All Features articles – Page 36
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FeaturesMadan Pillutla: Debiasing needs more attention
Madan Pillutla, professor of organisational behaviour at the London Business School, outlines the reasons why biases are so hard to overcome
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FeaturesShare buybacks: Bringing it back in-house
The corporate policy of share buybacks received a boost with the US tax cut, but are they an efficient use of excess capital or a means to further enhance executive remuneration and entrench societal inequality?
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FeaturesBecoming a mortgage lender
More pension funds are eyeing residential mortgages as an asset class
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FeaturesChina: To be or not to be
Investors are divided on whether to classify Chinese equities as a distinct asset class
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FeaturesChoose correctly on the private-debt journey
The short to medium-term outlook for private debt is complex to read, to say the least. There is mounting anxiety that the credit cycle may have run its course.
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FeaturesConnecting climate dots
The transition to a low-carbon economy should lead to significant economic opportunity
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Handelsblatt Conference: De-risking comes to the fore as past costs loom large
German pension schemes reveal ambitious overhauls to reduce sponsor burdens; Generali moves to reassure over sale of insurance business to Viridium
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FeaturesCultivating judgement
One of the big challenges we face, both in the financial world and in everyday life, is how to overcome our biases
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FeaturesFixed Income: Markets take nervous turn
Almost every asset class did well in the first quarter of 2019
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FeaturesForeign pension funds set for tax refunds on UK property income
A recent ruling by the UK Tax Tribunal decided that the imposition of UK income tax on the property income of a German pension scheme was unlawful under EU law
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FeaturesTime for some good news on stewardship
Asset owners and managers can engage positively with the companies in which they invest and draw on the successes of previous interactions to ensure that change is permanent and for the better
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UK pools slam ‘simplistic’ guidance
UK local authority funds have accused the government of imposing higher costs through changes in its stance towards asset pooling.
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PEPP: no straightforward route
Some entities will not be eligible to offer PEPP products in Bulgaria, which looks like a recipe for market confusion
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FeaturesAccounting matters: Limiting the scope
The IASB is looking at IAS 19. Will the project run into the sand?
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FeaturesBriefing: Looking to active managers
Active management versus passive index tracking remains one of the most hotly contested questions in the world of investment management.
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FeaturesTen years ago
Equity markets reached rock bottom in early March 2009, with the S&P 500 falling under 700 before embarking on a steep bull run that only really lost momentum last October
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Raising the bar on data privacy
Technology is central to how we live our everyday lives in the world today – it has enabled us to be more connected, more productive and more informed than ever before
