News/Magazine browse
The ethical oligarchs
01 Nov 2011
Kicking off the National Ethical Investment Week in London, pollster YouGov published the results of a survey measuring the British public’s interest in green and ethical financial products.
A tricky rebalancing act
01 Nov 2011
Last month I attended Lazard Asset Management’s annual investment dinner, where the guest speaker was Peter Mandelson. Lord Mandelson spent eight years as UK Secretary of State for Business,...
The long-termists
01 Nov 2011
As those who watched the 2006 film ‘300’ will remember, ‘the 300’ refers to the band of Spartans who heroically fought against the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae in 480BC. A modern...
French regulator urges investment in SMEs
01 Nov 2011
The French government’s initiative to set up a private equity fund with institutional investor capital to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) secure investments comes as a surprise,...
UK pension funds judge buyouts as too costly
01 Nov 2011
This summer’s market turbulence took many UK pension funds by surprise, pushing them to look even more closely at their de-risking strategy. But while pension buyout deal prices have remained fairly...
QE2: Good for the economy, bad for pensions?
01 Nov 2011
While many in the flnancial market welcomed the Bank of England’s relaunch of quantitative easing – or QE2 – committing a further £75bn (€86bn)to its asset repurchase facility, the timing of the...
Long-term Matters: Musical chairs
01 Nov 2011
In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) teams have tried to get closer -– both intellectually and in seating arrangements – to the company’s active equity portfolio managers. And...
Tactics before strategy?
01 Nov 2011
Finally on 26 July, the International Accounting Standards Board launched its public consultation on the shape of its future agenda. “In particular," it would seem, "IASB is seeking feedback on how...
Liam Kennedy: Two paths, not irreconcilable
01 Oct 2011
Two books landed on my desk in September – one on the subject of good pension governance, the other on retirement income.
Martin Steward: Trigger unhappy
01 Oct 2011
When does a tactical loosening of a strategy become a panic? And when does panic start to undermine the strategy itself? If your strategy is liability-driven investing (LDI), you might well ask. It...
Pages 1 of 2 | Next
