Private equity: An expanding universe
A significant growth in direct lending has helped boost the private equity market
Asset allocation: Opportunities abound despite volatility
The many uncertainties on the global stage might not be bad news for everyone
Venture capital: Venturing further in Europe
The European venture capital market is increasingly attractive
Institutional investors to hasten exit from public markets in 2019
Large-scale poll sees pension funds boosting private assets, with a focus on private equity and real estate
Ilmarinen posts 7.2% annual return as private equity generates 27%
CIO says this week’s market turbulence is part of inevitable higher volatility
On the record: Asset management fees
We asked two European pension funds about their attitude to asset management fees and costs
How we run our money: Laborfonds
Ivonne Forno (pictured), the CEO of Laborfonds, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional pension fund, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo shortly after the fund’s 20th birthday
Strategically Speaking: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
Following the group’s reorganisation, SMTAM’s David Semaya outlines ambitious plans to widen their international expansion
On the Record: Adapting to change
As the equity markets begin 2019 in worse shape than last year, we asked three European pension funds how they conceive and execute their equity strategy, in order protect the portfolio
How We Run our Money: PWRI
Xander den Uyl, chairman of PWRI, the Dutch fund for disabled workers, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about its particular approach to ESG
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UK audit inquiry reignites ‘illegal dividends’ dispute
UK and international rules on distributable reserves have ‘inconsistencies’, accountancy body admits, reigniting long-running debate
Accounting roundup: Kingman on the FRC; Carillion audit report
Also: FRC reports on current and future use of artificial intelligence in accounting and corporate reporting
Investment self help
Many people start their new year with diets, exercise, or perhaps a dose of self-help. Bookshops are well stocked with guides to better working, living, thinking, sleeping and even breathing.
Wrong on the recession
The clouds darkened last month. Forecasts of the world’s economics prospects became distinctly gloomier.
Beyond green bonds
Green finance is booming. Interest in green finance is booming even more.