All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 12
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Amundi
Dominique Carrel-Billiard joined Amundi in 2016 to head the integration of Pioneer. His unit is tasked with delivering €45bn in net new inflows over the next three years
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Redington
When they started out in 2006, Redington’s founders claimed they wanted to “do for pensions what Jamie Oliver has done for school lunches”, referring to the popular British TV chef
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Special ReportFactor Investing: Trend convergence
Factor investing has proved to be one of the enduring innovations of asset management in recent years
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Features
Conference Diary: Private markets at SuperReturn
Bank disintermediation since the financial crisis has proven a big opportunity for private equity firms to boost their direct lending and other private-debt activities
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FeaturesThe right balance
In a world that has demanded greater levels of robustness of financial institutions since the financial crisis, regulators are also faced with how to calibrate the funding requirements of pension funds
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Book Review
Book Review: Pension lessons from abroad
Pensions as an area of public policy are uniquely steeped in peculiarities. National social-political traditions, labour market practice, and tax legislation are just a few of these
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FeaturesCDC: clumsy Dutch construction?
For some in the UK, collective defined contribution (CDC) pensions are a desirable Dutch import that should be applied more widely. Many are sceptical
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Deutsche Asset Management/DWS Group
Deutsche Asset Management set about trying to conquer the world in the 1990s and 2000s. CEOs have come and gone, as have brands. Another rebrand will follow this month’s planned IPO
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FeaturesPrivate markets, social impetus
There is a late-stage investment cycle feel in many markets. In private equity, reports of mega-sized fund raisings and buyouts are competing with concerns about high-yield spreads and covenant-light loans
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Janus Henderson Investors
Andrew Formica, co-CEO of Janus Henderson Investors, talks about the benefits and challenges of the recent merger
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FeaturesFocus on the end goal
Buy and sell side can capitalise by thinking strategically about the focus on long-term invesment
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Special Report
BlackRock: Active transformation
BlackRock’s Mark Wiseman tells IPE how the firm is integrating quant and fundamental active strategies
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Special ReportRisk parity: Renewed vigour
Risk parity strategies have confounded the sceptics in 2017, performing well following mixed performance in previous years
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FeaturesNorway reduces oil risk
A hallmark of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has been its transparency. But Norway has also felt the need to tread cautiously when it comes to the fund’s investment policy
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Asset Class ReportsDixon Boardman: Ingeniously simple or a fool’s errand?
Can you replicate hedge fund skill through research and public information? This is a question that Optima Fund Management has asked itself – and answered in an unexpected way
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InterviewsBNP Paribas Asset Management: Marching orders
Frédéric Janbon inherited a complex multi boutique structure in 2015 when he moved from his position as special adviser to the board of BNP Paribas to become chief executive of the asset management business
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Special ReportCredit: The next stage of the cycle
Pension funds have broadened and deepened their exposure to credit since the end of the financial crisis
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Special ReportETFs: The test is yet to come
With assets already surpassing the $4trn mark, ETFs are an undoubted success in the constellation of asset management products
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FeaturesCheer up, it might not happen
Investment committees have been pleasantly surprised by a fairly benign asset growth period from the Trump election onwards
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News
MiFID II update: Fund research costs a sign of alpha, says Amundi CEO
Also: SSGA, Columbia Threadneedle to absorb research costs; DC Thomson invests in research offering
