All IPE articles in December 2016 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: State boost to pensions
Next year will start with a new initiative in the US pension fund industry – the launch of the first retirement savings plan created by a state for private-sector employees. Washington State is the pioneer with its Small Business Retirement Savings Marketplace, and it will be followed by other states.
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Features
Disruptive Technologies: Rising to the blockchain challenge
Jeff Conway says financial instutitions that ignore the potential benefits of blockchain and other disruptive technologies will be left behind
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Features
Conference Report: Defined benefit diagnosed – next, remedies
The future for UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, new regulation for master trusts, a visit from the new pensions minister – all this and more was on the agenda of the national pensions association’s annual conference in late October.
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Barings
“An asset manager brand is very important. But, it is not the brand that defines people in the firm, it is the people who will define the brand.” That is the view of Tom Finke, CEO of Barings
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Features
Back to basics
There is a danger that the investment world could pay too much attention to geopolitics in 2017. Although politics is important, there is a risk its current high profile could obscure more fundamental factors.
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Features
Global Debt: Caution in a world awash in debt
John Bilton, Michael Feser and Stephanie Flanders look at the effect that excessive leverage within the global capital markets can have on long-term economic growth
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Features
ATP: Steady as she goes for ATP
The announcement of Christian Hyldahl as ATP’s new chief signals a steady-as-she-goes approach in turbulent financial times, at the same time as a strong focus on operational efficiency for the giant Danish labour market pension fund.
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Features
Women in Asset Management: Redressing the balance
Women remain under-represented in asset management despite substantial success in improving their representation in other professions. Brendan Maton examines attempts to redress the balance
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Features
Interview: Amy Kessler, Prudential Retirement
A novel by a Nobel prizewinner from Portugal is premised on what is perhaps the ultimate nightmare for the global pensions industry. José Saramago’s Intermitências da Morte is based in an unnamed country where, on 1 January, people mysteriously stop dying
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Country Report
Alternative Financing: Making a private judgement call
Can Nordic pension funds use their experience with private equity to build private debt portfolios? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports
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Interviews
On the Record: How will your asset allocation change?
Three pension funds - CWPS, ERAFP and Stapi - discuss chnges to their asset allocation
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Pension funds embrace the real
Jim Robinson reviews the recent mandate activity of large Nordic institutional investors
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
Bond yields have been rising, which is not that surprising given that sharp sell-offs in government markets have been reasonably frequent in the multi-year bull-run
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Features
India: All to play for
The signs suggest India is poised for dramatic improvements in its economy. But there are challenges around job-creation, education and manufacturing
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Fintech flies in emerging markets
Fintech is finding a natural home in emerging markets where traditional banks and insurance services are less established. Andrew Ness reports
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Features
Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index: The underestimated impact of ageing
“There is no perfect pension system that can be applied universally,” but the truth of the matter is, some do better than others. In the eighth edition of the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI), Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia retained the top spots.
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Country Report
Norway: KLP stays focused after reform
Aage Schaanning, CFO at Kommunal Landspensjonskasse talks to Rachel Fixsen about the challenges it faces in the new commercial and regulatory landscape of Norwegian pension provision
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Features
Who’s afraid of securitisation?
The 1933 Disney animation The Three Little Pigs featured Fiddler and Fifer, who believed their straw houses were safe from a marauding wolf. The movie popularised the song Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf; as readers will be aware, the pigs’ straw houses were not safe from the wolf, who blew them down.
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Features
Pensions Accounting: Prisoners of time
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has concluded its latest agenda consultation exercise and added a research project to address what it calls “Pension Benefits that Depend on an Asset”. Despite the impressive title, the research is unlikely to cause a flurry of activity on pensions.
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Country ReportPensions in Nordic Region: Iceland - Opportunities abound
Icelandic funds are looking to step up their foreign exposure now that exchange controls are being lifted. But they are in no rush
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