Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 144
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Country ReportVBV: Exciting possibilities
Günther Schiendl, CIO of VBV, Austria’s largest pension fund, talks to Barbara Ottawa about the importance of illiquidity and the EU’s sustainable finance initiative
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Special ReportApplying rocket science to EMs
Factor investing strategies are increasingly being used in emerging market investing
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Special ReportInvestment Research: MiFIDII – a year of adjustments
Firms are under competitive pressures as the market for investment research takes shape
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Special ReportTaxation: How to soften the tax bite
Research shows tax management can boost returns from factor investment
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FeaturesPLSA Conference: On the brink of cost transparency
Trustees, consultants and other pension professionals gathered in Edinburgh in early March for the annual investment conference of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).
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FeaturesAccounting matters: Limiting the scope
The IASB is looking at IAS 19. Will the project run into the sand?
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InterviewsHow we run our money: APK Pensionskasse
Christian Böhm, CEO of Austria’s APK Pensionskasse, talks about the organisation’s blend of dynamic and long-term investment strategy
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FeaturesESG: Code could boost engagement
Loopholes in the revised Stewardship Code under consultation in the UK may mean it fails to realise its full potential for raising engagement with investee companies.
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InterviewsCheyne Capital Management: High-impact debt investor
The growth of non-bank lending in Europe is often mentioned as a trend that could radically transform the European economy. This remains to be seen, but if banks gradually give some of their dominance in the lending market, then firms such as Cheyne Capital Management stand to benefit.
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Markets take nervous turn
The reaction and aftermath to the US Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot appears to be more focused on the monetary policy news itself and the ‘fuel’ of easy money.
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Raising the bar on data privacy
Technology is central to how we live our everyday lives in the world today – it has enabled us to be more connected, more productive and more informed than ever before
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FeaturesPension fund consolidators enjoy strong growth
Efforts to increase scale and improve efficiencies across the European pension fund sector are gathering pace, new data shows – but schemes still face hurdles
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FeaturesATP: A very Danish scandal
Fallout from scandals has left ATP without a chief executive and a tricky problem in choosing a successor to Christian Hyldahl
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Interviews
On the record: Delivering on our promise
Dmytro Sheludchenko of Sweden’s AP1 buffer fund explains how it constructs and manages its factor-investing portfolios
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Opinion PiecesLong-term matters: Lessons for Climate Action 100+
Fund management is a pretty opaque profession, and no aspect more so than the way investors hold the management of investee companies accountable
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Manuel Adamini, Sean Flannery, Toby Heaps and Eloy Lindeijer
“Time to invite brown corporates to the green bond party”
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Opinion PiecesBrussels People: Europe’s conservatives eye Africa
Describing himself as “the most senior elected Brit in Brussels” and speaking ahead of 29 March when he and the UK’s 72 other MEPs were set to relinquish their mandate in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall is keen to speak about matters other than Europe.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: The $20bn club shifts strategy
The funded status of US corporate defined benefit (DB) plans is getting better, thanks to investment gains and higher corporate bond interest rates that decrease liabilities.
