Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 258
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Special Report
Credit: Dutch mortgage market thrives as investors pour in
Assets held in Dutch mortgage funds grew by a staggering 81% or €3bn during 2014
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Special Report
Assessing pension fund capital risk
Pension fund appetite for direct participation in infrastructure debt continues to grow. Yet, this brings increased risk to assess
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Special Report
Bondholder engagement: No pain, no gain
Investor protection is loosening significantly in high-yield markets
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Features
Success (and failure) factors
Most of the success or failure of a pension system can be attributed to design and input factors
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Country ReportAustrian Provident Funds: The pensions challenger
Mandatory contributions mean Austrian provident funds are catching up with Pensionskassen both as institutional investors and in terms of business strategy
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Country ReportSector fund proposals: A new tune for German pensions?
The German government wants more companies to participate in the second pillar with the introduction of §17b sector pension plan. But the pension industry is hard to please
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Special ReportHybrid Securities: Financial duck-rabbits
Recently someone from the Outer Hebrides posted online a photo of a dress, the colour of which had apparently caused endless debate among family and friends
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Asset Class ReportsOil price impact on high-yield
The oil price fallout in high-yield has so far been contained within sub-sectors of US energy and migh have opened up energy sector value opportunities
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Country Report
Occupational Pensions: Austria's unloved funds
Despite good long-term performance, few companies are making use of a multi-employer pension fund or indeed any form of occupational pension
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Country Report
Interview: Prof Bert Rürup - A critical view on policy
Barbara Ottawa asked pension figurehead Prof Bert Rürup about pension reforms past and future
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Special Report
Hybrid securities revolution is here to stay
In just three years corporate and financial hybrid securities have become a major new feature of the fixed-income landscape
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Asset Class Reports
High Yield: US issuers, euro spreads
A substantial spread differential is attracting US investment-grade issuers across the ocean to issue bonds in euros
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Special Report
Investors warm up to bank contingent convertible bonds
Investors have grown in confidence with bank contingent convertible bonds as their confidence in bank stability has risen
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Asset Class Reports
High Yield: Oil, banks and rates
Martin Steward finds the diversity of high yield reflected in three very different kinds of risk run behind similar-looking headline exposures
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Heribert Karch - German occupational pensions association
Heribert Karch addresses whether the German goverment will be able to introduce the pure defined contribution schemes outlined in its recent pension reform proposals
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Country Report
Germany's corporate funds: Status quo needs a makeover
Nigel Cresswell looks at how German corporate pension funds are dealing with the current economic headwinds and tailwinds
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Special Report
Non-financial hybrid securities: Fixed-income exotica
Hybrids have taken off because they marry the current needs of both issuers and fixed-income investors. David Turner looks at how this sweet deal could go sour
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Country Report
German funds under pressure to review asset allocation
German pension funds must review their strategic asset allocation to avoid headwinds in the fixed-income market
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Special Report
'CoCos': bondholder's friends or foes?
There are complexities associated with banks’ contingent convertibles, or ’CoCos’, but this, combined with a more resilient, less systemically-linked industry, is a source of value
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Country Report
German Versorgungswerke: Infrastructure, here we come
German Versorgungswerke have the go ahead to increase infrastructure lending – but a shortage in supply hinders growth
