All IPE articles in April 2017 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Country Report
Pensions In Austria: Funds take real risk
Real assets such as infrastructure are on the radar for Austrian institutional investors, finds Barbara Ottawa
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Features
Norges Bank Investment Management: Strategy shift at Europe’s biggest investor
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), arguably the world’s most watched institutional investor, is considering adopting a risk-factor approach.
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Features
India: Tax net benefits from bold move
Joseph Mariathasan finds India’s recent demonetisation exercise has caused some economic pain but it has also greatly increased the number of taxpayers in the country
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you get the best out of consultants?
Three pension funds - BNL BNP Paribas, Heidelberg Cement and Istituto di Previdenza del Cantone Ticino - share insights on working with consultants
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Features
BHS Pension Scheme: The UK Pensions Regulator and the pariah
On 28 February came the news for which 19,000 former staff of the collapsed high-street chain BHS had been waiting: its former owner, Sir Philip Green, was to pay £363m (€414m) to prop up the company’s two pension schemes.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Brexit and equivalence
Nothing could be clearer. For the financial sector, at least, there is nothing to fear from Brexit. All the UK has to do is to apply to the EU’s rules – the crucial term ‘equivalence’
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Country Report
Pensions debate in camera
Germany is preoccupied with debates on pensions, while in Austria the issue is discussed behind closed doors, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
Regulation: Costs not caps
New rules for BaFin-regulated institutional investors in Germany might appear cap-free, but costs could restrict movement, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Opinion Pieces
Long Term Matters: Disrupting CEO pay
The former CEO of the Investment Association, the trade body that represents UK investment managers, has made a disruptive proposal on CEO pay
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Features
Interview: Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Peter Damgaard Jensen tells Susanna Rust about the need to keep up the momentum on climate change and develop more green investment opportunities for institutional investors
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Special Report
Consultants: Changing roles
IPE asked pension consultants across Europe and beyond how they are responding to changes in the wider pension sector. Here is a selection of their views
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: ChinaAMC
Asset management is one of the few areas of business where, so far at least, the Chinese have made little global impact. No Chinese firm was even in the top 100 in the 2016 IPE rankings
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Reading the coffee grains
Can you guess the topic of discussion of the latest Wasserdicht global investment committee? You probably can: it was political risk
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Features
Fiduciary managers need more competition
The review of the UK’s asset management market by the FCA may or may not result in tighter regulation of investment advice. But the regulator would do well to continue focusing on investment consulting firms that offer fiduciary management services
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Special Report
Special Report Consultants: A testing time
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is assessing whether a lack of competition among pension consultants is hurting UK pension schemes
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Features
From Our Perspective: Two decades of shifting perspectives
This spring marks 20 years since the first issue of IPE. Our founders Piers Diacre and Fennell Betson started this publication with an assumption that funded pension systems would become more widespread in time, leading to increased diversification and a need for clear, well-researched and well-presented information.
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Country ReportPensions In Germany: Draft law under discussion
Germany’s discussion on new pension vehicles without guarantees has revealed a much deeper challenge with promises, disappointments and misunderstandings, finds Barbara Ottawa
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Asset Class ReportsInvesting In European Equities: Worrying times
Political uncertainty in Europe poses dangers and offers opportunities. Joseph Mariathasan investigates
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Asset Class Reports
Pure Group: Sensitivity of selected European equity funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest European equity funds to changes in economic factors: European default spreads, European term spreads, European inflation and volatility of European stocks
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Features
ESG: From niche to norm?
Susanna Rust charts the evolution of responsible investment over the past 20 years
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