Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 226
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Special Report
Leveraged Loans: An attractive niche
Leveraged loans and CLOs represent a niche that is increasingly interesting for European institutional investors and multi-asset credit funds
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Direct lenders take up bank slack
Lower levels of bank lending are opening up opportunities for private debt, according to Joseph Mariathasan
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Interview: Denys Glushkov - Passive redux
For institutional investors trying to build a portfolio from the myriad smart beta ETFs providers are offering, the way forward might be a step back – to passive index investing.
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Bank Credit: Look for the whites of their eyes
David Turner asks whether investors should shun bank credit or be prepared to grasp opportunities
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EM corporate debt: an emerging asset class
We examine the attractions of emerging market corporate debt, which has evolved rapidly in terms of issuance in recent years
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Peter Kraneveld – International Pensions Adviser
“Let’s stop using the term de-risking altogether and use the right words for what we are doing”
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High Yield: Beyond traditional metrics
There are no short cuts in the evaluation of high-yield opportunities, according to Anthony Harrington
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SME Lending: Transmission revamp
SME lending is a crucial element in any developed economy. We assess the opportunities and risks for European institutional investors
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Ethical pressures mount
There are plenty of indicators of rising pressure to advance ethical standards across the financial sector. One outcome takes the form of mountains of clean-up legislation, including from Brussels.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: The robo-race starts
Robo-advisers are gaining ground in the US retirement industry. Their success will have an impact on the market, accelerating the shift of assets out of actively managed funds and into index funds
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Offshore wind market speeds up
The offshore wind market is becoming an increasingly attractive investment option as it grows and matures. Michael Ferguson looks at the recent project Meerwind
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Sustainable investing is becoming much more important
The importance of sustainable investments is steadily increasing. At the same time, the debate surrounding the added value of this investment approach continues
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Emerging green markets
Will declining costs and changing policy priorities lead to investment opportunities in green energy in emerging markets? Elisabeth Jeffries poses the questions
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The big picture on ETFs
The ETF industry continues to prosper on almost every metric. Yet it does face both headwinds and tailwinds
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An agile response to divergent policy
Divergent monetary policy activities by major central banks are having impacts right across yield curves. For investors, this means an agile investment strategy will be vital to the overall performance of their bond portfolio.
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EDHEC European ETF Survey 2015 – some key results
EDHEC Risk Institute conducted its ninth survey1 of European investment professionals on the usage and perceptions of ETFs at the end of 2015 with the support of Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta. EDHEC-Risk Institute’s ETF surveys now provide a continuous assessment of practices and views amongst professional investors since 2006.
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Regulatory trends and the implications for UCITS ETFs
Based on the European regulations that have been published in the last few years, it would seem that regulators consider transparency to be the panacea to all investor concerns. Already, in this space, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) provided its guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues in 2012, which were completed by the ESMA Q&As of March 2013.
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Features
Breaking Germany’s mould
Federal civil servants at two government ministries are searching for a workable policy to promote occupational pensions
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Country Report
Pensions in Austria: Broadening the horizons
Like their international counterparts, Austrian Pensionskassen must find new sources of return. Barbara Ottawa reports on the potential opportunities
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Pensions in Germany: The joys of negative rates
German pension investors are boxed in. With the prospect of negative 10-year Bund yields, they are forced to expand their fixed-income exposure
