Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 238
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Features
Alternative Credit: Portfolio role for alternative credit
Alternative credit provides a breadth of diversity that can help investors create better risk-adjusted portfolios for outperformance in a tough market, writes Nimisha Srivastava
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Features
Asset Allocation: Ahead of the Curve - Sales drive private-equity alpha
A recent study of 450 realised private-equity deals finds that sales growth is a key component for alpha generation, according to Ian Roberts
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Special Report
Multi-Asset Strategies: Apples and oranges
As multi-asset strategies have evolved, it has become less easy to assess and compare them on a like-for-like basis
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Hedge Funds: Investor Strategy - In or out
Joseph Mariathasan looks at why investing in the hedge fund market is still contentious for many pension funds, even in the current low-interest-rate environment. Is it the fee structures or the economic uncertainity that drives this caution?
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Will liquidity dry up in 2016?
A widespread anxiety about liquidity co-exists with trillions of euros pumped into the markets by central banks
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Central States snag
A pensions bust-up is looming on the fringes of the 2016 Presidential campaign, involving the 115,500 retirees of the Central States Pension Fund (CSPF) who face a 28% average cut of their monthly pension. But the stakes are much larger. Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the Democratic presidential contenders, is championing the rights of those retirees. His attempt to stop the cuts with a new law could affect the whole pension industry.
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Re-defining asset classes
Switzerland’s double whammy of a strong currency and negative interest rates represents a formidable challenge for the pension fund industry, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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Features
Systemic challenges
Several asset managers and investors are raising concerns about liquidity in the public markets in 2016
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Country Report
Asset allocation rethink
Pension funds are having to rethink their asset allocation policies to meet funding requirements. A more holistic, multi-dimensional approach is needed
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Features
African Private Equity: The bright continent
Carolyn Campbell describes how Africa’s expanding middle class, rising GDP and government policies are fuelling opportunities for private equity
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Hedge Funds: Case Study - PP Pension
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo discovers that Sweden’s PP Pension is still supporting hedge funds, despite the fact that they are not performing particularly well. So why is PP Pension doing this?
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Special Report
Fixed Income: A time to sow, a time to reap
The opportunity to add value through tactical asset allocation across the credit spectrum lends weight to multi-asset strategies
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Euro-Zone Prospects - Trading block to growth
Heavily dependent on external trade, the euro-zone’s growth prospects are particularly linked to the fortunes of China
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Country Report
Interview: Stephen Wyss - Prevanto
The new Swiss actuarial consultancy Prevanto is upfront about its origins. One of its managing directors, Stephan Wyss, talks to Barbara Ottawa
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Special Report
Diversified Growth Strategies: Life in them yet?
Diversified growth strategies were first conceived in the aftermath of the tech bubble and have since amassed a huge volume of assets despite
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Are asset managers now banks?
Asset managers are replacing banks in the supply of credit to certain sectors of the economy. Does this increase systemic risk? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo investigates
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Country Report
Investment Grade Bonds: Is there a substitute for high-grade bonds?
With interest rates expected to remain near zero, pension funds are looking for alternatives to fixed-income instruments
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Special Report
Commentary: The DGF super brand
Diversified growth funds have become a core investment for many UK pension funds with strong demand from countries. Will Mayne defines the concept
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Special Report
Outlook 2016: Commodities - Winners and losers of slump
The fall in commodity prices since 2011 has depressed economic growth in commodity-exporting countries but boosted growth in manufacturing economies
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Country Report
Infrastructure: Investing in real assets
Swiss pension funds are struggling to find value in infrastructure investments
