All IPE articles in February 2022 (Magazine)
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InterviewsExit Interview: AP2’s CIO calls time on travel
After decades of a sometimes punishing travel schedule, Hans Fahlin, the CIO of the Swedish national pension fund AP2 for the past 11 years, has decided to do things differently.
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Ireland (February 2022)
Ireland’s new trustee code is bedding in following its publication last autumn. The code aligns Ireland with IORP II, with rules on governance, administration, controls, DB management and ‘fit and proper’ requirements.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2022
Wait and see
Omicron surprised a world that thought COVID was almost over. Infections shot up in the EU, UK and US, reaching all-time highs, especially in France. However, while absolute levels remain high, the curves have turned and panic is abating. Death rates were little affected. -
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Accounting: IASB’s sustainability challenges
Thinking back to 2007, pensions was the spectre at just about every feast when it came to the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), not least because of the push to persuade the US to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: The rise of altcoins and potential institutional adoption
It is interesting to sit between traditional investors and the crypto-native communities: one has just started on the Bitcoin adoption curve while the other might already consider Bitcoin to be a ‘boomer coin’.
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Country ReportChallenges await after a year of policy change
Reform of the Irish pensions system is in motion with policies set out last year
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: Worth de-risking it all
Several advisers in the UK are predicting 2022 will be the biggest pension scheme de-risking year yet.
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InterviewsOn the record: Hedging all bets
We asked three European pension funds about their hedge fund portfolios, as the volatile market environment provides opportunities for absolute-return managers
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Special ReportFrancesco Briganti: All’s well that ends well for PEPP?
Despite the remaining questions, the impact of the PEPP on European pensions could be positive
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Apoteket Pensionsstiftelse
Gustav Karner (pictured), CEO and CIO of Apoteket’s pension foundation, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the institution’s renewed strategy
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Opinion PiecesPEPP could be a slow-burn success if big asset managers help
When early pan-European pension concepts took shape, spearheaded by the late Koen de Ryck of Pragma Consulting and his groundbreaking 1996 report, there was a vision that cross-border pension provision by the likes of Unilever and Shell would provide a European model for DB pensions that would boost labour mobility, take workplace retirement provision to under-served markets and set standards for the future.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Superfunds focus on retirement income
When you’ve spent as much time around superannuation as I have, you get to see a lot of eggs,” says senior corporate regulator Helen Rowell. “Images of eggs, usually in nests, often painted gold, frequently laying on a bed of $100 notes.”
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Country ReportAuto-enrolment: a never-ending story?
COVID, Brexit and elections all contributed to the delay in the introduction of the workplace schemes
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FeaturesJoseph Mariathasan: Avoiding ‘tragedy of the horizon’
Climate change is the “tragedy of the horizon”, warned Mark Carney, then governor of the Bank of England, in a 2015 speech to the insurance market Lloyd’s of London.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Is Europe on track to become sovereign?
The Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme is designed to speed up the EU recovery and spur growth over the medium and long term. More importantly, it represents a unique opportunity to lay the foundations of a deep and liquid European safe asset.
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Country ReportRevised code of practice beds in
Ireland’s Pensions Authority published its revised code of practice for occupational pension scheme trustees last November, to a lukewarm reception. After a lukewarm response, trustees are getting to grips with what is required of them
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Asset Class ReportsPortfolio strategy – Hedge funds: macro bets on
Global macro funds should do better in the current market environment – but not all will thrive and investor due diligence will be key
