All From Our Perspective articles – Page 3
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FeaturesPerspective: Targeting net zero
Ambitious ‘net-zero’ carbon reduction goals are the latest in the evolution of asset owners’ engagement with climate change
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FeaturesPerspective: Litigation - state of pay?
Changes in legislation like the UK’s Consumer Rights Act 2015 have led to an increase of class actions led by pension funds as they seek to recover investment losses
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Opinion PiecesPerspective: Markowitz is still modern
Thirty years after he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Harry Markowitz’s groundbreaking work from the 1950s still powers financial innovation
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FeaturesPerspective: Manager selection in a pandemic
The social distancing restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19 have made external asset manager selection more demanding, but investors are adapting
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FeaturesPerspective: What is trusteeship worth?
Running a pension fund is a difficult job, whether for an executive, a professional trustee, or a member-nominated representative
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FeaturesPerspective: How to survive a reputational crisis
Pension fund trustees could benefit from developing a clear policy stance in relation to controversial questions
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FeaturesPerspective: Trouble in Lykkeland
The decision to appoint Nicolai Tangen, a hedge fund owner, to the position of CEO at Norges Bank Investment Management has proved controversial
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AnalysisPerspective: Funds embrace diversity
Some US pension funds have been leaders in diversity and inclusion. Are others catching up?
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AnalysisPerspective: Four difficult questions facing pension fund investors
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficult questions for investors. Pension funds will probably have to reconsider many long-standing assumptions. These are some of the most intractable.
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AnalysisPerspective: COVID-19: Funds seek solace in the long term
COVID-19 is forcing European pension funds to put on a brave face as asset portfolios and funding ratios plummet, and regulators soften their stances.
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AnalysisPerspective: Inspired actuaries form COVID-19 rapid response group
At the onset of Europe becoming the epicentre of the coronavirus crisis, there were individuals in one profession that were keen to act as quickly as possible in response to what they saw “could well be humanity’s burning platform for change”.
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AnalysisPerspective: EIOPA’s COVID-19 address reassures
A coronavirus crisis statement from EIOPA addressed to national supervisors drew positive words from lobby groups PensionsEurope and the European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP).
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InterviewsUK auto enrolment: The architecture of a reform
The UK’s auto-enrolment policy has been successful. But this success has been no accident, as a new research project shows
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Opinion PiecesPerspective: Striving for net zero
Günther Thallinger, a member of the board of management at Allianz and chair of the steering group of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, spoke in Davos about the role of asset owners in reducing carbon emissions
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Opinion PiecesPerspective: André Hoffmann – Green results, not greenbacks
Roche heir and pharmaceutical tycoon André Hoffmann outlines his view of a more sustainable model of capitalism
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FeaturesPerspective: Carlo Cottarelli
Carlo Cottarelli, the Italian economist and former IMF director, says fixing the European economy will mean taking difficult decisions
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FeaturesPerspective: Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
As he ends a six-year stint at the helm of Ontario Teachers’ and prepares for retirement, Ron Mock reflects on the alignment of interests between the organisation and its stakeholders
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FeaturesGovernment Pension Investment Fund: Widening the reach
The president of Japan’s €1.3trn Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) reflects on the challenges of century-long stewardship
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Opinion PiecesIPE Perspective: Two sides to the MMT premise
Is there any merit in functional finance versus classical economic theory?
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FeaturesFrom Our Perspective: Pension roads to Rome
Around the beginning of the 2000s enthusiasm for pension funding was at a high. As Germany took measures to unwind the cosy ‘Rhineland capitalism’ cross-share-holdings, book reserve pension liabilities seemed like yesterday’s solution
