Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 340
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Special Report
The trouble with fracking
The full environmental impact of shale gas extraction is not known, so investors must engage with companies to make sure they are acting responsibly, says Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Commodities: Puffed-out dragon?
China’s slowing economy – and its longer-term transition away from investment-led growth – is raising questions about ongoing demand for commodities. But Martin Steward suggests that it’s too early to call time on the ‘supercycle’
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Special Report
Commodities: Equities suffer from dematerialisation
Is recent share-price disappointment a sign of things to come in the extractive industries? Lynn Strongin Dodds finds mining becoming more expensive just as China, one of the biggest commodity markets, begins to reduce its demand
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Asset Class Reports
Structured Credit & Loans: Don’t go it a-loan
Jim Cass outlines the operational challenges involved in investing in leveraged loans – and why outsourcing could be the solution
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Interviews
The implementation game
Russell’s recent move to Seattle from its historic location in Tacoma, Washington, just a few miles to the south, had the inevitable effect of pleasing urbanite employees happy to work and live in the bigger city and inconveniencing others who liked the old panoramic view over Commencement Bay and who faced a longer commute or higher real estate prices.
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Interviews
Practising what it preaches
As one of the world’s leading mezzanine and credit managers, Intermediate Capital Group spends every waking hour analysing, interrogating – and worrying over – the way companies manage their balance sheets. So it should come as no surprise that the firm is pretty handy at managing its own.
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Back to the future
A few weeks ago I phoned an old colleague of mine from years back. Jean-Pierre is from Paris.
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Features
Focus Group: Still life in the ‘supercycle’
Eighteen respondents (56%) to this month’s Off The Record survey had commodities or commodity futures in their portfolio.
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Special Report
Dc in Europe: Choice is not an easy option
It’s not enough to simply offer pension fund members a range of investment choices, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Special Report
DC in Europe: Look forward to payout time
UK pension schemes could offer members an enhanced payout phase experience through greater forward planning and tapping into the range of options available, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Country Report
Italy: A mixed picture
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines the disappointing membership figures in COVIP’s latest annual report, which overshadow a healthy 9% increase in overall pension AUM
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Country Report
Italy: Lessons from ENPAM
The ENPAM pension fund for medical professionals made the headlines last year after concerned members alerted the press to alleged wrong-doing. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo sheds light on a matter that has seen the former chairman under investigation for fraud and which also raises questions about transparency and governance at some Italian pension schemes
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Country Report
Italy: Governance hopes
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo spoke to senior figures at the Cometa and Fonchim closed pension funds about their plans and thoughts about the market
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: A welcome day
You can almost hear the sound of satisfied occupational pension fund representatives rubbing their hands together at the news that the IORP II Directive has been postponement.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Taft-Hartley blues
Labour unions are not having the best time. Last month they suffered a major setback in Wisconsin, where Governor Walker won a recall election against union members and Democrats, who were protesting against his law removing most collective-bargaining rights from public employees. One reason why the unions lost is that those rights had assured very generous pension benefits to unionised public employees.
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Features
Look closely in the land of the cuckoo clock
Switzerland. Picture perfect, with its snow-capped mountains, glistening lakes and clean air. In fact, air pollution is a major environmental concern in Switzerland.
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Country Report
Switzerland: 99 questions
The Swiss pension industry is confronted with as many questions as answers while the government consults on second pillar reforms, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
Switzerland: The Swiss ESG paradox
Nina Röhrbein assesses why Swiss pension funds lag in ESG implementation, even though the country leads in terms of ESG asset management
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Country Report
Switzerland: The safe haven trap
Lukas Riesen and Alfred Bühler analyse the consequences for pension funds arising from the flight to ‘safe haven Switzerland’ and present possible solutions for dealing with this risk
