All IPE articles in December 2017 (Magazine)
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: December 2017
This survey has rarely found such consensus among asset managers as we see in this month’s survey. Virtually no manager expects euro-zone equities to fall or euro bond prices to rise
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Special Report
Risk parity in 2017: What a difference a year makes
Risk parity strategies have posted good results in 2017. What next?
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Special ReportOutlook 2018: Heading for regime change
The investment industry is hoping that 2018 will look much like 2017. Are such hopes likely to be dashed?
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Features
Accounting: Resurrecting the past
Back in 2010, the IASB and its US counterpart, the FASB, published a document that proposed a re-think of financial statements
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Opinion Pieces
Climate risk: Action on demand
We are winning the war against tobacco, at least in the developed world. Yet, we are losing the war to keep global warming to less than 2°C
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Special Report
Pensions: Costs, ESG moving up a full agenda
What lies ahead for pensions in the coming year?
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Features
Global pension ranking: Europe’s pension systems fail to make A-grade in global index
Achieving the sought-after A-grade in Melbourne Mercer’s survey proves harder this year. Study flags sustainability issues in 11 countries’ pension systems across Europe
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Country Report
Asset allocation: Opportunities ahead
Key findings on asset management trends from the latest Nordic Investor Survey
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FeaturesAhead of the Curve: Steeling Japan’s governance
While Japan’s boardroom governance may be improving in general terms, it is obvious that best practices have not always permeated every level of the corporate hierarchy
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FeaturesInterview: Alan Rubenstein, UK's Pension Protection Fund
When Alan Rubenstein sat down at his desk on his first day as CEO of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF) in 2009, his in-tray must have been overflowing
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Special Report
Bob Prince: Plan for all seasons
Bridgewater’s co-CEO tells Christopher O’Dea about some of the misconceptions regarding risk parity
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Special Report
Asset allocation: Forward planning
How are multi-asset fund managers positioning their portfolios?
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Asset Class Reports
Alternative beta: Rational enthusiasm
A constructive challenge or threat for hedge funds?
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Asset Class Reports
Alternative beta: Facing new challengers
Investors are seeing the value of alternative risk premia in diversifying risk
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Special Report
Alternative risk premia: The alternative disruptors
How multi-asset, alternative risk premia strategies are disrupting the alternatives sector
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InterviewsBNP Paribas Asset Management: Marching orders
Frédéric Janbon inherited a complex multi boutique structure in 2015 when he moved from his position as special adviser to the board of BNP Paribas to become chief executive of the asset management business
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Country Report
ATP: Domestic pressure
Denmark’s entrepreneur panel wants the country’s largest pension fund to do more to support the growth of young Danish companies
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FeaturesResist the silicon backlash
It is insufficiently recognised just how much the pendulum has swung against Silicon Valley in recent years. A couple of years ago, it was widely seen as heralding a glorious new technological era that would be a great boon for humanity
