All IPE articles in March 2016 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Can you see the bigger picture?
There are some things we in the investment office of Wasserdicht Pension Funds don’t want to get involved in and one of them is internal group politics. For that we have our trustee board, which is responsible for making the decisions in any case, and our formidable chairman of trustees, Rolf.
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Features
High-yield bonds: Expect dispersion
Last year was a difficult one for high-yield bond investors, particularly in the US, driven by a collapse in metals and mining on top of the decline in oil prices
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Asset Class ReportsInvesting In High-Yield Bonds: Does fortune favour the brave?
Liquidity has plunged and performance has been poor with US metals and energy issuers suffering most greatly
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Features
Briefing: Form Filling
Technical breaches of rules on company dividend payments raise corporate governance issues for investors, finds Stephen Bouvier
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Race to upgrade EFSI
Legislative moves to support the EU’s European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) are being rushed through Brussels. But, so far, evidence of any torrent of fund movement by the institutional investment sector across EU frontiers has yet to emerge.
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Features
Capital Flows: Capital flees emerging markets
Capital flight from emerging economies is an important part of the story of global stockmarket volatility and plummeting bond yields
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Special Report
Case Studies: Stability through diversity
Rachel Fixsen speaks to PGGM and AP3, two pioneer investors in the insurance-linked market
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Special Report
Catastrophe Risk: Earth, wind and diversification
Diversification across catastrophe risks between different territories and natural perils is essential, according to Anthony Harrington
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Country Report
A changing landscape
Rajish Sagoenie and Martin Wouda comment on the fundamental changes taking place in the Dutch pension system
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Chris Woods - FTSE Russell
“If China were to be classified as an emerging market today, the impact would be substantial”
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: Value corrosion
Imagine ISIS had poisoned a US city, causing almost certain permanent damage to innocent infants and children. Can you imagine the likely domestic and international repercussions?
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FeaturesFrom Our Perspective: Cost pressures
A few pension funds have led the charge against perceived excessive investment management fees. Hedge funds and private equity have come under pressure but long-only managers have not escaped scrutiny
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Features
Research: The rise of private debt
Asset classes once considered too esoteric can be seen as safe havens when the market environment changes, argues Amin Rajan
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Features
Regulation Roundup: Pension developments in Europe
IPE’s overview of regulatory and legislative changes in the pensions landscape in key European countries
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Country Report
Interview: Gerard Riemen - Dutch Pension Federation
In January, Gerard Riemen, director of the Dutch Pension Federation, called for a new occupational pension design with personal accounts and risk sharing. He tells IPE about his aims
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Country Report
The Future: Near the end
Continuing stress on funding ratios is leading to renewed calls for a comprehensive overhaul of the Dutch occupational pension system
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Asset Class Reports
Energy: Not quite meltdown
The US energy high-yield sector should not be written off, according to Joseph Mariathasan
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FeaturesESG: The taxing issue of tax
As Google, Amazon and other multinationals face scrutiny over their tax affairs, we assess the case for asset owners to engage on the issue
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Asset Class Reports
Sensitivity of high-yield strategies to macro factors
The data shows the sensitivity of high-yield funds to changes in a selection of economic factors – global default spreads, global term spreads, global interest rates and global inflation
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Country Report
General Pension Fund: The march of the insurers
The new general pension fund vehicle provides an opportunity for insurers to enter the occupational pensions market and could bring the two sectors closer together. Leen Preesman reports
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