Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 315
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Special Report
Special Report – ETF Roundtable
IPA’s ETF Roundtable was held in Hong Kong and featured:
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Japan - A more dynamic market ahead
Albourne Partners’ Richard Johnston looks at the impact of Abenomics on hedge fund investing.
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Special Report
Special Report – ETFs in China
Orlando Bowie looks at the growth trends of exchange-traded funds in China.
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Special Report – Asian Private Equity
Conditions underfoot are heavy for private equity investors, both in China and elsewhere in Asia, writes Simon Osborne.
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The threats and opportunities of SMSFs
Betty Kotevski looks at the issues surrounding Australia’s self-managed super fund sector.
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Private Equity - It’s all in the pricing
Betty Kotevski examines the opportunities Australia’s private equity market
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Potential China fund passport
by Cameron Dueck - The SFC and the Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission in 2009 agreed to cross list ETFs between their stock exchanges
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Financial centres of Asia growing in power
Cameron Dueck looks at the continued rise of financial centres in the region
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Adapting business models to add value for HNWIs
by Paul Feeney - Investors will be looking for a wider selection of products fairly priced, offered in tandem with higher quality service and full transparency on costs
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Frontier markets – Can the returns outweigh the risks?
by Alexandra Boakes Tracy - Investors who place a priority on understanding the ESG issues inherent in doing business in newly industrialising countries are likely to be better protected against social and environmental failures.
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Global flashpoints and market impact - interview with Michael Hintze
Simon Osborne chats with Michael Hintze, founder and CEO of CQS on assessing ways to protect or reposition portfolios.
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Hedge Funds in 2013 - latest analysis
Albourne Partners’ Richard Johnston reviews returns for the industry in 2012 and looks ahead to 2013.
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Features
Is the fiduciary duty debate just for show?
It is hard to argue with the assertion that the fiduciary duty placed on investment intermediaries could be seen as a moral duty, a way of behaving, a form of conduct – to borrow a phrase recently employed by Daniel Godfrey, head of the UK’s Investment Management Association.
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Features
The EU-thanasia of the rentier
It was hardly a happy coincidence that the EC’s consultation paper on the long-term financing of Europe’s economy was published on the same day that the Cypriot bank ‘bail-in’ was agreed – but it was surely an instructive one.
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Features
Inflexion point
Finance directors, policy makers and academics already regret the period – right up until the 1990s – in which corporations and governments made what now seem extravagant pension promises to baby boomers.
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Features
Two sides of the longevity balance sheet
For Peter Drucker, writing in the Harvard Business Review in 1997, demographics were “the future that has already happened”.
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Features
The dangers of codifying fiduciary duty
Fiduciary duty is a vague concept under UK common law that can be used in arguments both for, and against, sustainable investing.
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Features
Battling for Poland’s second pillar
First came Hungary, then Portugal, followed by Ireland. The financial crisis has pushed governments across Europe to treat private pension savings as legitimate sources of cash to help reduce their national deficits.
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Opinion Pieces
Tipping point for ESG?
Over 16 months, a trust-building initiative between major private equity limited partners (LPs), private equity associations, and general partners (GPs) has delivered a ground-breaking environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure framework that could provide the transparency that LPs say they want. The framework shows that asset owners care about extra-financial risks and opportunities and can send aligned signals. Could this exciting guideline be a tipping point? Five challenges will define its success.
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Features
Bridgewater rated highest at IPE’s inaugural asset manager awards
Bridgewater Associates received the top commendation in the first IPE Pension Fund Perception Programme (PFPP) Awards for asset managers, winning the accolade for the manager highest rated by clients.
