All IPE articles in May 2020 (Magazine)
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FeaturesNuclear power: The need for nuclear
Nuclear energy is key to tackling the existential challenge posed by climate change
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Short-term relief, long-term pain
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an immediate and transparent impact on American defined contribution plans. But it also has implications for defined benefit plans in the long run
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Special ReportInvestors: Making money matter
How are asset owners looking to scale up impact as their portfolios and experience grow?
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Pensioenfonds KBC
Luc Vanbriel, CIO of Pensioenfonds KBC, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the Brussels-based fund is coping with the current crisis
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: GQG Partners
As an employee-owned boutique asset manager, GQG Partners is inherently more resilient than many other investment firms, according to chairman and CIO Rajiv Jain
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Special ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
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Opinion PiecesPandemic quickens existing trends
It was probably inevitable that many would declare that the Covid-19 pandemic changes everything. The only question was how that sentiment would be expressed
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FeaturesESG: Keeping tabs on offsetting
Portfolios companies’ net-zero commitments often imply use of offsets, which carry risks
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Special ReportImpact integrity in private equity
Robust and credible reporting standards will be essential to avoid any suspicion of impact washing
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Special ReportFactor investing: Keeping a distance from single factors
The fluctuations of single factor returns have bolstered multi-factor strategies
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InterviewsOn the record: Dispatches from the pandemic
IPE asked European pension funds how the COVID-19 outbreak has changed their lives
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Opinion PiecesMarket disconnects have widened
Thanks to a remarkable comeback in April, equity markets have partly offset the collapse that took place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AnalysisPerspective: Four difficult questions facing pension fund investors
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficult questions for investors. Pension funds will probably have to reconsider many long-standing assumptions. These are some of the most intractable.
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: Thinking on one’s feet
The enormous scale of national lockdowns has made it hard to keep abreast of all the extraordinary monetary interventions and fiscal support packages worldwide.
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Special ReportFactor investing: Crisis factor
What are the prospects for factor-based portfolios after the recent market crash?
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Country ReportUK country report: Moving towards an ESG crescendo
Trustees should use the COVID-19 lockdown as a time to prepare for the next round of ESG reporting requirements in October
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Country ReportUK country report: Legislation: The waiting game
The UK’s Pension Schemes Bill has been delayed by elections in December and now by COVID-19
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Factor investing: Will corona be a watershed moment for credit factor investing?
Credit factor investing is in its early stages, but models and data are improving
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Jeremy Coller
The global shutdown is painful for almost every sector of the economy. But in some industries the real damage will begin after the pandemic ends
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Country ReportUK country report: Regulator plans twin-track funding code
Consultation continues to prepare DB schemes to be less reliant on sponsors as the sector matures
