All IPE articles in July / August 2016 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
From Our Perspective: Matters of culture
In Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon, not only are all the women strong and all the men good looking, but all the children are above average
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Features
Resaver: Researchers in cross-border test
A pension plan for European academics could become a model for cross-border pensions, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Features
ESG meets credit
Susanna Rust reports on a new joint initiative involving fixed income investors and credit rating agencies
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Special Report
Regulation: Scrutiny pushing up costs
The securities services industry is finally experiencing a respite from a decade-long regulatory onslaught which has increased costs for all participants
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In US Equities: Valuations - Clouded by uncertainties
Uncertainties over Fed interest rate rises and the outcome of the presidential election have compounded questions about the value of US equities
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Features
Risk Management: Clear and ever present
Alastair Sewell outlines how the insidious nature of liquidity risk affects investment strategies
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: The pension pay challenge
Brendan Maton delves into the opaque – and controversial – world of pay in the pension fund sector
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Features
Diary of an Investor: What chain?
Last year, if anyone had mentioned blockchain my first associations would have been Bitcoin, the dark web and cybercrime. But such new concepts have a habit of shifting shape
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Country Report
Casse di Previdenza: First pillar left out to dry
The proposed new asset allocation framework for Italy’s first-pillar funds contains several controversial measures
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Posted worker woes
It will not be the first time that proposed revisions to EU rules affecting finance and pensions get stuck in a logjam between interests groups
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Features
Brexit: Scheduled for departure
The political and economic ramifications of Brexit are wide-ranging. The effect on Gilts, sterling and equity markets was immediate in the aftermath of the referendum.
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Special Report
Securities Services: Blockchain - A beginner’s guide
Think you understand and grasp the concept of blockchain technology? Prepare to be surprised as we explain the theory and potential uses within securities services
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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