All IPE articles in May 2016 (Magazine)
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Features
Pensions should have a wider purpose
Pension funds like to emphasise that their key goal is to provide sustainable retirement income to their members.Yet many pension funds spend significant resources on addressing issues that go beyond providing pensions
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Special Report
Offshore wind market speeds up
The offshore wind market is becoming an increasingly attractive investment option as it grows and matures. Michael Ferguson looks at the recent project Meerwind
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: The robo-race starts
Robo-advisers are gaining ground in the US retirement industry. Their success will have an impact on the market, accelerating the shift of assets out of actively managed funds and into index funds
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Special Report
SME Lending: Transmission revamp
SME lending is a crucial element in any developed economy. We assess the opportunities and risks for European institutional investors
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Asset Class Reports
Secondaries move up the ladder
The secondary market has become an integral part of the private equity universe. Even big sovereign wealth funds are participating
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Country Report
Interview: Roger Tischhauser
Roger Tischhauser is responsible for 40% of the assets in the Swiss second pillar and is an agent for reform in the pensions debate
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: Hug a whistle-blower
Ask any board director or chief executive of a well-run company what they worry about most and the answer is invariably ‘what I don’t know is happening’
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Solidarietà Veneto
Paolo Stefan, director of Solidarietà Veneto, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the Italian fund’s regionally-focused investment strategy
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Special Report
MENA holds sway
Middle East and North Africa countries will continue to rule in the oil market, although budget deficits are a growing threat, according to Cyril Widdershoven
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Special Report
Oil & Gas: In search of moats
Joseph Mariathasan asks whether investors should take a bullish or a bearish stance on the low oil price
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Special Report
Mind the infrastructure gap
Energy infrastructure will remain a relevant and interesting field for asset owners as governments look to plug the investment gap, finds Jonathan Williams
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Special Report
Understanding factor investing
Interest in factor investing is increasing. According to Morningstar data, over 60 smart beta-related ETFs were launched in 2015 in Europe, almost double the number launched in 2014
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Special Report
Regulatory trends and the implications for UCITS ETFs
Based on the European regulations that have been published in the last few years, it would seem that regulators consider transparency to be the panacea to all investor concerns. Already, in this space, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) provided its guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues in 2012, which were completed by the ESMA Q&As of March 2013.
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Special Report
Trends that will shape the ETF market
Few doubt that ETF use will grow in the years ahead. Three out of four participants in a recent PwC survey believe the market will at least double by 2020 to US$5trn (€4.4trn)1. BlackRock believes European ETFs will reach US$1trn a year earlier, in 2019.
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Special Report
Observations on ETF liquidity
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) market continues to grow rapidly in size and popularity, reaching $3trn in assets worldwide
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Private Equity: Megafund magnets
While there is a great deal of activity in the private equity market, the big inflows of investment are mainly going to the large funds
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Special Report
Global Energy: Something new under the sun
An overview of the global energy sector shows the world’s relationship with energy is being transformed, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Special Report
Iran: Tomorrow’s energy superpower
Relief from UN sanctions unlocks few energy-related investment opportunities in Iran, but the long-term potential is significant
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Special Report
Emerging green markets
Will declining costs and changing policy priorities lead to investment opportunities in green energy in emerging markets? Elisabeth Jeffries poses the questions
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Country Report
France's first-pillar pensions: Embracing the last resort
Agirc, the second-pillar pension scheme for private sector executives is planning to merge with the employees’ scheme, Arrco
