Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 117
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Analysis
BlackRock goes big on climate risk
BlackRock announced last month it would be placing sustainability at the centre of its investment approach, and a host of measures to go with that.
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Analysis
EFRAG: Reaching a compromise
It is hard not to feel some sympathy for the technical staff working on the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s pensions research project
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Ric van Weelden
Asset owners have realised that diversity is more than just an ESG matter
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Features
Perspective: André Hoffmann – Green results, not greenbacks
Roche heir and pharmaceutical tycoon André Hoffmann outlines his view of a more sustainable model of capitalism
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Interviews
On the Record: Absolute return strategies
IPE asked two European pension funds how they invest in absolute return strategies, with a focus on hedge funds
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Features
ESG: Standards specialists tackle sustainable finance
When it comes to language the world of ESG can feel a mess. Different terms are often applied inconsistently and often interchangeably to various approaches.
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Interviews
Strategically Speaking: Aspect Capital
Over the last few years, Aspect’s diversification strategy has involved generating alternative income streams from new programmes and reducing the cost base
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Interviews
How we run our money: Cometa
Maurizio Agazzi and Oreste Gallo of Cometa, one of Italy’s largest pension funds, talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s evolving strategy
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Analysis
Modi’s India: The red lights are flashing warnings
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is facing an existential issue that is polarising the nation
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From US: New Secure Act – a step in the right direction
New rules encourage employers to offer annuities in 401(k)-type retirement plans
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Features
Climate change and AI set to transform investing
As the new decade begins, it is becoming clear that climate change and artificial intelligence will reshape the future of investing
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: A confident start to the year
Undoubtedly a good year for financial assets, 2019 ended on a bright note with the broad, and relieved, consensus that the China/US trade conflict might be de-escalating
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Avoid the crowds in EMs
Emerging markets (EMs) look set to be the most important growth engine of the 2020s as their consumption levels rise and China follows a saw-toothed growth path towards the economic top spot. However, asset-allocators need to remove themselves from the malign legacy of the 2010s if they are to tap this growth.
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Features
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator: February 2020
Net bond sentiment is trending down, yet remains stable in Japan
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Opinion Pieces
Beyond green ambitions
Europe has lofty ambitions as it positions the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth plan for the coming decade and beyond
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Country Report
Poland: Auto-enrolment off to a slow start
Disappointing take-up in first phase of auto-enrolment pension plan
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Special Report
PEPP: Time to get personal
Can the new Pan-European Personal Pension Product close Europe’s pensions gap?
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Asset Class Reports
Fixed Income – European investment grade: No sign of end for negative yields
Negative interest rates look set for a lengthy run in Europe, raising concerns about the long-term effects