All IPE articles in April 2016 (Magazine) – Page 3
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Features
PLSA Investment Conference: Industry embraces FCA asset management review
The question of whether the asset management market is working for pension funds and other investors, as the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking, was a theme at the UK pension fund association’s conference in Edinburgh.
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Special Report
Assessing Smart Beta: Some rough with the smooth
Anyone hoping to benefit from factor investing should be willing to accept significant periods of underperformance
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Features
Appeasing the gatekeeper
Last year I attended a drinks reception organised by a UK consultancy. The event was arranged specifically to allow the firm’s staff to meet with the asset management community. The theme running through the opening remarks was simple: “We have no current or future plans to offer fiduciary management, therefore we will never compete with you.”
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Asset Class Reports
Do not bank on another crisis
Despite problems in Europe and globally, opinions are split on the likelihood of another banking crisis
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your asset allocation?
KBC Pensionfonds, National Employment Savings Trust and PME discuss restructuring asset allocations
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Special Report
Asset allocation in volatile times
Should investors rethink their strategic asset allocation in light of current volatility? Three leading investment consultants tell IPE how they are advising their clients to react to the changing environment
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
Although there were significant bounces during February and March in Chinese stocks, commodities, and emerging market assets, there is still a nervous pall hanging over markets
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Special Report
Factor Alignment: Tailor with care
The wide range of uses to which factor investing can be put means investors need to ensure the approach and methodology are suitable for the intended strategy
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Capabilities for adapting
When Colin Clark, director of the global client group at Standard Life Investments, entered finance in 1980 he could not have predicted he would be part of some dramatic shifts in global asset management
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Asset Class Reports
European Equities: More scope for active managers
The European economy is showing some strong signs of recovery. What does this mean for Europe’s equity markets?
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Country Report
Domestic Accounting: Discounting the future
The new discount rate to be applied to pension liabilities under German accounting standards simply postpones a serious problem
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Country Report
Domestic Accounting: A half-hearted compromise
Thomas Hagemann reviews changes to the discount rate methodology applied by corporates to calculate pension liabilities
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: The deflationary impacts of web 2.0
Edward Shing examines the deflationary effects of the emerging ‘sharing economy’ on traditional companies
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