All IPE articles in June 2021 (Magazine)
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Special ReportTop 120 European Institutional Managers 2021
Total non-group assets managed for all types of European institutional clients – pension funds, insurance companies, corporates, charities and foundations – for the leading 120 managers in this business segment. Total assets are €12.2trn (2020: €11.4trn)
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Special ReportTop 500 Asset Managers 2021
IPE’s annual study of the global asset management industry compiles data from more than 500 companies globally, with insights into key business segments and overall AUM in excess of €90trn.
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Country ReportRegional Report – Pensions in Nordics (June 2021)
Two years have passed since AP Pension became the first of Denmark’s main commercial pension providers to launch a pension product labelled as sustainable. Since then, other players have followed suit, launching new ‘sustainable’ pension products in response to demand from customers. In this report, we also look at other developments across the Nordic region, including the strong investment returns of Sweden’s AP6 and how Norway’s municipal pension market is opening up to competition.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - June 2021
The UK experience with vaccination suggests that COVID-19 case numbers start falling when about half the population is immunised. The US will soon reach that level. The EU is over the 30% mark while Japan is at 3%. Taking the BRIC countries as a proxy for emerging markets, Brazil scores 16%, while Russia and India have reached about 10%. China has not published its vaccination figures. Meanwhile, new strains remain a source of concern.
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Features
Accounting: Getting there eventually
You could be forgiven for thinking that audit reform has a lot in common with online shopping: knowing what you want is the easy part – it is fulfilment that is the let-down.
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InterviewsOn the record: Stewardship in action
IPE asked three pension funds about their stewardship strategies and agendas ahead of the 2021 AGM season
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Asset Class ReportsUS Equities: Challenges for US active managers
Active managers are grappling with several key themes as they deal with a concentrated market until recently buoyed by stimulus
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Asset Class ReportsActivist investors: Muscular stewardship
New types of activist investor are attracting support from long-term asset owners, particularly on environmental and social topics
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Special ReportUK: After the deluge
Investors are still wary about where the UK’s economy might be heading despite the country’s trade deal with the EU
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Features
Pensions insider: Handling mistrust after a huge loss
In the first in a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our expert contributor describes how a pension fund solved a real-life case involving poor judgement by a high-yield bond manager
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Crypto assets
It is no longer prudent to ignore the potential of crypto assets
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: The rise of the new alternatives
Pension funds and other institutional investors used to invest in hedge funds aspiring to outperform public stock and bond benchmarks. Now, after years of disappointing performances, they have changed their attitude. They still invest in hedge funds, but the new expectation is simply to get a few percentage points above the return on zero risk investments.
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Special ReportLeading viewpoints: Asset management perspectives
IPE asked five experts their views on key questions facing the industry
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Special ReportChina’s asset management industry
The top 30 Chinese asset managers have a total AUM of €5.41trn, accounting for 35% of the industry total, according to IPE’s research partner, the London-based ATC Initiative
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Coalition mulls super hike
There are arguments both for and against a rise in compulsory superannuation contribution rate as Australia emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic .
