Latest Special Reports – Page 67
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Commentary: The DGF super brand
Diversified growth funds have become a core investment for many UK pension funds with strong demand from countries. Will Mayne defines the concept
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Outlook 2016: Commodities - Winners and losers of slump
The fall in commodity prices since 2011 has depressed economic growth in commodity-exporting countries but boosted growth in manufacturing economies
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Outlook 2016: Weighing currency’s value
Currency movements are capable of wrong-footing even the experts. Yet many argue that there are enough predictable patterns to these movements to make currency a valuable asset class
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Diversified growth: a health warning
The challenge of understanding complex multi-asset strategies in line with fiduciary duty means other alternatives may be more suitable for investors
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Outlook 2016: Regulation - Modified IORP still a headache
As a raft of financial directives continue to flow from the EU, two are raising the most concerns among pension schemes
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Risk diversification ‘on’
Increasing sophistication and understanding of risk premia is leading to new approaches to combine them in a portfolio
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Illiquid approaches
Some of the world’s largest institutional investors have had great success in illiquid investments such as private equity, infrastructure and lending
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Designed for DC
Best practice for defined contribution pensions inevitably involves well-designed default options. Multi-asset approaches are the best fit for most investors but views differ about how to best structure them
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Special Report: On the march to China 3.0
It has become commonplace to blame China’s recent financial volatility on its economic slowdown but this view is open to question, says Daniel Ben-Ami
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COP21 and Investors: What will Paris deliver?
One month away from the Paris climate change talks, Jonathan Williams asks how likely are investors to be faced with a repeat of the failed summit in Copenhagen.
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Special Report: Currency - A dangerously underrated risk
Anthony Harrington finds that investors can easily overlook the foreign exchange risk that comes with investing outside of their own currency area
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Debate: Is a world currency war ahead?
Yes, says Michael Howell, managing director of CrossBorder Capital As the world gets bigger it seems to become ever more volatile. So its financial markets ride an endemic eight or nine rollercoaster with dizzying, white-knuckle peaks occurring in 1972, 1981, 1989, 1998, 2007-08 and now maybe in 2015 too. ...
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Investment Opportunities: Hope for a full pipeline
Will the COP21 global climate talks in Paris next month lead to a pipeline of renewable energy infrastructure investment opportunities? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports
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Bond bonanza beckons
China’s continuing reforms to open up its fast-growing bond market to foreign investors could make it the largest market yet for global investors, writes Tsering Namgyal
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COP21 Viewpoints
Do investors have the ability to tackle climate change? Stephanie Pfeifer from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Julian Poulter from the Asset Owners’ Disclosure Project and Raj Thamotheram and John Rogers discuss what investors have already done, the challenges facing them in 2016 and how they can flex their fiduciary muscles
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A-shares: The best is yet to come
China is a compelling story for investors despite the recent market volatility, argues Charles Salvador. But he warns against short-term thinking and half-hearted approaches
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Financial Markets: Europe still courting China
European financial centres are still keen to court China despite the country’s economic slowdown and recent market meltdown. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Financial Markets: China’s Big Bang
Timothy Van Housen and Joseph Mariathasan predict a radical liberalisation of financial markets and related regulations, with unprecedented investment opportunities
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Austria 2015 - Allianz Pensionskasse & VBV Vorsorgekasse
Judge’s comment: “No-nonsense approach and outstanding performance ensure this is the best Austrian Pensionskasse performer in 2014”
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Belgium 2015 - Intégrale
Judge’s comment: “A streamlined investment process that maintains a low cost structure while maintaining a minimum guaranteed rate of return”
