All IPE articles in May 2019 (Magazine)
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Special ReportAP1 - A circular focus
Swedish buffer fund AP1 highlights resource efficiency as key to a sustainable investment strategy
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Opinion PiecesDon’t panic (yet) about populism
When I called for investor engagement with Facebook and the social media giants, I did not expect to see a sovereign wealth fund leading such an initiative just three months later
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Special Report
Actis: Thinking deep about measurement
Private markets investor Actis is taking impact measurement seriously
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FeaturesAccounting Matters: Splitting the difference
If ever proof were needed that the dividing line between defined benefit (DB) and defined contributions (DC) pension promises is coming under pressure, it was a discussion at the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC) on 6 March.
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FeaturesPension funds act as Nordic drama engulfs Swedbank
Sweden’s largest pension funds have been thrust into leading roles in a money-laundering scandal over the past few weeks, as Swedbank was raided by fraud investigators and forced to fire its CEO.
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Research Affiliates
Self-described lifelong quant Rob Arnott finds the quantitative-investing industry often guilty of “overhyping and overselling” ideas
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Country Report
State pension age: Another hurdle for pensions reform
Unions mistrust politicians following ‘many broken promises’
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Special ReportAlignment: mind the gap
What role might market participants play to plug the SDG gap?
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Special ReportAsset Allocation: Private credit is here to stay
Despite warnings of its imminent demise the asset class is here to stay
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: The future looks synthetic
A decade ago, synthetic ETFs were the pariahs of the asset management industry. Now, though, the tides are turning – with some sectors experiencing a revival in synthetic flows
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Country ReportAlmost solved...
Nicole Beuken, executive director of ABP, the largest pension fund in the Netherlands
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Special ReportSocial Impact Finance: Bonds to help Asia’s ‘missing middle’ women
An initiative to raise money to provide low-cost finance for rural female entrepreneurs
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FeaturesMadan Pillutla: Debiasing needs more attention
Madan Pillutla, professor of organisational behaviour at the London Business School, outlines the reasons why biases are so hard to overcome
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FeaturesShare buybacks: Bringing it back in-house
The corporate policy of share buybacks received a boost with the US tax cut, but are they an efficient use of excess capital or a means to further enhance executive remuneration and entrench societal inequality?
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Special Report
GIIN: Setting the bar
The CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, an organisation dedicated to promoting impact investing, talks about the need for ‘baseline expectations’
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FeaturesBecoming a mortgage lender
More pension funds are eyeing residential mortgages as an asset class
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Christin ter Braak-Forstinger
Impact investing has undergone a rapid evolution over the past decade. What originally started with investments in countries at the bottom of the pyramid has become a valid investment approach in developed countries as well.
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FeaturesChina: To be or not to be
Investors are divided on whether to classify Chinese equities as a distinct asset class
