All IPE articles in December 2019 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Asset Class Reports
Liquidity Solutions: Facing the illiquidity challenge
The deepening of capital markets should benefit investors in private equity
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Features
Briefing: Peer-to-peer securities lending
The words scale, operational efficiency and lower cost feature regularly in the State Street discussion of its new peer-to-peer securities lending product. Direct Access Lending enables direct, principal loans between its lending clients and its borrowing clients.
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Country Report
Iceland: Brand new opportunities
Icelandic pension funds are being courted as a potential source of funds for infrastructure projects
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: US pension funds braced for lower for longer
The last edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) points to the risks that lower-for-longer yields pose, especially for pension funds.
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Bob Collie
“With DC now globally dominant, the momentum that has been building is likely to continue”
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Features
iTDFs: A formula to end retirement blues?
All over the world, the financial industry is grappling with the ‘ideal’ post retirement investment strategy and with how best to pay out income in retirement. There is an arms race and the question is the following: who will win the retirement agenda?
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Country Report
Denmark: Fresh blood replaces the obsolete
Consolidation has reduced consumer choice within the commercial pensions sector, but it has encouraged two labour market funds to fill the void
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Scientific Beta
I am probably a little bit uncompromising,’’ says Noël Amenc, the founding CEO of Scientific Beta, the provider of factor indices and strategies. To those who know him that is an understatement.
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Book Review
Book review: Only the Best Will Do
Peter Seilern, the founder of Seilern Investment Management, has a reputation for investing in ‘quality growth companies.’ In reading his credo ‘Only the Best Will Do,’ you realise this career-long passion reaches almost religious dedication. Never mention ‘value investing’ in his presence.
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Interviews
On the record: Is private equity lagging behind the ESG curve?
IPE asked three pension funds how private equity managers are progressing in terms of integrating responsible investment
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Opinion Pieces
Factor strategies should be based on scientific consensus
Investors should take note of the debate taking place within the factor investing industry. On one side, are those who support a purist approach to the definition of factors, arguing that factor strategies should be built using factor proxies that undergo rigorous scientific tests. Scientific Beta, the organisation linked to EDHEC Business School, is a vocal supporter of this approach.
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Special Report
Macro matters: Central bank powers set to fade further
Central bankers were seen as all-powerful, all-knowing and all-guiding. The financial crisis has tarnished this reputation
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Special Report
Geopolitics: Assets for interesting times
What assets will insulate investors from the geopolitical risks of the future?
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Asset Class Reports
Intangible assets – Dealing with intangibles
The global growth of companies with relatively limited physical assets presents challenges for investors
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Features
Emerging market debt: Argentina makes investors cry
Who needs Pennywise the terrifying clown when one has Argentine bonds in their investment portfolios?
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Features
Asset Allocation: Good news buoys risk markets
Several factors have given risk markets a boost and propelled risk-free rates higher. These include diminishing fears of an economic slowdown, a potential rapprochement in trade negotiations and a reduced risk of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
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Opinion Pieces
Can we all be Canadian?
As we approach the 2020s, what have we learned about pension investing in the last 20 years?
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Value investing in the next decade
Winds of change are blowing relentlessly across the globe and the investment world is no exception. Central to this evolution is the growth of intangible assets, ranging from brands and patents to franchise agreements and digital platforms.
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Asset Class Reports
Market Access: Barriers to entry
Smaller pension schemes have to overcome hurdles if they are to invest in private equity
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Special Report
2020 Investment Horizons: Emerging markets face contagion
The protracted period of ultra-low interest rates in the developed world could have a nasty knock-on effect on emerging market debt
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