn, public authorities are thinking about providing their own digital currencies to the general public.

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Source: bruegel.org


Bond ETFs outshine equity rivals in 2019

December 2, 2019--Investors plough $191bn into passive fixed-income vehicles that track the markets.

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Source: FT.com


Insurance becoming increasingly hard to get for global coal industry

December 2, 2019--The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time U.S. companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s and Asian insurers as the "last resort" for fossil fuels, according to a new report.

The report, which rates the world's 35 biggest insurers on their actions on fossil fuels, declares that coal-the biggest single contributor to climate change-"is on the way to becoming uninsurable" as most coal projects cannot be financed, built or operated without insurance.

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Source: ieefa.org


Assets held in exchange traded funds surge to record $6tn

December 1, 2019--Performance of most traditional active managers during the crisis prompted many investors to seek less volatile strategies

Global assets held by exchange traded funds have climbed to a record $6tn, doubling in size in less than four years, in a surge turbocharged by the lengthy US stock market bull run.

The sector's explosive growth has attracted heightened scrutiny by regulators who are concerned about the influence of ETFs as they spread deeper and wider into financial markets worldwide.

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Source: FT.com


Countries should strengthen pension systems to adapt to changing world of work

November 27, 2019--Governments should urgently reform their pension systems to ensure that the growing share of workers in temporary or part-time employment can contribute enough during their working lives to receive an adequate income in retirement, according to a new OECD report.

Pensions at a Glance 2019 says that non-standard employment, such as self-employment, temporary or part-time work, now accounts for more than one-third of employment across OECD countries. Part-time work is three times more frequent among women than among men and self-employment is particularly common among older workers.

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view the Pensions at a Glance 2019 OECD and G20 Indicators

Source: OECD


IMF-A New Climate Economy

November 26, 2019--"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." The quip, attributed to 19th-century American humorist Mark Twain, might describe the current state of play on climate change. In Twain's day, it was absurd to suppose humans could do anything about the weather.
Today, we understand that we can and we must.

The changing climate, largely wrought by humans, is bringing rising sea levels, temperature extremes, and more frequent and harsher storms. These threaten to displace lives, livelihoods, and communities, with clear economic consequences, often at a high price tag, around the world.

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Source: IMF


Asset Managers and Climate Change- How the sector performs on portfolios, engagement and resolutions-November 2019

November 26, 2019--The Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures (TCFD) process has articulated the view from global financial regulators that climate change does indeed pose a material risk to the financial system. Since the TCFD's initial report was released in June 2017 the phrase "climate risk" as the public narrative has evolved to the "climate crisis" or "emergency" with accompanying physical manifestations and resulting economic/social costs clearly apparent.

The IPCC's Global Warming of 1.5C (2018) provides clear guidance from the world's scientific community on the need for urgent policy action from governments to facilitate a transition from fossil fuel combustion to renewable and zero-emission transport technologies. The lack of meaningful policy progress globally means there is ever-increasing pressure on the financial system to drive more ambition in this energy transition.

The asset management sector plays a pivotal role in the financial system given the vast portfolios the leading players manage, their interactions with companies in the real economy and power in shaping government policy as a key economic sector in its own right. FinanceMap's analysis shows the sector as a whole is not demonstrating the kind of leadership at present, through any of these levers, that the recent escalation in the urgency of climate change would apparently warrant.

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Source: InfluenceMap


Bitcoin Drops Below $7,000 as China Euphoria Fades

November 25, 2019--Regulators reaffirm tough stance on companies involved in cryptocurrency trading and fundraising
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping touted blockchain technology in October, the price of bitcoin surged, searches for "blockchain" on one of China's biggest search engines soared and shares of related companies jumped.

A month later, the euphoria is over.

Bitcoin slumped below $7,000 over the weekend, dropping to a six-month low as China reaffirmed...

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Source: Wall Street Journal


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Europe ETF News


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Asia ETF News


September 08, 2025 Samsung Securities Launches Two ETNs Tracking Solactive China Mobility Top 5 Hedged to KRW Index and AI Tech Top 5 Hedged to KRW Index in First Collaboration with Solactive
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September 03, 2025 Exclusive: US trading firm Jane Street files appeal against India markets regulator
September 02, 2025 Hana Asset Management Launches 1Q Xiaomi Value-Chain Active ETF Tracking the Solactive-KEDI Xiaomi Focus China Tech Index

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Middle East ETP News


September 02, 2025 Indxx US Infrastructure Index Licensed by KSM Mutual Funds Ltd. for an Index Tracking Fund
September 01, 2025 Lunate Launches Boreas Solactive Quantum Computing UCITS ETF, the First Thematic ETF to List on ADX, Tracking the Solactive Developed Quantum Computing Index
August 20, 2025 Mideast Stocks: Gulf bourses trade lower ahead of key Fed speech

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Africa ETF News


August 24, 2025 Africa: Nigeria Leads Africa in Stablecoin Adoption With $22bn in Transactions

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ESG and Of Interest News


August 28, 2025 Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
August 06, 2025 Why investing in Southern Africa's critical minerals is key for the global energy transition

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White Papers


September 08, 2025 Economic development, carbon emissions and climate policies

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