All IPE articles in December 2017 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge fund customisation: Bespoke solutions in demand
Investors are seeking specific plays in their search for value in these low-interest-rate times
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Asset Class ReportsDixon Boardman: Ingeniously simple or a fool’s errand?
Can you replicate hedge fund skill through research and public information? This is a question that Optima Fund Management has asked itself – and answered in an unexpected way
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Opposition to mission creep
The EU’s controversial mandate for a radical shake up of financial supervision has received a cool reception from the pensions sector as well as smaller EU members
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: Bullish trend surprises markets
Few predicted that so soon after the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, the stock market would get back into its (post-financial crisis) bullish trend
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Features
ESG: Cadbury, a governance legacy
Published 25 years ago this month, the Cadbury Report introduced the first comply-or-explain corporate governance code
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FeaturesInsurance-linked securities: Embracing catastrophic risks
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are an asset class based upon insurance events. They provide an element of diversity to portfolios. Put simply, a market collapse is unlikely to be correlated to a natural disaster.
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Asset Class Reports
India and China: A promising growth story
Hedge funds are increasing their presence in emerging markets
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Special ReportChina: Seeking state solutions
As Xi Jinping consolidates his control of the levers of Chinese power, he seeks to solve structural issues within the economy through greater central control
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Features
Private markets: The integration conundrum
Integrating private markets within an asset allocation can be rewarding but is also challenging
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Special Report
Correlations: The shifting sands of correlation
How have major risk-factor correlations affected euro-denominated model portfolios?
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: DC plans shift from mutual funds
An increasing number of DC plans, including 401(k) schemes, are choosing CITs in the US, according to the latest report from Cerulli Associates
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FeaturesIs transition risk dead in the water?
Investors have been warned about transition risk related to climate change for some time. But these warnings feel incongruous with recent updates about greenhouse gas emissions and the outlook for global warming
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Special Report
Risk parity indices: Defining the market
HFR’s new risk parity index family covers 25 strategies and $110bn in capital
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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?
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FeaturesDiary 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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Country ReportNorway: 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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Country Report
Sweden: Domestic players
How are Sweden’s largest pension providers managing their assets?
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FeaturesUnconventional 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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InterviewsHow 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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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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