All Features articles – Page 39
-
FeaturesBriefing: MiFID II: a year on
The new rules are having a dramatic effect on the world of investment research
-
FeaturesResearch - Europe: Investors braced for an era of lower returns and higher volatility
In the second of three articles on a new survey, Pascal Blanque and Amin Rajan argue that pension investors are adapting to challenges that go beyond the realms of a maturing business cycle
-
FeaturesHow far should auto-enrolment go?
Some are contemplating whether auto-enrolment into pension funds could be expanded to help savers in other areas of their financial lives
-
FeaturesAhead of the curve: MiFID II increases asset risk
Attempts to improve transparency of research costs have unintentionally hit performance
-
Features
Accounting Matters: Full agenda for 2019
German DB plan sponsors might be busily acquainting themselves with new longevity tables, while in the UK there is really only one question on some accountants’ minds – GMP equalisation
-
FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Hope but also fears for 2019
US domestic investors hold healthy stock market profits after a decade-long bull run Geopolitics on many fronts point to tumultuous times ahead
-
-
-
-
FeaturesESG: France’s Article 173: taking stock
France’s ground-breaking reporting duty for institutional investors is being reassessed after a two-year test period
-
Features
What next for US Treasuries?
A consensus on the direction of 10-year US Treasury rates is not obvious, because the answer reverts to a further question: whose consensus? Strategists, economists and other informed professionals have a particular view. The market itself, however, expresses a more diffuse and different opinion.
-
FeaturesThe right tool for the job
Applying economics models to understand politics is like trying to use a trowel to saw a piece of wood in half
-
FeaturesInterest rates are not a one-sided risk
Pension funds should always act as long-term investors whenever possible
-
FeaturesLiabilities remain in focus
Given overall pressure on funding rates and falling asset markets, 2019 looks set to be a year where good governance and adaptability to external events will be crucial
-
Features
How do investors view the future of the EU economy?
Cyclical recovery or secular healing? That is the big question behind the European Union’s economic bounce after its ‘lost decade’ – the toughest period since the founding of its predecessor, the European Economic Community, in 1957.
-
Features
ESG: Scheme to develop green mortgages
Lenders see an apparent correlation between energy efficiency and lower defaults
-
Features
Macro Matters: Currency returns to the fore
Global tension means exchange rates will again become a key mover of investor decisions
-
Features
Collective DC in the Netherlands
How Dutch collective defined contribution schemes came about and how they differ from other schemes
-
FeaturesDutch reform: ‘Complexity and stubbornness killing world’s best pensions system’
Despite ranking as the world’s best in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index, the Netherlands’ pensions system is being hit by too much complexity and ineffective regulation
