All IPE articles in December 2017 (Magazine)
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Special Report
Risk parity: Renewed vigour
Risk parity strategies have confounded the sceptics in 2017, performing well following mixed performance in previous years
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Features
Norway reduces oil risk
A hallmark of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has been its transparency. But Norway has also felt the need to tread cautiously when it comes to the fund’s investment policy
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Features
New pensions system is still a long way off for the Netherlands
2020 deadline looks less realistic amid delays and disagreements as to how new sytem should work
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Country Report
Jesper Kirstein: Kirstein widens its Spektrum
Kirstein has formed a new asset-management company to increase client reach, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Features
Research: The return of long-term investing
“Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others” according to John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century
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Country Report
Industriens: Radical move pays off
Switching all pension assets of active members to market-rate returns has allowed Industriens Pension to reap the benefits of wider diversification
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Greg McClymont
Pension systems everywhere are either struggling to manage the shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) or contemplating the journey
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Features
Monetary policy: Too much of a good thing
The ongoing economic expansion is set to become the longest in the post-war era, at least for the US. The debate about the pros and cons of zero rates and quantitative easing continues
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge funds: No longer out of reach
Hedge funds have become more investor-friendly since the global financial crisis but there is still room for improvement
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you a hedge fund investor?
Merseyside Pension Fund, Stapi Lífeyrissjóður Iceland and Fondo Pensioni BNL BNP Paribas Italy on investing in hedge funds
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Special Report
Macro matters: Positions of fragility not strength
Are investors behaving complacently, ignoring the warning signs of markets still reliant on central bank generosity?
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Interviews
Focus Group: Risks get real
We asked a group of 30 pension funds with total assets of €293bn what risks the markets will face during 2018
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Asset Class Reports
Nordic investors: Keeping faith
Nordic investors still think hedge funds have a place in their portfolios despite concerns about underperformance and high fees
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Country Report
M&A in Finland: Ilmarinen merges with Etera
Ilmarinen is to become the largest property investor and second-largest pension provider in Finland when it merges with Etera
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Interviews
How we run our money: Ericsson Pension Foundation
Christer Franzén , CIO of the Ericsson Pension Foundation, talks about the fund’s capital-preservation philosophy
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Features
Unconventional monetary policy needs to end soon
Growth in the euro-zone is back on track, unemployment has fallen and the economy is generally in better shape than before the crisis. The only missing element in the recovery is inflation
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Country Report
Sweden: Domestic players
How are Sweden’s largest pension providers managing their assets?
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Country Report
Norway: A trillion dollar issue
Is managing its huge sovereign wealth fund distracting the Norwegian Central Bank from its monetary stability role?
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Features
Diary of an investor: A free lunch, or two
In common with many others, Wasserdicht’s international pension plans have dispensed with most of their traditional active equity allocations over the years
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Special Report
Demographics: Could interest rates eventually rise?
Will an ageing global population and a falling saving ratio trigger rate rises?