All IPE articles in March 2015 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Diary of an Investor: No magic bullet
The good 2014 return of Wasserdicht’s Dutch fund was less down to asset allocation and mostly driven by high hedge ratios, writes investment director Pieter Mullen
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term matters: Of herds and bubbles
There is much talk in the investment community of the long term and fundamentals. Yet behaviour remains rather short term in practice
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Features
Equity buy-write strategies: A bridge into the equity world for the yield-starved
David Turner explores the potential of ‘buy-writing’ as equity-income enhancer and bonds proxy
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Features
From our perspective: Pensions and the black box
When the UK, Dutch and Swedish pensions ministers met in January, an odds-on bet is that they discussed their respective pension reforms. The proposed overhaul in the Netherlands involves the likely move away from the intergenerational ‘black box’ of an overly complex pension system. Conversely, the UK is trying to bring back a more palatable form of risk sharing with its plans for collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes, which are to be introduced in legislation currently before Parliament.
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Features
Peak big three
Journalists are used to receiving an email shortly after an interview in which the interviewee – or his PR reps – entreats them to tone down strongly-worded comments.
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Special Report
Smart beta: equities and beyond
As soon as one starts edging out of traditional asset classes, identifying market beta – let alone the ‘smart’ version –becomes more and more difficult
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Special Report
Smart beta performance: Proving their worth
Real-market performance of three of the leading equity smart beta strategies shows these approaches have something worthwhile to offer
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Special Report
Smart beta multi-factor portfolio construction: The tracking error factor
Dynamic risk allocation delivers the benefits of factor investing without the crippling tracking error risk
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Special Report
Smart beta: Smart enough for bonds?
Is smart beta more difficult to implement in fixed income?
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Special Report
Smart beta and fixed income: Here for the duration
Smart beta would appear to make a lot of sense in fixed income, but market peculiarities can add complexity to many of the resulting products
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Special Report
Smart beta and currencies
In currency markets there is arguably no beta, but risk-factor trading has a long history in the asset class
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Special Report
Smart beta factor investing: The long and short of it
True factor investing involves short as well as long positions, yet the costs of shorting erodes much of the benefits
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Country Report
Best hands on deck: The consolidation of Dutch pension funds
As industry consolidation shows no signs of slowing down in the Netherlands, Leen Preesman finds that the drivers go beyond cost reduction
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Country Report
Slow shift in perspective for Belgian pension funds
Having enjoyed good returns in 2014, Belgian pension funds are now seeking alternatives to bonds, writes Gail Moss
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Country Report
Dutch pensions policy: In the balance
The national debate on the future of the Dutch pensions system is now over – Carlo Svaluto Moreolo sifts opinions as the broad outline of a new system slowly takes shape
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Sally Bridgeland - Avida International
“Looking beyond the UK may provide lessons on how maturing pension funds can rework investment governance”
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Features
Focus Group: Smarter than the average beta?
Over half of the funds responding to this month’s Focus Group survey currently allocate to investments that employ smart beta concepts, with an average of 17.5% of their equity portfolio managed in this way. Nine funds are considering further allocations.
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Country Report
FTK: Will the new rules change Dutch pension funds' attitude to risk?
Wichert Hoekert and Geert-Jan Troost discuss the recent FTK changes and how they may impact risk strategies in the Dutch pensions industry
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Special Report
Consultants and pension funds: When disagreements arise
Legal disputes between pension funds and their advisers are surprisingly rare – but, as Sally Ling discovers, this does not mean disagreements never arise
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Special Report
Smart beta commodity indices: A smarter approach to commodity investing
Traditional commodity indices were problematic from the start, but fixing them without introducing greater complexity is easier said than done
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