Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 129
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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
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Amonis
Tom Mergaerts , CEO of Amonis, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the Belgian €2.1bn pension fund’s uncompromising investment philosophy
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Clouded by uncertainty
It was predictable that risk markets should have reacted positively to the news of an agreement in principle in the US-China trade negotiations. Although assuredly better than a seemingly relentless stream of bad will between the protagonists, the provisional agreement is in no way a solution to the conflict. Another round of trade talks could be necessary just to reach a tentative accord. Investors would be wise to temper enthusiasm to extrapolate the ‘good news’ too far.
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: The duration bubble
Has the world entered a new paradigm in which growth, inflation and value investing are dead? Various indicators might have us believe this is the case.
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