All IPE articles in January 2016 (Magazine)
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Special Report
Non-traditional Investment: Quant versus traditional
Quantitative fund management will become more important in global small-cap and global emerging markets, writes Joseph Mariathasan, as detailed analysis of thousands of stocks for traditional management strategies would require masssive resources
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FeaturesHow we run our money: The Kingfisher Pension Scheme
The Kingfisher Pension Scheme’s head of pensions, Dermot Courtier, and pension investment manager, Matt Fuller, talk about the fund’s path to self-sufficiency
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Features
Research: Risk focus has shifted from the past to the future
In the final article on their new study, Pascal Blanque and Amin Rajan argue that tail-risk hedges have limited value since QE has changed the nature of risk
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: Followers will make the money flow
“Investment is the most often repeated word in IMF meetings, UN meetings, [the] G20 meeting, IIF meetings,” Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD said at the organisation’s recent long-term investing conference in Paris
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: PE in the firing line
US public pension funds may play a role they would prefer to avoid in the 2016 presidential campaign as protagonists in the politically controversial private equity (PE) industry. Indeed, one of the reasons the Republican Mitt Romney lost the race to the White House was his connections to the sector.
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Features
EIOPA: A Dutch view on stress tests
Agnes Joseph, Niels Kortleve, Sibylle Reichert, Peter Vlaar and Siert Vos examine the relevance of EIOPA’s stress testing regime and argue the case for alternative methods of determining a fund’s resilience
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Asset Class ReportsInvestment Grade Credit: A fork in the track
Divergent monetary policy is driving investment-grade bond strategies, with greater opportunity in the US market than in Europe
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Country ReportRussia: Consolidation trend
Russia’s second pillar in rude health despite a contribution moratorium, with an M&A wave following the central bank’s drive to improve governance and risk management
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FeaturesCross-border Commuting: So near and yet so far
Gail Moss outlines a new project to aid pensions communication for the 100,000 daily cross-border commuters in the Limburg trinational region
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Asset Class Reports
Liquidity: Cloud with a silver lining
Lower liquidity in fixed income markets, including investment grade, gives rise to opportunities as well as risks
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Country ReportRomania: Slow but steady change
Romanian second-pillar funds remain on a positive growth path thanks to small but significant regulatory changes, and despite reduced IPO activity
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FeaturesClimate change: The two degree dilemma
The Paris climate summit has pointed the way towards a low-carbon future. But what can investors do to move beyond simply measuring their carbon footprint?
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Features
Challenging CEE pensions
The breadth of countries, political systems and regulatory set-ups means Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has a complex patchwork of pension systems. And there has been little of cheer in many countries as pension funds in this diverse region face a wide range of challenges, including demographics, a poor savings culture, complex politics and, of course, an uncertain economic and financial environment.
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Features
Make cash pay
Cash holders do not have to settle for low yields from traditional cash management vehicles. Enhanced cash vehicles offer higher yields
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Country ReportBulgaria: Choice for people upheld
Plans to restrict the ability to switch between the funded pensions system and the first pillar have been dropped
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: A lawyer’s feast
It is a case of tackling one challenge after another in the Capital Markets Union (CMU). According to the European Commission, the present morass of different national insolvency rules creates a barrier to the flow of capital across the EU.
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Features
Brazil’s trapped potential
Brazil’s huge market and competitive global companies hold out promise for investors but its economic recovery is being fettered by a political impasse
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Debbie Harrison & Dr David Black - Cass Business School
We predict that a revolution will take place in the UK life company sector over the next five years in terms of its involvement in private-sector pension provision
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Features
Interview: Bernhard Wiesner - A life in pensions
Bernhard Wiesner, who has retired as head of pensions at Bosch, tells Barbara Ottawa about how he remains positive on the social partner model
