All IPE articles in April 2019 (Magazine)
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Opinion PiecesLong-term matters: Lessons for Climate Action 100+
Fund management is a pretty opaque profession, and no aspect more so than the way investors hold the management of investee companies accountable
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: The $20bn club shifts strategy
The funded status of US corporate defined benefit (DB) plans is getting better, thanks to investment gains and higher corporate bond interest rates that decrease liabilities.
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FeaturesAccounting matters: Limiting the scope
The IASB is looking at IAS 19. Will the project run into the sand?
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FeaturesBriefing: Looking to active managers
Active management versus passive index tracking remains one of the most hotly contested questions in the world of investment management.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Manuel Adamini, Sean Flannery, Toby Heaps and Eloy Lindeijer
“Time to invite brown corporates to the green bond party”
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Special ReportInvestment Research: MiFIDII – a year of adjustments
Firms are under competitive pressures as the market for investment research takes shape
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Opinion PiecesBrussels People: Europe’s conservatives eye Africa
Describing himself as “the most senior elected Brit in Brussels” and speaking ahead of 29 March when he and the UK’s 72 other MEPs were set to relinquish their mandate in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall is keen to speak about matters other than Europe.
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Special ReportThought Leadership: Investment in the age of geo-economics
Brexit, Trump, unprecedented Sino-American trade tensions: country risk and political considerations have moved to the fore and pension investors and asset managers alike have had to revise their investment strategies
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FeaturesTen years ago
Equity markets reached rock bottom in early March 2009, with the S&P 500 falling under 700 before embarking on a steep bull run that only really lost momentum last October
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Asset Class ReportsEuropean Equities - Auto sector: Rough road ahead
Europe’s automotive industry faces global challenges ranging from emissions standards to trade disputes and radical transformation of the industry
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Raising the bar on data privacy
Technology is central to how we live our everyday lives in the world today – it has enabled us to be more connected, more productive and more informed than ever before
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Special ReportAI and Manager Selection: Will your future consultant be a machine?
The world’s largest pension fund is exploring the use of AI to help it select asset managers and assets in which to invest
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InterviewsHow we run our money: APK Pensionskasse
Christian Böhm, CEO of Austria’s APK Pensionskasse, talks about the organisation’s blend of dynamic and long-term investment strategy
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Special ReportApplying rocket science to EMs
Factor investing strategies are increasingly being used in emerging market investing
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Definitions: Contrasting approaches pose a predicament
Investors face a quandary as analytical tools depart from standard academic definitions of factors
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FeaturesATP: A very Danish scandal
Fallout from scandals has left ATP without a chief executive and a tricky problem in choosing a successor to Christian Hyldahl
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Country ReportGermany: BRSG beyond the new DC plans
A year into the implementation of Germany’s BRSG law to strengthen occupational pension schemes many legal uncertainties remain
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Special ReportTaxation: How to soften the tax bite
Research shows tax management can boost returns from factor investment
