All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 11
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FeaturesLiabilities remain in focus
Given overall pressure on funding rates and falling asset markets, 2019 looks set to be a year where good governance and adaptability to external events will be crucial
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Asset Class Reports
Case Study: Local Pensions Partnership
LPP’s Richard Savage describes his approach to running an in-house global equities portfolio
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: BlackRock Credit
BlackRock is adding to its global private debt capabilities
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Country Report
Swedish Premium Pension: Lundbergh’s nudge
How to formulate evidence-based pension reform proposals in 10 weeks
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Special ReportSpecial Report: ESG takes root
One in every four professionally managed dollars is now invested sustainably according to some definition, with a total of $22.9trn run in this way overall
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FeaturesMarket approaches nudged off course
Sweden’s experience with the Premium Pension system shows how arduous dismantling of poorly constructed architectures can be
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: FMO Investment Management
Yvonne Bakkum, managing director of FMO Investment Management, is an evangelist for the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) – and even wears a lapel brooch representing them
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Special Report
Introduction: Competition and innovation
Consolidation has been a hallmark of the ETF sector in recent years as the market continues its growth trajectory, with global assets exceeding $5.7trn
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FeaturesTime to beef up UK supervision
With assets of in excess of £1.8trn, DB occupational pensions easily represent the single largest stock of financial savings in the UK
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News
UK commercial DB consolidator 'superfund' loses CEO, financial backer [updated]
Changes announced six months after The Pension SuperFund was launched
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Country Report
Gresham House: Network effects
Gresham House CEO Tony Dalwood is fundraising for a UK housing and infrastructure fund, and has the LGPS in his sights
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Special Report
Reflections on the crisis
IPE canvassed the views of leading economists and politicians on the post-Lehman crisis regulatory and policy response, and on the impact of the crisis on the global financial system
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FeaturesHolistic answers needed
Fiduciary management was conceived as a sophisticated and holistic solution to the shortcomings of pension asset management that became evident after the equity market downturn of 2000-03
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2018: A snapshot of a €7.2trn asset pool
The asset pool of Europe’s leading 1000 retirement funds now exceeds €7.22trn – a 2.49% increase over last year’s 4.45%
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Features
Conference Diary: Crisis, what crisis?
Is there a crisis brewing in the asset management industry? Such questions are heard more at conferences and events, reflecting disquiet as the euro crisis recedes and we approach the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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FeaturesReasons to understand blockchain
The rise of blockchain architecture coincides with a period of falling trust in institutions
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FeaturesThe price of skill
It remains to be seen whether pension funds regain their appetite for higher-fee alternative strategies that have fallen out of favour in recent years
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Special ReportTop 400 Asset Managers 2018: 10 years of asset growth
This September marks 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the high-water mark of the 2007-09 financial crisis – a decade of profound changes and steady growth for the asset management industry
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FeaturesInterview: Julian Mund, PLSA
Is Julian Mund trying to please too many people as CEO of the UK’s Pension & Lifetime Savings Association?
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FeaturesMatters of life and death
If left to their own devices at retirement, significant numbers are likely to run out of assets years before they die
