Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 233
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Country Report
Nordic Region: Denmark - Pension funds transfer season
Danish pension providers have been vying for top talent in a bid to secure the best returns in the current low-interest-rate environment.
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Special Report
Special Report: On the march to China 3.0
It has become commonplace to blame China’s recent financial volatility on its economic slowdown but this view is open to question, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Special Report
COP21 and Investors: What will Paris deliver?
One month away from the Paris climate change talks, Jonathan Williams asks how likely are investors to be faced with a repeat of the failed summit in Copenhagen.
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Special Report: Currency - A dangerously underrated risk
Anthony Harrington finds that investors can easily overlook the foreign exchange risk that comes with investing outside of their own currency area
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging & frontier market equities – A recurring upbeat record
Despite the volatility currently affecting emerging market equities at the moment, emerging markets have suffered periods of volatility in the past followed by rapid recoveries.
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Features
Resist the bubble temptation
It is a safe bet that another financial crisis will be along soon. No doubt that is not something that investment and pensions professionals want to dwell on but it needs to be faced.
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Revisiting traditional allocations
Casper Hammerich outlines key findings on Nordic asset management trends from Kirstein’s tenth Nordic Investor Survey
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Special Report
Debate: Is a world currency war ahead?
Yes, says Michael Howell, managing director of CrossBorder Capital As the world gets bigger it seems to become ever more volatile. So its financial markets ride an endemic eight or nine rollercoaster with dizzying, white-knuckle peaks occurring in 1972, 1981, 1989, 1998, 2007-08 and now maybe in 2015 too. ...
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Asset Class Reports
Emerging grey area
Joseph Mariathasan finds ‘emerging markets’ to be a legacy concept that has become increasingly blurred and illogical
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Special Report
Bond bonanza beckons
China’s continuing reforms to open up its fast-growing bond market to foreign investors could make it the largest market yet for global investors, writes Tsering Namgyal
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Special Report
Investment Opportunities: Hope for a full pipeline
Will the COP21 global climate talks in Paris next month lead to a pipeline of renewable energy infrastructure investment opportunities? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports
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Features
Asset owners in Paris
Next month world leaders will gather in Paris to discuss the future of the planet. It might be a sweeping generalisation to view the UN Climate Change Conference as such a crucial event, but the summit marks the first time since 2009 that governments stand a chance of concluding a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: A hive of activity
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reviews shifts in asset allocation in the Nordic institutional investment market
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Special Report
COP21 Viewpoints
Do investors have the ability to tackle climate change? Stephanie Pfeifer from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Julian Poulter from the Asset Owners’ Disclosure Project and Raj Thamotheram and John Rogers discuss what investors have already done, the challenges facing them in 2016 and how they can flex their fiduciary muscles
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Asset Class Reports
Call of the frontier markets
Frontier markets can offer huge attractions but investors need to pay attention to country backdrops and economic effects. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Special Report
A-shares: The best is yet to come
China is a compelling story for investors despite the recent market volatility, argues Charles Salvador. But he warns against short-term thinking and half-hearted approaches
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Country Report
Finland Asset Allocation: The hunt for alternatives
Some pension funds are looking to increase exposure to alternative credit but an ageing population is a concern for the likes of VER, says Reeta Paakkinen
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Special Report
Financial Markets: Europe still courting China
European financial centres are still keen to court China despite the country’s economic slowdown and recent market meltdown. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Asset Class ReportsIran: A giant prospect on the horizon
Iran looks likely to be reintegrated into the global community after the question of nuclear proliferation has been resolved. Joseph Mariathasan looks at what the opening of one of the world’s largest inaccessible economies could bring
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Country Report
Finland: Small is beautiful
Finland’s smaller pension funds argue that they can deliver better solvency levels and returns for their member than the larger pension insurance companies, says Pirkko Juntunen
