Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 190
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Interviews
Focus Group: Diversity more than a ‘trend’
We asked a group of European pension funds with total assets of €110bn about governance
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you do operational due diligence?
Three pension funds - RPMI Railpen, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Blue Sky Group - discuss their approach to operational due diligence
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FeaturesAccounting: Changing assumptions
The annual pensions accounting survey from KPMG is revealing on assumptions around asset ceiling guidance, discount rates and life expectancy
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InterviewsHow we run our money: PREVIP
Livio Raimondi, CIO of PREVIP, a €2.2bn multi-employer DC pension fund in Italy, talks about the fund’s growth aspirations
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Features
Briefing: MiFID II – The birth of a market
As MiFID II comes into effect, asset managers and brokers must negotiate a price for sell-side investment research
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Features
Briefing: Cyberwar without end
Financial institutions are involved in a cyber arms race against criminals
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Features
Briefing: Greece's political millstone
Uncertainties in the euro-zone pose a risk to Greece’s improving economy
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Features
ESG: The climate conundrum
Considering climate-related risk could lead to fewer carbon-intensive business models
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Bain Capital Credit
Bain Capital Credit, an arm of the eponymous private equity house, has come a long way since it was founded in 1998 as Sankaty Advisors
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Features
Asset Allocation: Risks abound despite European recovery
Despite yet another weak and rather confusing US jobs report, there was no rush to alter Federal Reserve rate hike forecasts for the remainder of this year.
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: The tricky search for yield
According to reports, global bond ETFs had their best quarter on record in the first quarter of 2017 with $44.5bn of inflows
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator July/August 2017
It would be an understatement to say the shine has left the US equity market, given this month’s manager expectation submissions. The month’s responses indicate movements across all asset categories, with a positive nod toward Europe, while those who predict change (for instance in the US and the UK) are seeing an erosion of confidence towards equity valuations.
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: China’s ‘Blue Skies’ future
One thing that China does well, perhaps better than any other country, is to articulate a vision. It might not know every step of the journey but it knows where it wants to be
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Features
Sweden seeks scandal-free pensions system
It can be hard to get people interested in pensions, but the recent sharp acceleration of Sweden’s premium pension system reform process suggests scandal is one thing that will really grab the attention of the public – and politicians
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Features
FundForum: Coming to terms with technology
Impending MIFID II rules and the perennial discussions of Brexit implications were, unsurprisingly, strong themes of June’s FundForum conference in Berlin
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Reboot for Capital Markets Union
The European Commission’s “further steps to drive forward the Capital Markets Union (CMU)” outline nine new priority legislative actions to solve the EU’s long-term cross-border investment challenge
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Firms happy to retain say-on-pay
One of President Donald Trump’s promises has been to loosen regulation on all businesses to boost the economy. A casualty could be shareholders’ right to vote on executive compensation
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Stefan Lundbergh & Kerrin Rosenberg, Cardano
“At present, UK trustees do not have the right governance framework in place to be effective or accountable”
