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NewsWilshire spearheads Europe expansion with key staff hire
US consulting firm sees London as new Europe hub, hires FTSE Russell and Man veteran
- News
BA trustees pull plug on in-house team in £21.5bn outsourcing move
Largest UK pension asset outsourcing deal paves way for further transactions, industry sources say
- Features
Strategically speaking: Hayfin – no hayseed
Europe’s abortive football super league didn’t collapse from want of loan capital this April. It collapsed, instead, because of a catastrophic lack of cultural fit with the ethos of the sport.
- Asset Class Reports
Activist investors: Muscular stewardship
New types of activist investor are attracting support from long-term asset owners, particularly on environmental and social topics
- Opinion Pieces
The rising tide of corporate governance
In the last year, there has been a broad shift in corporate governance focus towards social issues, including human capital management – the ‘S’ of ESG.
- Special Report
Top 500: Beyond the beauty parade
How does post-pandemic normality look for institutional asset managers and their clients when it comes to manager selection and ongoing client communication? IPE has tracked the views of pension funds and others over the last 12 months or so to understand how they have adapted to online manager search, selection and interaction. In the main, the transition has been a smooth one, albeit with mixed views on the efficacy of virtual meetings.
- Analysis
Bridgewater: Fluent in risk, return… and impact
Bridgewater Associates, one of the most prominent macro hedge funds, is reflecting the integration of sustainability in its research process with two senior appointments.
- News
APG and E Fund explore outside investment for China A-shares
Strategy has returned more than 10 percentage points above benchmark annually since inception in 2017
- Special Report
The 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?
- Special Report
Interview: Pavan Sukhdev
Pavan Sukhdev, CEO of GIST Advisory, describes his firm as being at the “intersection” of technology and sustainability.
- Opinion Pieces
Abundant opportunity… and risk
In case you needed reminding, both China’s equity and fixed-income markets are the world’s second-largest after the US.
- Features
Perspective: APG & E Fund in China
APG’s partnership with E Fund Management has produced tangible results
- Opinion Pieces
Equities to the fore as an inflation hedge
At a time when institutions can deploy billions swiftly at the touch of a few buttons, there is increasing focus on deploying capital well. A notable buzzword of late has been ‘resilience’ as pension funds look to downside risks.
- Opinion Pieces
Capital will drive best practice in reporting
The European Commission’s review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), scheduled for publication shortly, comes at a time of increased scrutiny of both corporates and those who supply them with debt and equity.
- Features
Strategically Speaking: Capstone Investment Advisors
Last spring’s exceptional market volatility proved the mettle of at least one set of strategies – volatility-focused hedge funds. The CBOE Eurekahedge Tail Risk Hedge Fund index returned a bumper 51.64% in the first three months of 2020 alone against a broad hedge fund market index return of -7.96%, and was up 34.8% for the year.
- Opinion Pieces
Infra must adapt to meet pension goals
Looked at collectively, or even individually, the cashflow needs of Europe’s defined benefit (DB) and hybrid pension schemes are huge and potentially challenging given the scale of income generating assets needed to help service them.
- Special Report
On the record: The path to recovery
Six major pension investors chart the risks and opportunities ahead as the world moves into a recovery phase
- Opinion Pieces
Social purpose: the new dimension
Investors’ attention turned to human capital issues in 2020 as COVID-19 took hold – including the treatment of staff and other stakeholders, as well as dividend policy and executive pay in cases where companies have received taxpayer support.upport.
- Interviews
Exit Interview: Peter Borgdorff - “I wasn’t the specialist… and I think that was my advantage”
Polder in the Netherlands is the low-lying land reclaimed from the sea. By extension, it also refers to the highly developed social contract system between politics, business and labour.
- Features
Strategically Speaking: Hendrik Bartel, TruValue Labs
What makes ESG data providers stand out? For TruValue Labs, the answer is to apply AI and machine learning to thousands of unstructured data sources to enhance ESG investment processes
