All Features articles – Page 40
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Collective DC in the Netherlands
How Dutch collective defined contribution schemes came about and how they differ from other schemes
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Macro Matters: Currency returns to the fore
Global tension means exchange rates will again become a key mover of investor decisions
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ESG: Scheme to develop green mortgages
Lenders see an apparent correlation between energy efficiency and lower defaults
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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.
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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
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FeaturesInterest rates are not a one-sided risk
Pension funds should always act as long-term investors whenever possible
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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
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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.
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Accounting Matters: To virtually toss a coin, or not
Accountancy industry flummoxed by the existential status of computer code
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Ahead of the Curve: The risk premium of downturns
Alternative risk premia strategies can be helpful for institutional investor portfolios through diversification and risk reduction
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Fixed income, rates, currencies: A hawkish Fed spooks all
Not many predicted the equity sell-off at the start of the fourth quarter, and there is still puzzlement as to what triggered it
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Liquid Alternatives: The long and the short of it
The long/short liquid alternatives universe is more hetreogenous than some realise
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FeaturesMarket approaches nudged off course
Sweden’s experience with the Premium Pension system shows how arduous dismantling of poorly constructed architectures can be
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Turkey: Rethinking auto-enrolment
Despite generous state incentives in the Turkish auto-enrolment system, opt-out rates are high
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Benchmarking: Redefining investment classes
A major GICS index methodology change seeks to reflect underlying market economics
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FeaturesThe real problem with Italy’s budget
Italy’s budget is not the hallmark of modern economic policy. It is a toxic mixture of measures
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FeaturesTime to take control of climate-change investing
One of the most common complaints we hear regarding the concept of sustainable investing is the lack of specifics involved
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FeaturesSlowing longevity may be a dip
Demographic trends tend to be outcomes rather than causes of broader social shifts
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German Longevity: Are the tables turning?
The rate of increase in life expectancy in Germany appears to be slowing down
