All Features articles – Page 42
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Asset Allocation: The summer doldrums
Summer doldrums have a tendency to mark their arrival with volatility. This year trade tensions, particularly between the US and China, and fears of escalation are flustering shallow, and less liquid, financial markets
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Government Bonds: Snapback risk alert
The Bank for International Settlements has warned bond yields could suddenly rise – a snapback could rapidly spread between bond markets
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Ahead Of The Curve: Resurgence of private capital
The tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis is an apposite time to examine how it changed the world for investors
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Accounting Matters: Surveying the surveys
Surveys? Who needs them? We do apparently. And when it comes to pensions accounting, we cannot get enough
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Selection is key in EMD
Anxiety is growing about emerging market debt. US rate rises and the potential for a stronger dollar mean that EMD may be heading for turbulent times
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FeaturesConference report: Grappling with the gig economy
The nature of work has changed profoundly and pension provision has struggled to keep up – and so, it seems, have some trade unions
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Conference Diary: Crisis, what crisis?
Is there a crisis brewing in the asset management industry? Such questions are heard more at conferences and events, reflecting disquiet as the euro crisis recedes and we approach the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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Shades of grey on Dutch CDC
Dutch collective defined contribution is mostly a uniform concept, but with important distinctions
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FeaturesBrexit is no simple break
The implications of the UK’s EU departure will be complex and wide ranging for asset managers
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FeaturesReasons to understand blockchain
The rise of blockchain architecture coincides with a period of falling trust in institutions
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Managers get behind ETFs
The asset management arms of JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have bolstered their European exchange-traded funds (ETFs) teams with a series of senior hires, throwing a spotlight on a sector overlooked by pension fund investors.
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ESG: Recalling integration basics
A recent white paper suggests ESG integration has lost its meaning and needs to be recaptured
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Asset Allocation: Nessun dorma
There have been many times when Italy’s volatile politics have entertained the world. And occasions when that volatility has spilled into financial markets
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FeaturesTrouble ahead
The current discussion of monetary policy is in some respects reminiscent of that of the mid-2000s
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FeaturesAhead of the Curve: Return of the information edge
According to reports, global bond ETFs had their best quarter on record in the first quarter of 2017 with $44.5bn of inflows
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The active-passive debate: A survey canvasses opinions of pension investors
Game changer or new danger? That is the question behind the spectacular worldwide rise of passive funds in this decade
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FeaturesAchieving Europe’s investment goals
By the time you read this, football’s World Cup will be into its latter stages.
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Accounting Matters: Wasted time on reclassification
The FRC appears to have given up its 13-year campaign to become a private-sector body
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FeaturesAbsence of leaders
Italy’s new populist government has taken power thanks to an agenda that had pension reform among its priorities. However, the programme underpinning the coalition agreement does not contain a single word about supplementary pensions
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: July/August 2018
As often in high summer, storms – in the form of volatility – may be on the horizon
