Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 127
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Country ReportPortugal: In search of higher yield
Asset allocation strategies remain largely unchanged and the search for yield broadens out
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Opinion PiecesSystemic risk debate intensifies
The financial system is facing its greatest challenge since the 2018 financial crisis
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Country Report
Reform agenda
New reforms to the first and second-pillar are due to be debated in parliament next year and implemented by 2022
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Special ReportThe buy-side: Greater focus on quality
There is growing demand for research that genuinely adds value
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Special ReportBrydon Review: Call for deeper, wider audits
UK review reveals stakeholders would like more information on company prospects and risks
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Country ReportGulbenkian Foundation: Green credentials
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is realigning its portfolio to meet green requirements
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Opinion PiecesWhat's in a pensions minister?
Last month, Jerry Moriarty, the chief executive of the Irish Association of Pension Funds, called on the country’s government to appoint a pensions minister
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Country ReportReturns: Do large pension funds achieve better results?
Smaller pension funds do not necessarily have lower returns, according to PPCmetrics
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Special ReportCredit Ratings: Good credit, bad behaviour?
Rating agencies and asset managers are starting to integrate ESG in bond portfolios
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Special ReportIndustry viewpoints: Research post-MiFID II
How has research consumption changed since the unbundling of sell-side research costs from brokerage fees?
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Country ReportDiscount rates: Stranger things
Negative interest rates are making Swiss pension funds more expensive
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Special ReportArtificial Intelligence: Solving the riddle with AI
Artificial intelligence is making it possible to glean better ESG information about companies
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Special ReportSDI Asset Owner Platform: ESG investing gets a platform lift
Two Dutch pension providers have launched a global platform to help asset owners invest in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Special ReportInvestment Process: A recipe for confusion
The shift to ESG has inadvertently led to divergence of opinion over the best metrics to use
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FeaturesTributes pour in for ‘founding father’ of investment consulting
Tim Gardener, the man credited with making visionary contributions to the UK investment consulting industry, died in October.
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FeaturesSpanish pension industry presents inaugural Aldecoa memorial awards
The Spanish pension fund industry gathered in Madrid last month to remember Jon Aldecoa, and to launch awards named after him.
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Opinion PiecesLong Term Matters: Time to shit or get off the (ESG) pot
The ESG project is well beyond its childhood, even its teenage years. PRI has been going for 13 years and SRI activity pre-dated it by a decade.
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FeaturesPerspective: Fear the walking dead
Zombie firms – those dependent on the easy availability of cheap credit – threaten to suck the life out of otherwise viable companies
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InterviewsOn the record: Private credit
As the valuations of traditional credit assets look stretched, we asked two Danish institutions how they invest in alternative credit markets
