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rffrydr
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German IFO numbers up for four consecutive months, back to pre-breakdown July numbers. Now for the new french president. 
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Market's confidence in governments or government's confidence in markets? Looks like the "bond bubble" got another leg coming:
| Quote: | Asset managers will have the chance to get billions of euros in mandates in the next few months for the €36bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR), the French reserve pension fund, after the French parliament last week passed a law to use its assets to pay off the debts of France’s welfare system.
The assets have been transferred into the state’s social debt sinking fund Cades. The FRR will continue to control the assets, but as a third-party manager on behalf of Cades.
The change is included in the annual social security law that was adopted last week and will be published by the end of December after anticipated approval by the constitutional court.
The move reflects a willingness by governments to use long-term assets to fill short-term deficits, including Ireland’s announcement last week that it would use the country’s €24bn National Pensions Reserve Fund “to support the exchequer’s funding programme” and Hungary’s bid to claw $15bn of private pension funds back to the state system.
The decision has prompted a radical restructuring of the FRR’s investments. The new strategic investment plan, which will be released in the new year, will see a rapid reduction in its 40% allocation to equities and a shift to cash and short-term government bonds, according to a source close to the situation.
There will be a focus on liability-driven investment, where asset managers are told to minimise risk by matching assets closely to liabilities. |
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| Another fascinating article. |
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