Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 476
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A changing investment climate
Emissions carbon trading strategies are opening up opportunities for pension funds, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Down to the woods
For those investors prepared for the long haul, timberland has proved to be a stable, long-term investment with good annual returns. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Moving into the mainstream
The attitude of many US investors to corporate governance is one of confrontation. Shareholders on this side of the Atlantic, however, prefer a more engaging approach. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Playing the long game
Created in 2003, the Marathon Club’s mission is to get pension funds thinking again in terms of long-term planning, not pursuing short-term gains. Hugh Wheelan reports
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Finance, not philanthropy
With more NGOs converting to banks in the developing world, the microfinance opportunities for pension funds are set to multiply. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Boosting the research environment
A serious chunk of commission is available to those investment banks that can put together quality research on a growing number of extra-financial issues, writes Sophia Grene
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Finding common ground
What constitutes social and ethical investing and as the area develops, is there any chance of harmonising the confusing array of terminology? Sophia Grene offers answers
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Finding the 'sweet spot'
As Malaysia celebrates 50 years of independence, a string of catalysts should keep the country on investors’ radar screens. CLSA’s Niklas Olausson highlights the key factors underpinning Malaysia’s break-out
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Smoothing out the future
Fund sponsors and trustees in Asia are looking to exercise greater control over risk and return in their portfolios. IPA has been talking to investors and the asset management community about the challenge of finding practical and cost-effective solutions. In this section looking at the broad concept of risk management, Richard Newell considers some of the solutions being put forward
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Making the most of the risk budget
John Toohey, managing director of AIG Pension, looks beyond the LDI concept to what he considers a more appropriate response to the return expectations of fund sponsors in Asia
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How travel broadens the returns
Global bond managers are favouring Asian markets on the back of the region’s economic renaissance. Richard Newell looks at the strategy followed by Franklin Templeton’s fixed income team
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The risk of large capital flows
Marsha Vande Berg reports from Kyoto on the occasion of the Asian Development Bank’s 40th anniversary
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Future growth built on solid ground
Michael Grimes takes soundings from the local asset management community on prospects for investors in Malaysian stocks
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The road of good intentions
Peter Taylor assesses the activity of institutional investors in the area of corporate governance in Asia
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The modularisation of Germany
Murat Ünal reads the signs and looks over the horizon to predict the evolution of Europe’s traditionally less flexible markets as it undergoes change
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The science behind the art
Recent analysis throws light on the decisions that fund managers make. Rick Di Mascio reports
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Getting the training right
The German financial industry is seeing an increasing shift towards professionalism, with specialist qualifications now becoming a necessity, says Peter König
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Back to front office
Tony Freeman discusses the technological challenges faced by fund managers today
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Identifying the future value driver
Good investment performance is the key to higher M&A valuations, says Ray Soudah
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Leading soundbites
IPE put these questions to a selection of leading asset managers active in the European market place. Here are their answers:
