June 2022

Editorial: Leading indicator

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Research back in 1986 showed how the inversion of the yield curve had been a leading indicator of recessions since the 1960s, and subsequent...

Innovation’s lunatic fringe

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What did you do with the placentas you ended up with when your children were born? With all the nutrients in one of these...

Global corporate bonds: Prediction power of the yield curve

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What is the yield curve? What signals has it been giving recently? And what does this mean for corporate bonds? David Blackman explains. It doesn’t...

Regulation: What is the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive?

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Lynn Strongin Dodds examines the CSRD, designed to help financial markets obtain reliable ‘green’ data on companies. Data to help finance greener investing is difficult...

Jersey legal ease: Why JPFs are thriving

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There are four main reasons why the Jersey private fund structure has become an Island success story, says Tatiana Collins, senior counsel at law...

Jersey roundtable: Embracing next-gen investors

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Clearing & settlement: The Network Effect

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The clearing and settlement system is struggling to leverage off of distributed ledger technology – but DLT is still where its future lies, finds...

Asset class search: How the ‘anti-greenwasher’ funds performed

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Examining the figures closely, Mithursha Kesavan finds that the performance of SFDR-compliant funds over six months ranged from 27.1% to -28.24%. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure...

Assocation column: It’s all about the people

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Tim Morgan, chair of the Jersey Funds Association, says the island’s funds play a role in value creation way beyond Jersey’s shores. Towards the end...

Ireland roundtable: ‘If only we could copyright the colour green’

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