Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 155
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: The risk premium of downturns
Alternative risk premia strategies can be helpful for institutional investor portfolios through diversification and risk reduction
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Liz Nolan, State Street
“The irony that the UK’s first business day outside of the EU will be April Fools’ Day is not lost on anyone”
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Controversial nomination for PBGC
How do you fix a pension programme that has liabilities of $67.3bn (€58.4bn) and assets of only $2.3bn?
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Brussels: Brussels seeks to bolster secondary market in non-performing loans
Are non-peforming loans an investor’s dream come true? Or do they represent immeasurable risks?
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Special Report
Green growth at heart of EU agenda
A taxonomy for sustainable investments is a key element of expert proposals
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Investor Profile: Japan Government Pension Investment Fund
GPIF’s 100-year perspective places ESG at the heart of its world view
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Quantifying external factors
A Mumbai-based advisory firm is promoting alternative measures to quantify added value
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Climate change mitigation is a good investment
International support is needed to reverse the vicious circle of climate vulnerability and higher cost of capital in developing countries
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Making impact investing more investor-friendly
Impact investing – investing in a way that delivers both attractive financial returns and measurable social or environmental benefits – has come a long way in the last decade.
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Walking the walk
In the past, fund managers would not necessarily spring to mind when thinking of ways to tackle climate change. Yet we are increasingly seeing more and more investors on the environmental frontline
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Gender balance: what’s your excuse?
Investors should accept that there has been more than enough time to sensitise boards. Now is the time for brave leadership
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The very real limits of ESG integration
Just because asset managers consider ESG measures in investment decisions, it does not mean they give them much weight
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ESG hedge funds: a contradiction in terms?
ESG hedge fund sounds like an oxymoron. The goals of absolute returns and the ideals of sustainable investing appear to be in opposition – self-contradictory, even
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ESG is hot – handle with care
ESG is a relatively new but powerful idea. However, to avoid misunderstandings, it is time to engage more thoughtfully on how it is used by investors and regulators
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FeaturesTime to beef up UK supervision
With assets of in excess of £1.8trn, DB occupational pensions easily represent the single largest stock of financial savings in the UK
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Country ReportSpain: Unintended outcomes
Spain has experienced recent constitutional turmoil, yet it is the politics of Italy that is troubling pension funds. How will this affect asset allocation?
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Special ReportSpecial Report Asia: Game-changer
China’s growing clout in Asia is influencing investment strategies across the region
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Special ReportGerman Asset Management: A larger appetite for ESG
How German asset managers are taking up the cudgels as demand for ESG approaches continues to grow
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Introduction: Competition and innovation
Consolidation has been a hallmark of the ETF sector in recent years as the market continues its growth trajectory, with global assets exceeding $5.7trn
