All articles by Carlo Svaluto Moreolo – Page 20
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Country Report
COVIP: Plenty more work to do
Italy’s second-pillar pension system is growing and strengthening, but several areas of concerns remain
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Features
Briefing: MiFID II – The birth of a market
As MiFID II comes into effect, asset managers and brokers must negotiate a price for sell-side investment research
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Country Report
Italy: Offering an alternative
Italian pension fund portfolios tend to be less diversified and domestically focused than other European institutional investors. This looks set to change with a turn towards alternatives
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News
Top 400 Asset Managers 2017: Global passive assets hit €8trn
European institutional passive assets grew 17.5% annually between 2013 and 2017
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Special Report
UK's Pension Protection Fund: A smooth transition
Trevor Welsh, the UK’s Pension Protection Fund’s head of liability-driven investment, discusses how it manages interest rate and inflation risk
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Features
Lending risks are exaggerated
Patient investors will benefit from an exposure to alternative credit
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Special Report
Italy: The EU’s next existential threat?
Italy’s political system has shifted since the early 1990s from one based on traditional parties to an emphasis on personality-based politics
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Special Report
Future of LDI: The clearing dilemma
The exemption for pension funds from central clearing of derivatives under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) has been extended. But LDI continues to face tough questions
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Special Report
Alternative credit: Handle with care
Pension funds are becoming increasingly active in the broad alternative credit sector, especially in private debt
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Features
A misunderstood shift
The system-level implications of shifting from defined benefit to defined contribution pensions systems could be dangerously misunderstood
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Interviews
How we run our money: Varma
Reima Rytsölä, CIO of Finnish pension fund Varma, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo why it makes sense to keep an allocation to hedge funds
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Special Report
Chile: Chilean pensions under pressure
Chilean workers face an uncertain retirement future. Poor pension prospects have led to calls for nationalisation, says Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Country Report
Lombard Odier Pension Fund: A blueprint for multi-asset
Lombard Odier Pension Fund has developed an innovative multi-asset approach based on absolute return and diversification
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Special Report
Factor investing embraces big data
Greater computing power means greater potential for factor investing, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Interviews
On the Record: Do you invest in real assets?
Three pension funds - CNPADC, KZVK-VKPB and Sampension - talk about their exposure to real assets
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Ticino maintains aim
Pierre Spocci, director of the Istituto di Previdenza del Cantone Ticino, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the pension fund’s stable strategy
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Interviews
How we run our money: NEST
Mark Fawcett, the CIO of NEST, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what the future holds for the UK’s fast-growing defined contribution scheme
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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
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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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