Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 222
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Top 400: Investment Returns - The reality of new-world investing
The new world of ultra-low interest rates could be here to stay, so investors need to change the way they think about investing. Tapan Datta explains
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Liquidity: The drought continues
Liquidity in the government bond markets has dried up since the global financial crisis of 2008-09. Do these parched markets characterise the new economic norm?
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Norway: Seeking illiquidity
Åmund Lunde, chief executive of Olso Pensjonsforsikring, tells Rachel Fixsen how the fund has improved returns through an increased allocation to real estate and infrastructure
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The changing world of risk
Uncertain times on the horizon call for an adaptive toolkit in liability-driven investment, argues Paras Shah and Rik Merkx
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Integration: A work in progress
The European Union has made substantial progress towards economic integration but there is some way to go before it can achieve its full potential, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Top 400: Debt Build-up - Lifeline is becoming a burden
Asset managers can no longer rely on central banks to shore-up the markets, according to Amin Rajan and Pascal Blanqué
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US Treasuries: Safety in volume
US Treasuries, the ultimate safe financial instrument, are continuing to match investor demand even without the incentive of further rate hikes from the Federal Reserve
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Safer but less profitable
Europe’s banks no longer seem to face a systemic threat but their profits are meagre. David Turner reports
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Finland: On cusp of reform
Finland is about to overhaul its pension system including a higher retirement age and the introduction of two new types of pension, writes Reeta Paakkinen
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Top 400: Changing times in China
The boom in China’s asset management industry should create opportunities for overseas investors, says Qin Xu
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The Capital Markets Union
The CMU is the latest EU initiative aimed at smoothing the way for integrated cross-border capital markets activity, writes Diego Valiante
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Is German economic thinking different?
Germany’s economic policy is undoubtedly coloured by its troubled historical experience but does this make it unique or is it a just a free-market outlook with a Germanic flavour? Daniel Ben-Ami investigates
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Sensitivity of global inflation bond funds to macro factors
The data shows the sensitivity of global inflation-linked bond funds to changes in macroeconomic factors: global default spreads, global term spreads, global dividend yields and global interest rates.
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Finland: Overseas returns
Reeta Paakkinen writes that Finnish pension funds are looking to diversify their real estate portfolios in their quest for worthwhile returns in the current low-interest-rate environment
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Infrastructure Debt: A niche strategy
There are many reasons why infrastructure debt should feature in LDI strategies for UK pension funds. But do not expect a huge growth in allocations, says Joseph Mariathasan
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Top 400: Liquidity-Risk Management - Managing fund liquidity in Europe
Regulators have turned their attention to addressing the European asset management industry’s handling of liquidity risk, writes Federico Cupelli
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Greek crisis appears defused
A renewed Greek crisis looks unlikely after the recent debt relief deal with creditors. Ayşe Ferliel Barounos reports
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Iceland: Slowly but surely
Iceland’s capital controls imposed in the wake of the country’s banking crisis eight years ago are being lifted for pension funds, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Top 400: Multi-asset investing renaissance
Multi-asset strategies have many diversification benefits for investors in today’s challenging environment, according to Phil Edwards and Ben Lewis
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Top 400: Disruptive Technology - The four ‘Ds’ of disruption
JR Lowry believes that digitisation, de-risking, disintermediation and democratisation are transforming the asset management industry
