All Guest Viewpoint articles – Page 8
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: UK superfunds – Super fast, or dead in the water?
Will the superfund ship lawfully leave port any time soon? Following the UK pension regulator’s publication of its interim regime for superfunds in June 2020, there is much talk about scheme transfers to superfund being imminent. Clive Weber, pensions partner, and Paul Ashcroft, solicitor, Wedlake Bell LLP, explain why the ...
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Majority of DC schemes not ready for illiquid assets
But the outlook for change may be positive
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Returns to ESG investing - looking for the light
A fundamental question for investors is whether ESG investment involves a tradeoff, a combination of environmental philanthropy and reduced financial returns, or whether ESG investment will simply deliver the best returns to investors.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The best things in life aren’t things
Peter Kraneveld argues that ESG and SDG investments are held up to a false standard, underestimating their real revenue and hindering solutions.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Investing after the Corona Slump
What are the facts that we know and that we can rely on when thinking about portfolio construction?
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Considerations around consolidation vehicles
Much of the debate around consolidation vehicles thus far has focused on the comparison between the security provided by consolidators and that provided by a traditional insurance company.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Rory Sullivan & Fiona Stewart
Better disclosure by asset owners is an important mechanism for driving sustainability in investment. But asset owners struggle with many aspects of sustainability reporting
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Private debt managers mitigate risks with focus on operations
With financial markets undergoing a severe correction amid the COVID-19 crisis, Broadridge considers the impact on private debt managers.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: How Canada can liberate Holland once again
Ongoing concern: Putting ‘trust’ back into Dutch pensions
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: ESG After COVID-19: Will it Be Different This Time?
COVID-19 raises questions about impacts on ESG issues like worker health and safety, and systemic risks like income inequality. While the existential threat of climate change has dominated the agenda in recent years, the pandemic has renewed focus on social and governance issues.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Hilde Blomme & Jona Basha
Resolving the ‘alphabet soup’ of corporate reporting framework
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The economic objectives of the ‘Oil Fund’
The attention surrounding the appointment of Nicolai Tangen to head the Norwegian ‘Oil Fund’ could be reflections of deeper concerns and how the objectives of asset managers and asset owners differ.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Greening the recovery
The coronavirus outbreak has been a tragedy for many, a shock for us all and a crisis for economies around the globe. It has forced governments to embark on a massive experiment, slashing economic activity to limit the pandemic, sharply reducing carbon emissions and preparing for only a slow resumption ...
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: ESG as the new normal
The recent impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak will only accelerate ESG adoption
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Value investing – bruised but not broken
The structural driver of value equity stragegies remains intact, according to the founder of Research Affiliates
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Jeremy Coller
The global shutdown is painful for almost every sector of the economy. But in some industries the real damage will begin after the pandemic ends
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Rebalancing – the rational route to sustaining strategic objectives
Following severe equity and bond market dislocations, long-term investors should be taking stock of their portfolio allocations.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Coronabias and the fat tail
Behavioural science has done a marvellous job of pointing out the mistakes most human beings make in estimating probability
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The positive impact scorecard
The private sector is discovering positive ways to support the response to COVID-19
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Responsible investing climbs trustee boards’ agendas
The amount of legislation at hand and the pace at which different directives and guidelines are coming out could be seen as daunting for some
