Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 153
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Features
Macro Matters: Currency returns to the fore
Global tension means exchange rates will again become a key mover of investor decisions
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Special Report
Multi-Asset Funds: A flexible way to generate income
Multi-asset funds that take account of investor goals and time horizons could provide steady income
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Asset Class Reports
Central Banks: Be wary of the bulls
Opposing views on the timing and effects of quantitative tightening suggest investors should be cautious of high valuations
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FeaturesChecking back on 2018
In January, in this column, I highlighted areas to watch for 2018. In the spirit of holding myself to account, it’s time to see how they panned out
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Country Report
ESG: Still the ugly duckling
ESG is still an unpopular investment strategy in Switzerland. How will it overcome this lack of enthusiasm?
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Special Report‘Russians are convinced they were betrayed’
Professor Rainer Wedde of Wiesbaden Business School discusses the forces behind a decade of rising tensions between Russia and the West
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Asset Class Reports
Case Study: Local Pensions Partnership
LPP’s Richard Savage describes his approach to running an in-house global equities portfolio
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Special Report
Strategy Selection: Is it worth the risk?
Investors in multi-asset strategies must make sure they understand all the risks involved
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Country Report
Risk Management: Is everything still good?
Swiss pension funds have coped well with the financial crisis, but appearances can be deceptive
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Special ReportBuilding investor resilience in a downturn
Investors need to look at varied downturn scenarios that take new risks into consideration
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Special Report
UK In-house Management: Is it better in-house?
In-house asset management can deliver cost savings, control and overall value benefits but for complex or short-term strategies external management may offer better value for money
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Country Report
Illiquid Investments: Challenges ahead
Illiquid investments should appeal to pension funds because of their long-term benefits, but are opportunities equal?
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Special Report
ATP: In-house benefits
ATP values being at the investing coal face as a learning experience
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Country Report
Mortality: How a year makes a difference
Swiss longevity assumptions have substantial effects on key technical figures in Pensionskassen
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Special Report
AP2: Demanding but worthwhile
AP2’s in-sourcing journey has reduced costs and boosted its flexibility and transparency
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FeaturesDutch reform: ‘Complexity and stubbornness killing world’s best pensions system’
Despite ranking as the world’s best in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index, the Netherlands’ pensions system is being hit by too much complexity and ineffective regulation
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Opinion Pieces
Long Term Matters: What should investors do about authoritarian governments?
In October, I wrote that investors would soon have to choose between backing social justice or going along with authoritarian- ism. I was not expecting that the choice would come so quickly
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Interviews
On the Record: The question of hedging
We asked two European pension funds how they hedge against interest rate risk, as the probability that interest rates will rise over the few next years grows
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Features
Collective DC in the Netherlands
How Dutch collective defined contribution schemes came about and how they differ from other schemes
