All IPE articles in February 2017 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Focus Group: A changing climate
The average listed equities allocation in the portfolios of funds polled for this month’s Focus Group is 31%, with the level of respondents’ allocation ranging from 10% to 59%
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Asset Class Reports
Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Smaller companies in a changing world
Daniel Ben-Ami looks at how smaller companies are adapting to the economic and political landscape
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FeaturesESG: UN goals strike a chord
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, agreed by world leaders in September 2015, have captured the imagination of many in the European institutional investment community
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Asset Class Reports
Smaller companies: The lifeblood of Europe
Smaller companies are crucial to the success of the European economy. However, the way they are nurtured by investors and governments varies dramatically
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Compenswiss
Frank Juliano, head of asset management at Compenswiss, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what lies ahead for Switzerland’s social security funds
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Special Report
Transaction Costs: Keep tabs on price of investing
Commissions are far from the only fees that investors and managers need to take account of when carrying out investment transactions
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Features
Costs really matter
Lay representation on pension fund trustee boards is one of the hallmarks of occupational pensions in Europe and other parts of the world
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Dodge & Cox
For most investment professionals the aftermath of an almighty financial crash would probably not seem like a good time to launch an asset management firm
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Country Report
DB Pensions: Deficits are still a problem
Mick O’Byrne looks at the accounting deficits of Irish defined benefit pension schemes
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Political perils
Last month I met with my old friend Thijs, who is CIO of a large UK corporate pension scheme, working in a small investment office in the UK with an enlightened CEO
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Features
Germany: A disappointing revolution
The government is opening the door to pension plans that will lighten the burden on companies, yet the pensions industry is still dissatisfied, Barbara Ottawa reports
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Features
Pension Investing: Distortions hasten innovation
In this third article on a new survey, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan show that as old methods of investing have lost relevance in a landscape distorted by quantitative easing, a search for new ways has intensified
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Rudyard Ekindi
”Asset managers are from Mars, asset owners are from Venus”
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Asset Class Reports
PureGroup: Sensitivity of selected funds to macro factors
Data shows the sensitivity of the five largest US small and mid-cap equity funds and the five largest European small and mid-cap equity funds to changes in macroeconomic factors
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Special Report
Is faith in past winners justified?
Oliver Kunkel and Hansruedi Scherer weigh up the risks involved in selecting asset managers based on historical investment performance
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Features
Re-defining hedge fund fees
Hedge fund fees are just one part of the cost equation. The real discussion should be about value for money and not headline fees
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Asset Class Reports
UK firms vulnerable to slowdown
Joseph Mariathasan finds that the UK economy has fared quite well since the Brexit vote, but smaller companies are vulnerable to any potential domestic slowdown
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Country ReportPensions In Ireland: Funds still under pressure
Gail Moss assesses the effect of two new regulations on the asset allocation of Irish pension funds in a continuing low-yield environment
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Irresistible incentives?
Global pension funds are looking with interest at the $1trn (€960bn) Trump Private Sector Financing Plan for infrastructure construction. It could offer an opportunity for investors seeking stable, cash-generating investments.
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Country Report
Ireland's pension reform: The risks of procrastination
Since 2010, successive governments have proposed, or at least hinted at, sweeping pension reform. But this could finally become a reality in 2017, as the regulator publishes a report on the market, finds Jonathan Williams
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