Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 93
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Asset Class ReportsAsset class report – Emerging market equities
The pandemic has substantially altered the landscape for emerging markets. While some countries have contained its effect better than any developed market, others have been devastated. How should investors regard the impact of COVID-19 in their decision-making on future increases on allocations to emerging markets? In this report, we analyse the outlook for the asset class in general, and find out why Brazil continues to hold the interest of investors.
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Asset Class ReportsPortfolio strategy – Factor investing report
COVID-19 has added a further blow to a decade of factor investing underperformance and highlighted the increasing impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. In this report, we analyse how it may be possible to complement traditional factors with ESG-related measures.
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Impact investing 2021
In this special report, we take a close look at how COVID-19 has impacted progress regarding SDGs and other key topics in impact investing including blended finance, impact bonds, social enterprises and ocean finance
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Opinion PiecesEmerging markets require a rethink
A rethink of the term ‘emerging markets’ is long overdue. It has always been a catch-all category but the gap between the description and reality is becoming over-stretched.
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Country ReportM&A: Regulator set to scrutinise more deals
New tools granted to the Pensions Regulator could see it play a more prominent role in corporate activity such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
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Asset Class ReportsAsset allocation: More factors to consider
COVID-19 has added a further blow to a decade of factor investing underperformance and highlighted the increasing impact of ESG
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Asset Class ReportsEM outlook: Opportunities amid uncertainties
The pandemic has greatly affected emerging markets but while some are in a bad state others are showing great resilience
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Special ReportThe scaling up challenge
With ample diagnosis that the world is not on track to realise the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals by their target of 2030, and a significant setback in the coronavirus pandemic, what can institutional investors and asset managers do to scale up impact-related capital?
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Country ReportFunding code: Deciphering the new code
With the Pensions Regulator consulting on a new code of practice for defined benefit (DB) scheme funding, trustees are advised to take a long-term view of investment, covenant and liabilities
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Asset Class ReportsESG: Avoid sustainable equity exposure pitfalls
ESG strategies can introduce unintended factor biases, which can affect overall risk-return objectives if not managed correctly
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Asset Class ReportsEM equity outlook resilient despite gloom
There is less difference between apparently conflicting expert views on the prospects for emerging markets than first appears
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Special ReportCOVID’s legacy: making an impact towards a just transition
An initial narrow focus by investors on the social consequences of the pandemic has shifted to a more holistic perspective and a recognition that it affects all of the SDGs
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Opinion PiecesStrategy reset during a pandemic
Just over six months into the job, Nicolai Tangen, who took over as CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) last September from Yngve Slyngstad, has already revised the asset manager’s strategy plan for this year and next.
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Country ReportClimate risk: Climate of change
Pension schemes will have to adjust their systems to cope with new regulations to tackle climate change
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Special ReportMaking more of blended finance
Net-zero asset owners are trying to encourage larger asset managers to develop blended finance solutions at scale
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Asset Class ReportsBrazil’s allure defies negative signals
Latin America’s largest economy continues to hold the interest of investors despite its poor showing on COVID, the economy and politics
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Country ReportCommentary: A complex journey to net zero
Tackling climate change successfully is not just a matter of following rules. It is a continuum that trustees must embrace
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Opinion PiecesOECD: plans to mobilise institutional capital
The OECD is committed to facilitating development finance through structures that provide a commercial return
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Country ReportRisk Management: LDI strategy at a time of pandemic
Wild swings in UK bond yields caused by COVID have triggered a surge in hedging activity
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Special Report
Blended finance: Institutional opportunity?
Unlocking institutional capital for blended finance will require a thorough understanding of the long-term requirements of investors
