Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 192
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Features
Macro matters: The downsides of hegemony
The US benefits from global dominance but there are downsides for the rest of the world
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Features
ESG: Has the penny dropped on pay?
Some companies are starting to get the shareholder message on executive remuneration
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Asset allocation: Cautious optimism on Europe
Focus on central banks as they edge towards rate rises; June Fed hike is priced in
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Ahead of the Curve: Who’s afraid of a sideways market?
The global economy could continue to surprise on the upside but the impact on the medium-term path of equity prices would be weaker
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Special Report
Top 400: Front office - New frontiers
Productivity is now a concept in the front office
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator June 2017
When fewer than one in 10 respondents expects something to happen, it is hard to accept it could happen. There is an increased number of such instances in the most recent IPE Asset Manager Expectations poll.
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Features
Mononationals: Case for foreign domestics
An unexpected consequence of globalisation is that it may be more beneficial to invest in firms that are predominantly national
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Features
The tribulations of a democratic SWF
Government indicates that unlisted infrastructure brings on board new risks that the Norwegian public will not like ‘Discretionary bets’ and ‘operational mistakes’ seen as big risks that the oil fund should avoid
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: EU seeks to avert Brexit arbitrage
Strong words on Brexit are flying in political circles. But behind the theatre, concerns about the future of London’s fund management sector are emerging
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: High fees but strong returns
Some US pension funds say they may be paying too much for their investments in private equity and are seeking different approaches
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Interviews
Pictet Asset Management: Fighting proliferation
Product proliferation is a temptation that has become baked into the business model for many asset management, even if it is rarely in the best interest of clients
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Avida International
“Fiduciary management has turned into a sophisticated exercise of managing increasingly complex investment value chains”
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Features
Transition problems
The travails of defined benefit pension schemes and insurers are well known as they seek to meet liabilities made in previous decades in today’s ultra-low-rate environment
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Country ReportPensions In Switzerland: Make or break
The referendum in September will decide the fate of the Swiss pension reform package. Barbara Ottawa analyses the first stages of the political campaigns leading up to the vote
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Country ReportPensions In France: Why make it simple?
French pension schemes are up in arms over plans for a decree they say imposes harmful constraints on how they manage their assets. Susanna Rust reports
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Special ReportSpecial Report: Investing for Impact
Although relatively new, impact investing is still the term that has been around the longest to describe investing with the explicit purpose of achieving positive non-financial impacts in addition to financial gain
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Special Report
Global Defined Contribution: Targeting the right glidepath
Christopher O’Dea finds defined contribution pension sponsors are increasingly looking for more flexibility in target-date funds to cope with changing worker demographics
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Special ReportSpecial Report Factor Investing: Meeting expectations
It is important to have realistic expectations about what factor investment can deliver
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Private Equity: Concerns in a hot market
Joseph Mariathasan finds that high valuations in the private equity market means it can be an easier decision to sell than to buy
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Features
Creative destruction is needed
The current vogue for optimism about the prospects for the developed economies is overdone. There may be a slight cyclical upturn but its significance is limited
