All Features articles – Page 38
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: March 2019
When uncertainty hangs over the financial markets, indices tend to converge. That is true for net sentiment of equities
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FeaturesWrong on the recession
The clouds darkened last month. Forecasts of the world’s economics prospects became distinctly gloomier.
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FeaturesInvestment self help
Many people start their new year with diets, exercise, or perhaps a dose of self-help. Bookshops are well stocked with guides to better working, living, thinking, sleeping and even breathing.
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FeaturesUS economy: Overpricing recession risk
Financial markets have suffered a nasty bout of indigestion since October. The interplay of sentiment and volatility induced widespread pessimism, with added concern that market tantrums could subsequently bleed into the real economy
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IORP II kick-starts consolidation
In the final article on a new survey, Pascal Blanque and Amin Rajan argue that IORP II is set to drive out structural inefficiencies in the EU pension landscape
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Clouds to darken further
Markets have pulled back from US rate hike forecasts; Euro credit looks set to be most vulnerable to quantative tightening; The European elections in May look set to see a surge in support for populist parties
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FeaturesCLO supply outstrips demand
Do reports of a growing wariness over collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) mean that the good times are over for the investment vehicle?
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FeaturesRegulatory capacity crunch?
This year could turn out to be a lucrative one for lawyers in the pension and investment sectors. Deciphering Brexit implications, ensuring compliance with IORP II and localised rulebook changes will keep the legal profession busy
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FeaturesBeyond green bonds
Green finance is booming. Interest in green finance is booming even more.
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FeaturesAuto-enrolment grows globally
A growing number of countries are planning to reduce the strain placed on public finances of providing pensions to ever more retirees by encouraging individuals to make more adequate provision for their own retirement
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Hold faith in Chinese equities
Exposure to Chinese equities presents opportunities in both market beta and alpha
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FeaturesIPE Expectation Indicator: February 2019
The end of 2018 saw expectations shift meaningfully in certain markets, and then pause. It also saw trends accelerate, then pause. For most of us, the pauses were welcome, because the shifts were related to broad market plans
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FeaturesInvesting is not a zero-sum game
The rampant bull market of the past decade could already be a thing of the past and institutional investors are understandably nervous about the future
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FeaturesA glimpse into the future
For many people, being asked to solve their retirement planning problems is akin to being asked to build their own car
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FeaturesExit Interview: Peter Hansson
Peter Hansson, former CEO of Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa, decided to retire after 25 years with the pension fund for savings institutions in Sweden as new regulatory changes loom
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FeaturesDouble standards on trade
No wonder the discussion of trade is in such a tangle. The terminology around the subject is almost designed to cause confusion.
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FeaturesBriefing: Collateral challenges
Rising interest rates put collateral management strategies to the test
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FeaturesBriefing: Trade war, a primer
Protectionism is becoming more widespread despite the benefits of free trade being understood for more than two centuries
