Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 107
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Country ReportFrance: U-turn for FRR
COVID-19 has put paid to the FRR pension reserve fund’s planned transition to a new status and investment model
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Special ReportValue and Costs: UK workplace pensions – measuring the unmeasurable?
The UK’s FCA is seeking feedback from the financial services industry on its plans to work out a definition of value for money
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InterviewsStrategically Speaking: Ambienta
In the early 1990s, when Nino Tronchetti Provera started his career at McKinsey, the management consultancy, sustainability in business seemed little more than a nice idea. But having graduated from Luiss University in Rome with a thesis on the subject, Tronchetti Provera believed in the disruptive potential of making businesses environmentally sustainable.
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Debt: Downgrade deluge
COVID-19 has hit many emerging markets (EMs) hard. In addition to the growth shock, many have suffered capital outflows, collapsing commodity prices, falling revenue from tourism and a depreciation of their currencies against the dollar.
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FeaturesBriefing: Growth beyond COVID
The outlook for institutional investors may be gloomy, with the global economy in recession and interest rates stuck at extremely low levels.
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Opinion PiecesMind the reality gap
The past few months have brought huge discrepancies between the financial markets and the economy.
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Country ReportFrance: Steady workplace demand
New occupational pension savings plans are taking root, despite the lack of a regulatory push from pension reforms
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Special ReportValue and Costs: PE gears up for more transparency calls
Private equity is expecting further demand from investors for increased reporting and is checking the maths
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Debt: Covid delivers a booster shot
The pandemic has reinforced the view that ESG-compliant businesses are better able to cope with market shocks
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FeaturesBriefing: Which way will inflation blow?
Investors pondering the future course of inflation are scratching their heads – faced as they are with a powerful array of deflationary factors, opposed by a potent lineup of inflationary factors.
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Opinion PiecesPension funds should reflect on their true purpose
With COVID-19 infection rates rising across Europe it seems clear that lockdowns are not over yet. Europe will suffer economically as well as socially and politically.
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Country ReportFrance: Institutional market barometer
A snapshot of France’s institutional investment landscape as seen through the lens of Indefi’s latest survey
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging Market Debt: EM future remains uncertain
The durability of the recovery of emerging markets in recent months remain unclear
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FeaturesBriefing: Germany finally issues green bonds
There was little doubt that the German finance ministry would eventually tap the green bond market. Germany is committed to reaching net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.
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Opinion PiecesNo need to panic
The global economic discussion has focused on assessing what damage COVID-19-related lockdowns have caused, and more recently on questioning the speed and strength of the recovery.
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FeaturesBriefing: A time to be calm and focused
The corona pandemic has become an emotional rollercoaster for investors. First, came the market collapse, followed by panic sales. Then, hot on the heels of the turmoil, normalisation and new stock-market highs.
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AnalysisUK DB: Pushback over UK proposals for ‘one size fits all’ funding code
Not long before the UK went into its COVID-19 lockdown this March, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) launched the first of a two-stage consultation on a revised defined benefit (DB) funding code.
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FeaturesSharing Economy: Think impact, build a legacy
As the world adjusts to COVID-19, amid the uncertainties and dangers that lie ahead, there should still be time to dream of a better world.
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FeaturesLong term matters: Addressing autocratic risk
In an email interview, economist and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow, Emmanuel Saez, confirmed what many investment insiders know: “Markets are notoriously bad at anticipating catastrophes.”
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InterviewsOn the Record: Investing in the time of COVID-19
We asked three institutions how they are working to tackle the pandemic, from an investment and organisational perspective
