Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 311
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Country Report
Switzerland: Funds play catch-up
David Pauls and Peter Zanella argue that Swiss pension funds must keep up with underlying economic and demographic reality, and that policy makers should stop moving the goalposts
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Switzerland: Magic number crunching
Swiss pension funds have enjoyed a major recovery in the funding levels over the past months. But the fundamental problems remain, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Switzerland: New challenges for asset managers
Richard Bruyère presents the results of Image & Finance’s latest research covering the institutional market in Switzerland
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Switzerland: Smart on beta benchmarks
Swiss pension funds have mostly shied away from alternatively weighted benchmark strategies. Cécile Sourbes finds that adoption will depend on thorough analysis and transparency of data
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Switzerland: Cage fight against complacency
Some think the second pillar is perfect, so 17 years ago four people set out to challenge that view with an innovative approach and an international viewpoint. Innovation Zweite Säule co-founder Werner Nussbaum tells Barbara Ottawa about challenges past and present
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The Euro-Zone: A rising tide
A flood of global liquidity is floating all of the euro-zone’s boats – even those, like the Netherlands and France, whose economies have taken a turn for the worse. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the dynamics
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The Euro-Zone: Understanding sovereign spreads
Lorenzo Naranjo and Carmen Stefanescu argue that European sovereign spreads are all about the flight to liquidity, not the flight to quality
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The Euro-Zone: The Cyprus syndrome
Helen Fowler finds the risk-reward balance across European bank debt changing rapidly following recent resolutions
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Features
Rock ‘n’ roll yield
Music publishing rights are a proven inflation-sensitive cash-flow asset, and Martin Steward finds that fast-changing music consumption habits are generating not threats, but opportunities
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: When the well goes dry
As market markers retreat, Joseph Mariathasan notes that bond portfolio managers are holding more cash, using more derivatives, focusing on primary issues – and preparing for liquidity to get even drier
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Features
Unease over debt and politics
This month’s Off The Record poll reveals that, while some of the fear has been taken out of the euro-zone situation over recent months, no-one feels certain we are past the worst. Asked to identify the biggest risk to the integrity of the zone, a few cited threats such as ...
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Outcomes revolution in investment management and pharmaceuticals
Mitesh Sheth outlines what investment managers can learn from the transformation taking place in the pharmaceutical industry
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Diamonds and duds – a poll apart
Roger Price-Haworth reviews the results of the sixth AIMSE International diamonds and duds poll, and considers how views have changed
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Will the quants strike back?
Fabio Cecutto argues that a simpler quant manager could be a smarter quant manager.
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Is smart beta all that smart?
There is no Holy Grail in investing, and new ideas have their limitations, argues Amin Rajan
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Bonus caps for fund managers
Proposals to cap UCITS managers’ remuneration will be counterproductive, according to Nitin Mehta
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Taxing financial deals
There is a compelling case for excluding investment funds from the scope of the financial transaction tax, write Camille Thommes and Susanne Weismüller
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Top 400 Asset Managers: The client is (becoming) king
Jackie Alvarez argues that more efficient use of technology can help asset management firms as they seek to better serve clients
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Top 400 Asset Managers: The challenges posed by a rapidly changing pensions landscape
Nigel Birch and Nils Johnson see an increasing bifurcation between product specialists and solution providers in the asset management industry
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Top 400 Asset Managers: East Asia shows growth potential
East Asian markets are likely to experience high growth potential, according to Aymeric Poizot, with multi-asset and international funds most likely to attract growing flows
