All IPE articles in December 2014 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Country Report
Pensions in Switzerland: Changes on the horizon
Risk-based strategies are gaining momentum among Swiss pension funds, Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Winds of change
Brendan Maton reports on the anxious vigilance around costs in pension fund management, but finds progress to be frustrated and incomplete.
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FeaturesInterview, John Corrigan, CEO, NTMA: Europe’s comeback kid
John Corrigan must have known he was not taking on the world’s easiest job when he became CEO of Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) in November 2009. The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) ‘bad bank’ had been set up to recapitalise the country’s ruined financial institutions, and plans were afoot to carve out a chunk of the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) for the same purpose.
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Interviews
On The Record: CERN Pension Fund Switzerland, Théodore Economou, CEO
As an investor, I focus on managing risk as well as return. Going forward, simply beating the index will no longer be enough, and that is why they will have to focus on risk-management in portfolio construction. At the same time, I believe it is important to look at the long-term cycle, as there is value added in identifying long-term risks and trends.
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Features
Commentary, Investment: Cash-flow liquidity
Joe McDonnell describes how carefully modelling cash flows can open opportunities for investing in a wider range of semi-liquid and illiquid assets
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Features
ESG: A sustainable capital markets union
The European Commission has proposed to launch a capital markets union by 2019. But what could it entail and will it be a boon for those pursuing sustainable returns? Jonathan Williams reports.
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Grandmaster Capital Management
“Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position,” advised Hungarian chess Grandmaster Pal Benko. “Use all your time and make good moves.”
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Features
Briefing: The force of member power
IPE’s October Focus Group poll looked at the issue of engagement with members’ views. This month, we take the debate further by asking leading opinion formers how they see the issue of member power versus pension boards’ investment discretion.
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Features
Briefing, Investment: Gulf in expectations
Oil revenues act as a source of diversification in Persian Gulf markets, but there is more to them than the black stuff, writes David Turner. The forthcoming opening of the Saudi market to foreign investors promises a new opportunity for institutional investors to participate.
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Features
Briefing, Investment: Breakevens breakout
Some key indicators of markets’ inflation expectations have broken sharply downwards during 2014. Caroline Saunders asks, should we – and central bankers – be worried?
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Book Review
Book Review: Exploding the fairy tale
Essays in Positive Investment Management, Pascal Blanqué,
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Features
Interview, Gabriel Bernardino: We are listening
Gabriel Bernadino, chairman of EIOPA, tells Taha Lokhandwala why his organisation wants stakeholders to challenge the ideas in its consultation on regulatory frameworks
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Interviews
On The Record: Veritas Pension Insurance Company, Finland, Niina Bergring CIO
The growth divergence between the US and Europe, and the different behaviours of the respective central banks, will simply mean two things: that the euro will be even weaker than it is, and that interest rates will be rigged for even longer in Europe than in the US.
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Assicurazioni Generali
It has been just over two years since Generali CEO Mario Greco took the reins of a company whose governance was in disarray, and whose performance was reflected in a loss of almost 75% of its stock-market value. His appointment immediately stemmed those losses, and the market has since been proved right.
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Interviews
On The Record: Publica, Switzerland Stefan Beiner Head of asset management and deputy CEO
The major concern remains the low interest rate environment. We do not believe rates will increase as fast as in other cycles. The valuation on fixed income in general is rich, and equities are also valued on the high side, depending on the region. It is really difficult to hide right now. I am not that optimistic for the mid-term future, and therefore our internal expected returns are quite low for the next three years.
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Features
Asset Allocation Fixed Income, Rates, Currencies: The big picture
When the Fed embarked upon its first round of quantitative easing five years ago, there were fears of an inflation time bomb. The Fed has already purchased its last lot of Treasuries under QE3, but is still executing regular MBS purchases, as forward inflation expectations in the US and Europe are as low as they have been for years.
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Europe is the new China
George Saravelos sees ‘euroglut’ – and consequently one of the biggest capital outflows in history as excess savings flee aggressive ECB easing, sending the euro plunging against the dollar.
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Opinion Pieces
Research: Ageing demographics are an asset allocation game changer
Two of the four worst bear markets of the last century rocked the world of investing over just seven years in the last decade. They sidelined conventional wisdom on risk premia and diversification.
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: “Asset owners and managers need to address the problems in the investment industry and focus on value for the ultimate beneficiaries”
We need to move on from today’s investment world, which essentially has been built by intermediaries for intermediaries. Their purposes have become too narrow and too self-centred to be of sustainable value to asset owners, who are charged with transporting and growing savings across time – affordably, securely and fairly.
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FeaturesFrom Our Perspective: Ready for action
Industry figures like Roger Urwin of Towers Watson have long advocated that pension funds should use their fee budget effectively according to their size and scale, perhaps foregoing costly alternative strategies in favour of recruiting in-house staff.
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