All IPE articles in December 2015 (Magazine)
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Interviews
On the Record: What is your outlook for 2016?
Three pension funds share their views on the outlook for 2016
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Special ReportOutlook 2016: Time to take stock
The end of the year is the traditional time to take stock of the previous 12 months and to try to anticipate emerging developments.
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Weighing currency’s value
Currency movements are capable of wrong-footing even the experts. Yet many argue that there are enough predictable patterns to these movements to make currency a valuable asset class
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Regulation - Modified IORP still a headache
As a raft of financial directives continue to flow from the EU, two are raising the most concerns among pension schemes
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Commodities - Winners and losers of slump
The fall in commodity prices since 2011 has depressed economic growth in commodity-exporting countries but boosted growth in manufacturing economies
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Are asset managers now banks?
Asset managers are replacing banks in the supply of credit to certain sectors of the economy. Does this increase systemic risk? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo investigates
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Will liquidity dry up in 2016?
A widespread anxiety about liquidity co-exists with trillions of euros pumped into the markets by central banks
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Euro-Zone Prospects - Trading block to growth
Heavily dependent on external trade, the euro-zone’s growth prospects are particularly linked to the fortunes of China
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Features
Q3 Returns: China volatility hits Europe’s funds
Volatile equity markets caused third-quarter losses for most of Europe’s pension funds, as fears over China’s economy spread.
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Features
Pensions Accounting: Is it enough?
The bid of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to persuade the European Union to endorse International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS9) on financial instruments, remains controversial.
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Features
Pan-European Funds: DC across borders
Running a single pan-European pension scheme is an attractive idea for employers with staff in more than one country
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Special Report
Multi-Asset Strategies: Adaptive approaches
Once, institutional investors were happy to set a strategic asset allocation, ahead of market timing and security selection
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Features
African Private Equity: The bright continent
Carolyn Campbell describes how Africa’s expanding middle class, rising GDP and government policies are fuelling opportunities for private equity
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Features
Research: A new mindset for a new age
In the second article on a new pension survey, Pascal Blanque and Amin Rajan argue that it is harder to make rational decisions in this age of ultra-low rates
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Features
Asset Allocation: Ahead of the Curve - Sales drive private-equity alpha
A recent study of 450 realised private-equity deals finds that sales growth is a key component for alpha generation, according to Ian Roberts
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Peter de Proft & Alexander Schindler - EFAMA
The Action Plan for a Capital Markets Union, recently published by the European Commission, is both ambitious and sensible
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Country Report
Asset allocation rethink
Pension funds are having to rethink their asset allocation policies to meet funding requirements. A more holistic, multi-dimensional approach is needed
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
Risk markets have regained their poise after the China-triggered summer sell-offs, the mood aided by Chinese interest rate easing and the prospect of more European liquidity. The oil price, having fluctuated, appears to be finding an equilibrium which, given its proxy as a barometer of risk, may signal a pick-up in risk appetite.
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Re-defining asset classes
Switzerland’s double whammy of a strong currency and negative interest rates represents a formidable challenge for the pension fund industry, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Features
Alternative Credit: Portfolio role for alternative credit
Alternative credit provides a breadth of diversity that can help investors create better risk-adjusted portfolios for outperformance in a tough market, writes Nimisha Srivastava
