All Covid-19 articles – Page 12
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News
PLSA goes public with concerns about insolvency bill DB, PPF impact
Association warns of ‘unintended, but very serious’ consequences unless changes are made
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eVestment: Consultants decreased return expectations before virus hit
The spread between consultants’ inflation expectations was 80bps in 2019 and 55bps in 2020
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Systemic risk gets ‘hotspot’ status from actuarial regulation bodies
Climate-related risk named top hotspot in updated risk report from joint forum on actuarial regulation
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FRR faces liability changes in COVID-19 social security debt plan
Government proposals would see French fund making €13bn in extra payments, and one payment sooner than expected
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ING scheme delays indexation decision because of COVID-19
The fund could tap into a €265m emergency reserve fund
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: ESG After COVID-19: Will it Be Different This Time?
COVID-19 raises questions about impacts on ESG issues like worker health and safety, and systemic risks like income inequality. While the existential threat of climate change has dominated the agenda in recent years, the pandemic has renewed focus on social and governance issues.
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News
‘Game-changer’ COVID-19 demands pension policy urgency, says Allianz
The current pandemic has ‘pushed up the need for pension reform several notches’
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Pandemic hits Austrian pension funds AUM in Q1
‘The result is bad, but the measures taken by central banks have had an impact’
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Danish FSA calls on pension funds to explain alts valuations
Watchdog launches investigation into sector’s ongoing valuation of alternatives, as losses in other asset classes pile up
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Opinion Pieces
EU integration takes a hit
The symbolism should not be missed. One of the first responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe was the closure of national borders.
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Special Report
Euro-zone: A crisis like no other
The COVID-19 pandemic, alongside the associated economic shutdown, has had an unprecedented effect on EU member states
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Opinion Pieces
Seize the possibilities of crisis
IPE’s 2020 Top 500 Asset Managers ranking shines a light on overall global managed assets in 2019, which increased by almost 22% in euro terms over the course of last year to €80trn.
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Features
Corporate Purpose: Shareholders or society?
The COVID-19 pandemic recovery phase is a chance to reshape global economies into new sustainable models
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Opinion Pieces
Risky business
The rapid spread of COVID-19, the subsequent aggressive containment measures, and the collapse in oil and equity markets in recent months mean that global economic growth prospects have deteriorated.
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Features
Briefing: Six insights on PE
Considerations for private equity investors in light of the coronavirus pandemic
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Interviews
On the record: APG - A rethink is needed
Thijs Knaap, senior strategist at APG, says the pandemic means that investment strategies need to be reconsidered
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Features
Ahead of the curve: Value investing – bruised, but not broken
The COVID-19-induced market crash of 2020 has battered investors, and in particular the fans of value investing. In the first quarter, value lagged growth by nearly 14% in the US and 13% globally, exceeding quarterly shortfalls at the trough of the global financial crisis. These losses are second-worst among all quarterly outcomes in over four decades, eclipsed only by the runaway tech bubble in the fourth quarter of 1999, as growth soared and value stalled.
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Features
Stewardship: AGM season in crisis mode
At least in some ways, this year’s proxy season – the period when most large publicly traded companies hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) – has been shaped by the outbreak of the coronavirus, which hit Europe just a few weeks before the season kicked off.
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Features
Accounting Matters: Will IFRS 9 cause a new crisis?
The global financial crisis of 2008-09 was fertile ground for the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Suddenly everyone was talking about flawed accounting. Globalisation was king, bigger was better, and politicians were keen to assuage public anger that banks which seemed were healthy were in fact insolvent.