All IPE articles in April 2016 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Commodity Prices: If only we could blame China
Niels Jensen argues that the strong dollar and rising debt levels among emerging market corporates bear some of responsibility for the slump in global commodity prices
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Diary of an Investor: Muddy boots on
We pension funds at least have the luxury of not being stuck behind our screens all the time, trading or monitoring our portfolio
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Breaking Germany’s mould
Federal civil servants at two government ministries are searching for a workable policy to promote occupational pensions
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Asset Class Reports
Heading for the Brexit?
The possibility of the UK voting to leave the EU is causing considerable uncertainty among asset managers
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Special Report
Portfolio Construction: Calculated risks
Factor investing promises to outperform both passive and active management. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo discusses the issue of implementation
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Features
CEE equities – Middle ground promise
David Turner assesses why Central and Eastern European equities are catching the eye of many investors
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The ceiling has no fans
The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has proposed potentially far-reaching changes to its asset-ceiling guidance. The proposals have their fair share of critics
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Country Report
Interview: Karl Timmel CEO, VBV
Karl Timmel, CEO of Austria’s largest Pensionskasse, VBV, helped to set up the second pillar in the country more than two decades ago
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FeaturesUK Local Government Pensions: Choose your partner
After years of debate, concrete details regarding the future of the UK local authority pensions sector are emerging
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: A climate culture clash
The Netherlands and the US are both free-market countries with thriving financial industries. But they also are very different and this is an unrecognised risk for large US mutual fund managers.
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Features
Focus Group: Risk-factor investing concepts
Just over half of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group currently allocate assets to strategies that employ risk-factor investing concepts
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Special ReportThe French quant connection
Brendan Maton explores the pre-eminence of engineering in French elite education and the extent of its success in application in asset management
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Special Report
Special Report: Consultants under scrutiny
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is carrying out a comprehensive review of the asset management industry, which reaches to the heart of investment consultants’ business models
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Features
Investment: Convex protection
With record-low corporate spreads and volatile equity markets, is it time to take a closer look at convertible bonds?
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Country Report
Corporate Pensions: A shift in risk perception
Corporate pension schemes need to change the status quo in terms of governance and implementation if they are to meet their goals, writes Nigel Cresswell
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FeaturesCross-Border Pensions: Dutch in first Malta DC set-up
Plegt-Vos is the first Dutch company to relocate a defined contribution plan to Malta.Maarten van Wijk reports
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Special Report
Investment Options: Deciding factors
Investors looking to enter the world of factor investing are faced with an array of products from simpler beta strategies to actively managed quant funds
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Asset Class Reports
Equity markets slow down
The European equity market has surged in market capitalistion since 2009, but not necessarily because company earnings have increased.
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FeaturesDutch Funding: Facing a painful squeeze
Dutch pension funds’ nose-diving coverage ratios underline just how futile various measure have been in improving funding and minimise rights cuts
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: The Yale effect
Good things come in small packages. It sounds so true reading the latest annual National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Commonfund study of endowment performance.
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