All IPE articles in July / August 2015 (Magazine)
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Special Report
Tracking Railpen’s switch
Liam Kennedy asks Paul Trickett about the progress the Railpen Investments board is making in changing the way it invests
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Speak with one voice
Ahead of the Papal Encyclical on climate change last month, an NGO video went viral. Playful but clever, it conveyed the message well: be forceful stewards of God’s kingdom and get fit for the fight
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Country Report
Politics: The land of perpetual reform
Maria Teresa Cometto looks at the recent changes to the Italian pension system and asks what has been achieved as politicians pander to popular opinion seeking to reverse key reforms
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Features
Turkey: Private fund growth on track
The Turkish government is reforming its private pensions system in a bid to boost the country’s savings rate
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Country Report
Regulation: Frustration paramount
Italy’s pension system is in the midst of a reform process that started 20 years ago
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Features
Time to focus
Few would see an immediate parallel between the pension fund world and that of commercial aviation. Yet the story of the Douglas Corporation is interesting
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: A value perspective
George Sertl gives a value manager’s view of the US equity market with a focus on key sectors
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: Time to go?
Leaving the US equity party early may mean foregoing big gains, according to Christopher O’Dea
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Country ReportItaly's pension reform must foster equality
The Italian government needs to implement equitable pension reform measures if it is to avoid tension between the generations
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Features
US Equities: Elephant in the room
The US equity market is the elephant in the room for any institutional investor. It has also been a very excitable elephant with the S&P500 reaching all-time highs in the first half of 2015
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In US Equities: It’s the economy, stupid
The prospects for US equity markets depend largely on the performance of the underlying economy
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Country Report
Interview: Elsa Fornero - Easing Italy’s pain
Elsa Fornero explains how the pension reforms she introduced while in government brought Italy back from the brink of financial collapse
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Features
The political dimension of Italy's pensions
Pensions and politics are seldom friends. Politicians, more often than not, seek short-term policy impact; pension systems take time and patience to develop. This tension is unravelling in Italy
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Features
Diary of an Investor: How much?
I know that almost everyone thinks they are underpaid. Unfortunately, that group of people includes some members of our team
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Features
Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
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Asset Class Reports
Equity Investment: Is the cult of equities dying?
In this first article in a new series, Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan ask whether equities are in remission or revival
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Features
Investment Solutions Survey: A wide constellation
IPE’s 2015 investment solutions survey explained
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Country Report
Italy's Second-Pillar: Pension fund competition
A close look at Italian second-pillar pension funds reveals structural imbalances and growing risks. For the many employees without a supplementary pension it is hard to decide what to do
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Special Report
Industry Comments: In your experience…
We asked leading industry figures: what can pension fund boards do better? How much time should boards spend on pension fund matters outside meetings and how much should they be paid?
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
