All IPE articles in February 2017 (Magazine) – Page 3

  • Special Report

    Manager Selection: Active management still valid

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    Jakob Møller Hommel and Casper Hammerich argue that actively managed funds should not be written off yet. The key is to choose and monitor active managers with care

  • Special Report

    The trustee perspective: active manager still has a place

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    Alfred Slager argues that active management still has a place as an effective investment strategy but with new metrics, better data and innovation by managers

  • Features

    Active should mean engaged

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    The turn of the year is a time for the asset management industry to discuss its views on how markets will fare in the year ahead. Unfortunately, too often these views are of little value to investors.

  • Country Report

    Ireland Strategic Investment Fund: Top marks for achievement

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    Ireland’s sovereign development fund is fully established and building up a sizeable and diverse portfolio

  • Features

    Pensions Accounting: Working together

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    The out-going chairwoman of the US Securities & Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, wants her successor to do what competing priorities left her unable to do: keep interest in global accounting standards alive. The end game is a possible shift by US domestic companies to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

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    Features

    IPE Expectations Indicator February 2017

    February 2017 (Magazine)

    With two full months of post-US election information to sift though, shifts in manager expectations have been as extreme as some reactions to, and rhetoric from, our newest world leader. Even more so than the prior month, the conviction that there will be movements in certain asset classes is surprisingly high.