All IPE articles in May 2019 (Magazine)
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Special Report
Tricky, but worthwhile
Help is at hand for institutional investors interested in pursuing, or deepening their efforts in impact investing
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Interviews
On the Record: The volatility question
We asked two European pension funds how they view, and invest in, the hedge fund sector at a time when volatility is structurally low
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Opinion Pieces
Personalised TDFs on the rise
The newest trend in 401(k) plans is launching personalised versions of target-date funds (TDFs)
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Features
PEPP: no straightforward route
Some entities will not be eligible to offer PEPP products in Bulgaria, which looks like a recipe for market confusion
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Special Report
Multi-asset strategies: New tools
Quantitative easing has distorted the fixed-income markets, resulting in an increased need to manage liquidity within credit strategies
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Interviews
How we run our money: Railpen
Andrea Ash (pictured), investment director at RPMI Railpen, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the UK pension fund’s private markets strategy
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Features
UK pools slam ‘simplistic’ guidance
UK local authority funds have accused the government of imposing higher costs through changes in its stance towards asset pooling.
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Features
Time for some good news on stewardship
Asset owners and managers can engage positively with the companies in which they invest and draw on the successes of previous interactions to ensure that change is permanent and for the better
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Country Report
General pension funds: A market stirred but not shaken
General pension funds nearly doubled their AUM last year, to €10bn. However, one of the six commercial players has already closed and another will probably leave the market
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds - Technology: The next generation
Advances in artificial technology and computing power are opening paths to new hedge funds strategies
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Special Report
Legal Framework: The lay of the law
A new project aims to find answers to some fundamental legal questions about investing, people and planet
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Features
Foreign pension funds set for tax refunds on UK property income
A recent ruling by the UK Tax Tribunal decided that the imposition of UK income tax on the property income of a German pension scheme was unlawful under EU law
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Features
Fixed Income: Markets take nervous turn
Almost every asset class did well in the first quarter of 2019
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Special Report
Trade Finance: Funding tradewinds
Trade finance can offer an illiquid position in a volatile market, but its idiosyncratic nature can dissuade investors
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Country Report
Fiduciary responsibility: A question of legality
Managers remain puzzled on meaning of legal amendment
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Country Report
Investment: The limits of expectations
How are Dutch funds doing against their long-term targets?
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Country Report
Key Dynamics: A market overview
Alternatives, ESG adoption and further fund consolidation are the key trends highlighted by INDEFI
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Special Report
Fiduciary Duty: Making the right impact
Impact funds range from those that seek to generate attractive returns while pursuing social objectives to those that focus solely on the social aims
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Special Report
Public Markets: Hard to pin down
A mishmash of blurred definitions and terminology borrowed from ESG and sustainability is marring the progress of impact investing in public markets
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Special Report
Manager selection: Facing a difficult test
The resilience of private debt funds will be tested in the forthcoming downturn