All IPE articles in February 2021 (Magazine) – Page 2

  • Fiona Stewart
    Special Report

    Development banks evolve

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Development banks are going beyond their traditional economic remit to embrace tackling climate change and meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

  • Tide turning for ESG fixed-income
    Features

    Briefing: Tide turning for ESG fixed-income

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    The supply of ESG-aligned bonds is increasingly underpinned by regulatory pressures and client demand for products targeting non-financial objectives. As the investable universe grows, so the number of funds and assets will increasingly find their way towards fixed-income ESG solutions. However, to strike the right balance between financial and non-financial returns investors should look for ESG-authentic leaders with good risk-return capabilities

  • Kevin McKechnie
    Opinion Pieces

    Letter from US: HSAs set to build on popularity

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    The Health Savings Account (HSA) is becoming increasingly popular as a retirement savings vehicle in the US. The new Biden presidency and the now Democrat controlled Congress are likely to accentuate this trend in 2021 and beyond.

  • Covid reponse special report
    Special Report

    Special Report: European Pension Funds’ COVID Response

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    We also analyse how public development banks are going beyond their traditional remit, with a focus on post-COVID recovery, tackling climate change and meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  • David Neal
    Opinion Pieces

    Guest viewpoint: David Neal, IFM Investors

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    While COVID-19 continues to hit the global economy, governments are looking to infrastructure as a way to create future employment and sustain the eventual economic recovery

  • Tomás Kirrane
    Country Report

    DB funding: Small rise in funding levels

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Volatile financial markets continue to cause significant headaches for pension schemes

  • Joseph Mariathasan
    Opinion Pieces

    The pandemic end-game

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Overcoming COVID-19 and ensuring no recurrence is proving to be a formidable challenge for the global economy. The worst may still lie ahead. Even health systems in developed markets are creaking at the seams with the second and third waves of the pandemic. More transmissible mutations of the virus are making the task even harder. 

  • Chris Rule
    Interviews

    How we run our money: Local Pensions Partnership

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Chris Rule (pictured), CEO of the £19.7bn Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about building an in-house investment management outfit

  • Clive Gillmore
    Features

    Strategically Speaking: Mondrian Investment Partners

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Clive Gillmore is a rarity nowadays among asset management CEOs in that he is keen to discuss what he sees as the difficult moral choices embodied in ESG investment

  • Caitriona McGuinness
    Country Report

    A long and winding road

    February 2021 (Magazine)

     COVID-19 joins the line of obstacles slowing Irish pension reform plans 

  • The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) at Davos 2020
    Features

    Perspective: Targeting net zero

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Ambitious ‘net-zero’ carbon reduction goals are the latest in the evolution of asset owners’ engagement with climate change

  • CovidHeads  1
    Special Report

    On the record: The path to recovery

    February 2021 (Magazine)

    Six major pension investors chart the risks and opportunities ahead as the world moves into a recovery phase