All articles by Amin Rajan

  • Features

    Between a rock and a hard place

    September 2013 (Magazine)

    Investors are unsure whether the current market rally can outlive central bank action, argue Nicholas Lyster and Amin Rajan

  • Special Report

    Top 400 Asset Managers: Is smart beta all that smart?

    June 2013 (Magazine)

    There is no Holy Grail in investing, and new ideas have their limitations, argues Amin Rajan

  • Features

    Manager selection in a volatile world

    May 2013 (Magazine)

    Amin Rajan and Roland Meerdter find that short-term performance is the primary motivation behind the selection of managers and funds

  • Features

    ETFs: Part of the furniture

    January 2013 (Magazine)

    Amin Rajan argues that the success story of exchange traded funds is here to stay

  • Opinion Pieces

    Amin Rajan: 'Pension funds demand discipline, but discipline can stifle hedge funds' creativity'

    December 2012 (Magazine)

    First, the good news: assets under management in hedge funds have not only surpassed their previous peak of around $2trn (€1.6trn) reached in 2007, but they are also likely to attract another trillion dollars by 2016, according to ‘Institutional Investment in Hedge Funds’, a survey by Citi Prime Finance.

  • Features

    Trusted adviser 2.0

    November 2012 (Magazine)

    In this third and final article in the current series, Nicholas Lyster and Amin Rajan conclude that, as markets have become disconnected from fundamental value drivers, the role of trusted adviser is gaining traction.

  • Features

    Diversification 2.0

    October 2012 (Magazine)

    With asset class correlations no longer following their historic norms, a new form of diversification focused on risk is emerging, according to Jim McCaughan and Amin Rajan

  • Features

    Making a virtue out of necessity

    September 2012 (Magazine)

    While investors have grown weary of new risks, they are unwilling to forego a bargain when they see it, according to Jim McCaughan and Amin Rajan

  • Features

    Moment of reckoning

    June 2012 (Magazine)

    The 300 Club, a grouping of leading investment professionals, believes that modern portfolio theory and practice are failing institutional investors at a time when depressed funding levels require smarter ways of investing. It has issued its first paper, The Death of Common Sense, written by Amin Rajan, a member of the 300 Club and a regularcontributor to IPE. We asked him some questions

  • Special Report

    DC in Europe: Avoiding a sticking-plaster solution

    June 2012 (Magazine)

    It is not enough that DB schemes have failed for investors to switch to DC schemes – the latter have to succeed in their own right, argues Amin Rajan

  • Special Report

    IPE at 15: Winning the losers’ game

    February 2012 (Magazine)

    In an era where old certainties no longer hold, pension funds cannot afford to sit on the sidelines and let others do the heavy lifting, argues Amin Rajan

  • Features

    Volatility – friend or foe?

    January 2012 (Magazine)

    Amin Rajan asks what if we are in a prolonged era of fatter tails and frequent bubbles?

  • Features

    Persistency via operational excellence

    December 2011 (Magazine)

    In the final article in the current series, Jervis Smith and Amin Rajan highlight the role of third-party administrators as innovation partners

  • Features

    Take a leaf out of Apple’s book

    November 2011 (Magazine)

    In the third in a new series of articles, Neeraj Sahai and Amin Rajan argue that robust innovations require robust processes and robust drivers

  • Features

    Responding to the wake-up call

    October 2011 (Magazine)

    In the third article in the current series, Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan argue that only a gold standard in client engagement will deliver decent innovation outcomes

  • Features

    DC products 2.0

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    The new generation of DC products may well evolve in the way that the internet has turned into web 2.0, according to Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan

  • Investment innovations: a scorecard
    Features

    Investment innovations: a scorecard

    July 2011 (Magazine)

    Pension plans have an open mind about innovations, say Neeraj Sahai, Jim McCaughan and Amin Rajan

  • Special Report

    Top 400: Hedge funds coming of age

    June 2011 (Magazine)

    The credit crunch is forcing a reckless teenager to become a responsible adult, according to Amin Rajan

  • Book Review

    Books: The wheat and the chaff

    April 2011 (Magazine)

    "Investment Beliefs: A Positive Approach to Institutional Investing", by Kees Koedijk and Alfred Slager, 2011, 205 pages

  • Do investment innovations work?
    News

    Do investment innovations work?

    2011-02-04T12:45:00Z

    The current crisis will be the mother of innovation, but it is time for a reality check.