Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 154
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FeaturesTime to take control of climate-change investing
One of the most common complaints we hear regarding the concept of sustainable investing is the lack of specifics involved
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Country Report
Swedish Premium Pension: Safe and sound
Reform of the Premium Pension System aims to root out poor management practices and make the system sustainable
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Special Report
Low-carbon indices: Work in progress
Providers acknowledge low-carbon indices are imperfect, but argue they are an invaluable tool
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Special Report
Private Debt: Careful selection is key
Present market conditions have generated many opportunities in private debt but the challenge is finding the right deals
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Country Report
Swedish Premium Pension: Lundbergh’s nudge
How to formulate evidence-based pension reform proposals in 10 weeks
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Special Report
Private Debt: Still going strong
The private debt market continues to grow in size and attractiveness
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Special Report
Fixed income: Will it be E, S or G?
The three components of ESG investing in fixed income – environmental, social and governance – cannot be maximised simultaneously. Investors must decide which to emphasise
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Special Report
Private Debt: Don’t just leap in
Pension funds should ask themselves important questions before entering the private debt market
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Special Report
In search of a gold standard
University research network seeks to cut through the noise of ESG data
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Special Report
Case Study: First State Super
Early mover in alternative debt financing has ambitions to expand into direct lending
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Special Report
Accounting standards: It’s all about perspective
Does IFRS 9 help or hinder long-term investment?
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Features
Accounting Matters: To virtually toss a coin, or not
Accountancy industry flummoxed by the existential status of computer code
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Interviews
On the Record: Manager Due Diligence
The suspension of a GAM fund manager has revived the discussion about due diligence. We asked three pension funds how they deal with it
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InterviewsHow we run our money: ÄVWL
Christian Mosel, CEO of Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe, the pension fund for doctors in Germany’s Westphalia-Lippe region, talks about his old-fashioned approach to investment
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Features
German Longevity: Are the tables turning?
The rate of increase in life expectancy in Germany appears to be slowing down
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Features
Turkey: Rethinking auto-enrolment
Despite generous state incentives in the Turkish auto-enrolment system, opt-out rates are high
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Features
Benchmarking: Redefining investment classes
A major GICS index methodology change seeks to reflect underlying market economics
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Features
Liquid Alternatives: The long and the short of it
The long/short liquid alternatives universe is more hetreogenous than some realise
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Allianz Global Investors
The debates over the failures of active managers and parallel growth of passive investment often neglect two important facts
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: A hawkish Fed spooks all
Not many predicted the equity sell-off at the start of the fourth quarter, and there is still puzzlement as to what triggered it
