Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 198
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Change pension regulation and enhance economic growth
Low growth is a worldwide economic problem. Western economies, in particular, suffer from the effects of secular stagnation, balance-sheet recession and stringent budgetary rules prohibiting extra government spending, write Jean Frijns, Theo van der Klundert and Anton van Nunen
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Asset Class Reports
Financials regain some lustre
Investors are becoming more positive about financials as they stand to gain from stronger growth and higher inflation, finds David Turner
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Uncertainty focuses minds
German pension investors continue to diversify their assets against a backdrop of political uncertainty, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Asset Class Reports
Pure Group: Sensitivity of selected European equity funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest European equity funds to changes in economic factors: European default spreads, European term spreads, European inflation and volatility of European stocks
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Insights from 100 conversations
While researching his book on the future of pension management, Keith Ambachtsheer spoke to some 100 pension funds from all around the world. He shares insights from those conversations
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Investors embrace change
The latest Willis Towers Watson risk-management study reveals the ongoing challenge that German pension funds face in meeting their liabilities
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Mental models of the future
When IPE was founded in 1997, the mainstream investment approach was based on the Modern Portfolio Theory. The approach allowed users to apply statistical and mathematical protocols to construct portfolios, which was convenient
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Country Report
Regulation: Costs not caps
New rules for BaFin-regulated institutional investors in Germany might appear cap-free, but costs could restrict movement, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Special ReportIPE at 20: Writing on the walls
Economists love cycles. But the only well-known economist also known as a good investor was John Maynard Keynes
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Special Report
IPE at 20: The purpose of investment
The management industry must evolve to become primarily a stewardship provider or it may lose its social licence to operate
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Time for a new implicit contract in alternative investments
An outstanding phenomenon of the past 20 years is the relentless rise of alternative investments, say Amin Rajan and Anthony Cowell
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Features
From Our Perspective: Two decades of shifting perspectives
This spring marks 20 years since the first issue of IPE. Our founders Piers Diacre and Fennell Betson started this publication with an assumption that funded pension systems would become more widespread in time, leading to increased diversification and a need for clear, well-researched and well-presented information.
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Features
Norges Bank Investment Management: Strategy shift at Europe’s biggest investor
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), arguably the world’s most watched institutional investor, is considering adopting a risk-factor approach.
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Features
BHS Pension Scheme: The UK Pensions Regulator and the pariah
On 28 February came the news for which 19,000 former staff of the collapsed high-street chain BHS had been waiting: its former owner, Sir Philip Green, was to pay £363m (€414m) to prop up the company’s two pension schemes.
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Opinion Pieces
Long Term Matters: Disrupting CEO pay
The former CEO of the Investment Association, the trade body that represents UK investment managers, has made a disruptive proposal on CEO pay
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Features
Interview: Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Peter Damgaard Jensen tells Susanna Rust about the need to keep up the momentum on climate change and develop more green investment opportunities for institutional investors
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you get the best out of consultants?
Three pension funds - BNL BNP Paribas, Heidelberg Cement and Istituto di Previdenza del Cantone Ticino - share insights on working with consultants
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Features
UK Pensions: Eyes on the real world
Investment decisions should be made with a long-term, realistic view of the world, argues Carl Hitchman
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Features
Accounting: The inflation challenge
Stephen Bouvier looks at the complications pension plan sponsors face when calculating the pension liability of their schemes under IAS 19
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Features
Accounting: Are pension expenses ‘faked’?
Alfred Gohdes offers a personal view on an approach to reduce pension cost under US GAAP and IAS 19
