All IPE articles in July/August 2019 (magazine) – Page 2
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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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FeaturesLiquidity: Bad timing
Pension funds lose billions annually in badly timed trades in the capital markets
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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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Special ReportBlockchain: On the slow burn
Blockchain projects have mostly not provided easy breakthroughs to date
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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 ReportCDI takes root
Matching and cashflow strategies are gaining ground around continental Europe, sometimes with a green tinge
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Interviews
On the record: China
We asked two pension funds to tell us about the case for investing in China and their experience with investing in the country
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FeaturesEC’s expert group releases landmark climate taxonomy
The European Commission’s expert group on sustainable finance last month published its long-awaited final recommendations for a taxonomy of environmentally sustainable activities, which is at the heart of the EU executive’s plan to harness the finance sector for its fight against climate change.
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: Muzinich & Co
We are living in Disneyworld,” says George Muzinich, the CEO and chairman of Muzinich & Co, a New York-based investment manager specialising in corporate credit.
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Special ReportCommentary: The endgame
UK pension funds should consider nine dimensions as they move to deris
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Special Report
Liability Strategies - Consolidator funds: New tools, new models
Can consolidator funds provide an additional tool for UK pension schemes approaching the defined benefit endgame?
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Country ReportCOVIP: The glass is half full
Despite its several ailments, the health of the Italian pension industry keeps improving
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Asset Class ReportsPowerful currents transforming energy
Rapidly improving renewable energy technologies and global warming concerns are fuelling radical changes in the US energy sector
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FeaturesThe Disneyworld trap
The remarkable reversal in the outlook for official interest rates over the past few months has received relatively little attention. Until recently it was widely accepted that rates could only move upwards. It looked almost certain that quantitative tightening (QT) would supplant quantitative easing (QE). Now the balance has reverted to further monetary accommodation.
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Eni
Carlo di Gennaro, head of global group pensions at Eni, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the oil and gas company is streamlining its pension strategy
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Asset Class ReportsUS equities: Past, present and future
Are US equity valuations in bubble territory?
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Country ReportPrivate equity: Visions of the future
Is Project Iris, a joint effort by Italian pension funds to invest in alternatives, a sign of things to come?
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FeaturesESG: Greenwashing under scrutiny
The term ‘greenwashing’ was reportedly coined by US environmentalist Jay Westerveld in 1986 in an essay about hotels’ practice of putting up notices in hotel rooms to encourage guests to reuse towels. He accused them of making false claims about being environmentally responsible since they only adopted such practices when they reduced costs.
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Country ReportESG picks up steam
Italian pension funds have been late starters in embracing ESG principles but they are catching up fast
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FeaturesItaly’s first-pillar obsession
Italy’s anti-establishment, eurosceptic coalition government has partly delivered on its promise to reform the pension system. ‘Dismantling’ the 2011 pension reform that curtailed benefits and raised the retirement age was key for both coalition partners – the Five Star Movement and the Lega. Previous governments had raised the retirement age.
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