All IPE articles in July / August 2016 (Magazine)
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FeaturesHow we run our money: AP2
Tomas Franzén, chief investment strategist of AP2, the second Swedish buffer fund, explains the fund’s approach to long-term investment
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator July 2016
During the survey period, managers experienced a different environment than during the two prior months. The dollar reversed its weakening trend, and commodity prices diverged as oil prices rose, metals’ declined, and coming screaming to the forefront of geopolitical headlines was the Brexit vote.
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Features
Pensions Accounting: Appeal of a lesser evil
The International Accounting Standards Board has agreed to investigate a last-ditch attempt to address the challenge of hybrid-risk plans. Stephen Bouvier explores the issues
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Fund managers must face fire too
Matthew Spencer argues that investment managers should feel the pain when they under-perform and not just share in the upside
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Country ReportPensions In Italy: Auto enrolment all’italiana
A number of Italian pension funds have implemented automatic enrolment. Is this the answer to Italy’s low coverage problem? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo investigates
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Special Report
Special Report Risk & Asset Allocation: Another dimension
Charlotte Moore examines how practitioners are looking to integrate risk factors in multi-asset portfolios that goes beyond traditional risk parity
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
While geopolitics and plain vanilla politics have been exerting huge influences on markets as we head towards summer, the macro news has continued to range from lacklustre to disappointingly poor
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: Matters of perspective
There is still a role for risk parity strategies, finds Emma Cusworth, provided pension funds take a long-term view
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Country Report
Pensions In Italy: An alternative approach
Despite shifting and ambiguous regulation, a growing number of pension funds are increasing diversification by making larger allocations to alternative asset classes, writes Silvio Bencini
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Country Report
Pensions In Italy: New alternatives exist
Most Italian pension funds are new to alternative investment. However, the wind is changing, with several pension funds making the first significant allocations, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Special Report
Interview: Keith Ambachtsheer
Liam Kennedy in conversation with Keith Ambachtsheer. His latest book, The Future of Pension Management, was published earlier this year
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Features
Political Risk: Anxiety to the fore
Investors are facing not just challenging markets but also increased political risk. Daniel Ben-Ami asks how they can tackle such uncertainty
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Interviews
On the Record: What is your approach to governance?
Three investors - Railways Pension Scheme, Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa and Pensioenfonds TNO - talk about their views on governance
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Features
Asia: Work in progress
Mark Mobius sees a positive future for the Philippines under new president Rodrigo Duerte who looks likely to build on the success of the previous administration of Benigno Aquino III
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Special Report
ATP: Rebalancing the risk diet
Denmark’s supplementary labour market pension fund has revamped the risk-based investment strategy it applies to its investment portfolio
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Aviva Investors
At Standard Life Investments, Euan Munro broke the mould in two ways as the founder of the Global Absolute Return Strategy (GARS) fund
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Features
Exit Interview: Shier looks back on a labour of love
Philip Shier is what they call an industry veteran. An actuary by trade, he will be retiring from Aon Hewitt at the end of July after more than 30 years at the consultancy. The move follows another significant departure this year for Shier.
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Country Report
Pensions In Italy: Saving the banking system
Italian pension funds are evaluating investment in Fondo Atlante, the banking sector rescue fund. But there are potentially more attractive alternatives, writes Maria Teresa Cometto
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Special Report
Innovation: State Street's Beacon Project
State Street is digitising every aspect of its financial services business through its Beacon Project. Is it the model for others to follow?
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: Beating the S&P
Fund managers might do better to focus on generating excess return in credit markets than selecting outperforming stocks
