All IPE articles in July 2014 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: Board effectiveness: From path dependency to integrative thinking
“One of the curses of our industry is path dependency,” says Keith Ambachtsheer, director emeritus of Toronto’s Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) and academic director of the Rotman’s Board Effectiveness Programme (BEP) for pension funds.
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Features
Sounding boards
Charlotte Valeur argues that fund governance should be improved with more pro-active communication between investors and boards, independent of the investment adviser
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Features
Bolt the penthouse door
The apparent recovery in the UK and converging spreads in euro-zone bond markets mask deep structural flaws in economies that have seen little genuine reform, argues Eamonn Butler
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Features
Bond managers are worryingly sanguine
ECB president Mario Draghi unveiled his latest measures to arrest disinflation and rouse dormant corporate lending markets in June. Soon afterwards, big records started tumbling.
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Features
Burmese days
Rachel Fixsen finds mixed views about Burma as an investment destination for European pension funds
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Features
Time for a change
Earlier this year, the investment team had a briefing from Rolf, the long-standing chairman of trustees of the Wasserdicht Pension Funds here in the Netherlands. Things are changing, at least in terms of our internal governance, and Rolf came along to tell us about it.
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Features
Time to come together
M&A activity is expected to increase as the global economy recovers. Gail Moss looks at the implications for pension funds that sponsors and trustees should consider
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Country Report
Italy: Your country needs you
Pension fund assets are in demand for infrastructure and SME lending as bank credit dries up. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds mixed views about whether funds will take up this opportunity
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Asset Class Reports
Investment Grade Credit: When the flows reverse
Jittery investors at the top of markets and liquidity mis-matches within investment products could exacerbate the current lack of market-maker liquidity in corporate bonds. Charlotte Moore assesses the risk
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Asset Class Reports
Investment Grade Credit: Worth the weight
Smart beta has taken the equities world by storm in the past three years, and practitioners are now turning their attention to bond markets – including credit. Joseph Mariathasan and Martin Steward look at some of the strategies becoming available
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Asset Class Reports
Investment Grade Credit: Electronic liquidity taps open up
A recent paper from Pictet Asset Management paints a picture of fast-diminishing liquidity, but also some innovative responses. Martin Steward reports
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Country Report
Italy: Desperately seeking members
Consultants and asset managers tell Rachel Fixsen how they think the Italian supplementary pension system should develop
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Opinion Pieces
Is divesting working?
OK, it doesn’t work very well. We’re still on track for runaway climate change, according to Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Authority.
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Features
Financing the real economy
The credit funds industry is evolving fast to meet the needs of the world’s SMEs. Claudio Bocci and Gianmatteo Guidetti provide a survey of the products on offer
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Features
Inflection point of emerging markets
In this article, the first in a series delving into a new study, Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan ask whether emerging markets are becoming yesterday’s story or are merely rebooting their growth engines before the next leap
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Country Report
Italy: Revolution, not evolution
Maria Teresa Cometto surveys three issues in Italian pensions – politics, slow growth and lack of commitment to pension savings
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: A market in maturity
Fiduciary management has come a long way since its introduction in the Netherlands in 2001. Leen Preesman traces the chequered history that has led to six out of 10 Dutch funds, representing €700bn, embracing various forms of the model
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: Independent thinking
As the world gets more complex, professional independent trustees may come into their own. But, as Lynn Strongin Dodds writes, the choices have to be thoroughly considered, and some potentially serious pitfalls avoided
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: Objectives then implementation
Martin Steward talks to Roger Urwin about the thinking behind Towers Watson’s ‘transformational change’ projects with the world’s leading large institutional investors
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Country Report
On the growth path
Turkey’s supplementary pension assets should reach €11bn this year, finds Reeta Ilona Paakkinen. Auto-enrolment and reform of severance payments would boost growth but remain controversial
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