All IPE articles in July/August 2019 (magazine) – Page 2
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Special ReportCredit default swaps: A bridge too far
The practice of managed defaults – in which otherwise solvent companies deliberately default on their debt – has prompted moves towards tighter regulation
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Special ReportBlockchain: On the slow burn
Blockchain projects have mostly not provided easy breakthroughs to date
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Asset Class ReportsAre the FAANGs losing their bite?
Growth has slowed in the maturing US tech sector but deep-value investors are showing more interest in the stocks
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FeaturesLiquidity: Bad timing
Pension funds lose billions annually in badly timed trades in the capital markets
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FeaturesPerspective: Growing buzz around cannabis
Legalisation of cannabis raises ethical questions for some investors, while presenting an investment opportunity for others
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Opinion PiecesAnimal welfare: Probing the global meat complex
Everyone knows about ‘big oil’ and how much influence the global agribusiness sector has. But there is less awareness about the negative impacts of meat producers – the ‘global meat complex’.
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Features
Editor's Notes: A radical ambition
Last month’s three doorstop reports from the EU’s 35-strong technical expert group (TEG) on sustainable finance have the potential to radically repurpose capital markets.
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Country ReportA real alternative to help Italy's economy
A review of think tank Itinerari Previdenziali’s and Borsa Italiana’s recent project on Italian pension funds’ real-economy investments
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: The bubbles to come
Market bubbles would not happen in a perfect world. But humans are not perfect and our economies are inherently unstable.
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Country Report
First pillar: Ahead of the game
Italy’s privatised first-pillar pension funds are modernising their strategies
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FeaturesDutch pensions agreement dodges the real issues
Social partners have agreed compromises relating to the state pension age and early retirement Many crucial aspects are yet to be confirmed and could still derail efforts to reform the system
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Country ReportIORP II: Race to adopt new rules
Putting the new IORP II rules in place will be a challenge for Italian pension funds in areas like risk management
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FeaturesAdequacy: the all-important question
How do you measure success when it comes to pension reform? In the UK, it is clear that the government measures the success of auto-enrolment by some numbers, but not others.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Adam Matthews and John Howchin
“The Brumadinho dam tragedy causes us to question if we have created the conditions for a set of disasters”
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FeaturesResearch: Passive investors, active owners
The rise of index investing raises important question about ownership rights and governance
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Book ReviewBook review: Achieving Investment Excellence
Fix asset allocation and the numbers will follow. This rule of thumb originated from an influential study published in 1986, which showed that 93.6% of variations in a portfolio’s returns are due to asset allocation policy.
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Special ReportInvestment services: Accessing China's bond market
Access to China’s fixed-income market is cheaper and easier than ever
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Nervousness abounds
The weak US non-farm payroll (NFP) data for May, far below forecasts, sent rates falling and stocks rising, on the supposition that it raised the likelihood of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. On the other hand, while risk markets cheered the prospect of easier money, the hardline approach taken by the US towards China, and China’s uncompromising responses are raising investor nervousness.
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