All IPE articles in January 2022 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Opinion PiecesSolving the blended finance puzzle
It is hard to say whether Friedrich Nietzsche, one of history’s most influential thinkers, would have been a supporter of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and all that they entail.
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FeaturesPerspective - Blended finance: the ultimate impact investment
Calls for a greater role for blended finance expose the challenges and opportunities of public-private collaboration
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint - Sebastien Betermier: Four takeaways for equitable CDC pension design
The combination of ultra-low interest rates and high longevity is putting a major strain on retirement systems across the globe. A recent report by the World Economic Forum predicts that the global gap between retirement savings and retirement needs will reach $400trn by 2050.
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Asset Class ReportsUS banks lead a boom in debt issuance
Capital requirements and locking in cheap funding have prompted banks to issue more bonds, but Europe lags behind
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Private gain as Australia’s infra assets change hands
Australian superannuation funds are playing a key role in the largest takeover yet of an Australian infrastructure asset, Sydney Airport, for A$23.6bn (€15bn) in cash.
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InterviewsOn the record: Asset allocation
Three European pension funds discuss their outlook for 2021 and beyond, amid the uncertainty caused by inflation and a new strain of the coronavirus
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FeaturesStrategically speaking – AlbaCore Capital: Alternative credit with pension fund roots
AlbaCore Capital, a Europe-based alternative credit specialist with North American roots, is a fairly rare example of an asset management company that was spun off from a pension fund. David Allen, founder and CIO, established the company in 2016, with a team of European alternative credit specialists that he led from within the $542bn (€366bn) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: M&A revival a potential risk to investment grade fundamentals
Following a brief but sharp decline, 2021 merger and acquisition (M&A) volumes have surpassed pre-pandemic levels as large corporations seek to gain scale and position themselves for continued growth in years to come.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Liquidity tops the agenda for US pension plans
Monitoring and managing liquidity will be a major issue for many US pension funds in 2022. The risk of a liquidity crunch affects public systems above all, but corporate plans are not immune.
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Features
Research - DB pensions: a high-wire act in the end game
In the second article in a series, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan outline the intricacies of managing a defined benefit pension plan in the run-off phase
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Asset Class ReportsABS stages a comeback
‘Punitive’ regulations and onerous policies in the wake of the financial crisis saw the ABS market shrink dramatically. But complexity and an illiquidity premium offer opportunities for pension funds
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InterviewsHow we run our money - AP7: Premium risk taker
Ingrid Albinsson (pictured), CIO of Sweden’s AP7, talks to Rachel Fixsen about the fund’s mission to provide a default option for Swedish premium pension savers
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe (January 2022)
A combination of poor policy decisions and conservative asset allocations have conspired to stifle the development of supplementary pensions in the CEE region since the widespread adoption of the World Bank’s three-pillar model in the 1990s, as IPE Editor Liam Kennedy writes in this issue.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - January 2022
Being sure of opinions
With all eyes on inflation, political risk is not expressed in market sentiment, perhaps with the exception of the UK.
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