All IPE articles in April 2015 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Corporate bonds for the long run
The post-crisis world of bond investing is favouring the ‘new’ old-fashioned approach known as buy-and-maintain credit
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Special Report
GDP-linked sovereign bonds: Would investors buy them?
Some emerging markets have experimented with GDP-linked sovereign borrowing, and the Greek finance minister is the latest to discuss the idea. We ask whether investors would buy it
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Country Report
Spezialfonds: A boost for the sector
Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig and Clemens Schuerhoff assess drivers in the German Spezialfonds business and changes in the asset management industry
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Features
Regulatory bottleneck
Perhaps the true long-lasting legacy of the 2008-09 financial crisis is a heightened focus on regulation. Although the crisis itself was not sparked by pension funds, they are all too affected by the new wave of rules generated by those events.
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Features
Diary of an Investor: The conference calls
Unlike my friend Eddie, I am not a devotee of the conference scene but I do enjoy a good debate, writes Pieter Mullen
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Kames Capital
Edinburgh-based Aegon Asset Management UK made a nod to its home city when it changed its name to Kames Capital in 2011
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Features
Cashing out
This is the last leader column I will write for IPE, ending six years as its investment editor
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Karel Lannoo - Centre for European Policy Studies
Despite years of harmonising regulation and a single currency, Europe’s capital markets remain fragmented
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Move to put clients first
Who will manage the new My Retirement Account (MyRA) pension savings vehicle? This is a big question for the US pension fund industry now that President Barack Obama has created the new programme.
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Country Report
German Versorgungswerke: Infrastructure, here we come
German Versorgungswerke have the go ahead to increase infrastructure lending – but a shortage in supply hinders growth
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Special Report
Convertibles and Solvency II: Commentary
Nicolas Delrue argues that mixing convertible bonds with equities preserves equity upside exposure with lower downside risk
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Features
NAPF Conference Report: The grand European plan
The language coming out of Brussels in the first three months of 2015 has centred heavily on the Capital Markets Union (CMU). At this year’s NAPF Investment Conference, in Edinburgh, the European Commission was nothing if not on-message.
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Special Report
Convertibles and Solvency II: Preaching to the unconverted
Joseph Mariathasan asks whether convertible bonds might offer Solvency II-regulated investors some equity upside with a limited capital charge
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Country Report
Germany's corporate funds: Status quo needs a makeover
Nigel Cresswell looks at how German corporate pension funds are dealing with the current economic headwinds and tailwinds
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Dear Finance Minister
In March 2015, leading investment consultants gathered at the residence of a leading UK financier to discuss dangerous climate risk. This is a hypothetical letter from one of the participants.
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Special ReportHybrid Securities: Financial duck-rabbits
Recently someone from the Outer Hebrides posted online a photo of a dress, the colour of which had apparently caused endless debate among family and friends
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Asset Class Reports
High Yield: US issuers, euro spreads
A substantial spread differential is attracting US investment-grade issuers across the ocean to issue bonds in euros
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Special Report
Non-financial hybrid securities: Fixed-income exotica
Hybrids have taken off because they marry the current needs of both issuers and fixed-income investors. David Turner looks at how this sweet deal could go sour
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Features
Success (and failure) factors
Most of the success or failure of a pension system can be attributed to design and input factors
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Features
Focus Group: Regulatory overkill
Twenty-three of the pension funds polled for this month’s Focus Group survey find their regulators’ approach affects their investment strategy.
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