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FeaturesHolistic answers needed
Fiduciary management was conceived as a sophisticated and holistic solution to the shortcomings of pension asset management that became evident after the equity market downturn of 2000-03
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FeaturesAvoiding another Lehman
Postponing the difficult decisions involved in tackling the economy’s productive weaknesses will only make matters worse
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FeaturesA welcome regulatory effort
Further regulation to make investment funds and asset management activities rock-solid is essential
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FeaturesGood things come to those who save
Good things come to those who wait – so goes the tagline of a famous Irish export, Guinness
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: What world are we creating by saving the world?
The focus of ESG investment has been moving towards the environmental over several years. Topics like green bonds, carbon indices, green ETFs, portfolio carbon footprinting and decarbonisation are making headway
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Research: Passive funds extend their reach
In the second article on a new study, Amin Rajan and Simon Klein argue that momentum towards passives is unlikely to ease during this decade, but that its composition will change
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FeaturesInterview: Baer Pettit, President of MSCI
Moving away from the shackles of being a pure index provider has created its own challenges for MSCI
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: CMU urgency mounts
The race is on to complete the EU’s flagship Capital Markets Union project before the mandates of the Commission and Parliament elapse next year
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Insurers back new annuities rules
Insurance companies hope to play a greater role in 401(k) retirement savings plans if congress approves new rules on annuities
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Roger Urwin
“There will always be meaningful work for creative and skilful people. The new paradigm is people plus machine”
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FeaturesReasons to understand blockchain
The rise of blockchain architecture coincides with a period of falling trust in institutions
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FeaturesTrouble ahead
The current discussion of monetary policy is in some respects reminiscent of that of the mid-2000s
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FeaturesAbsence of leaders
Italy’s new populist government has taken power thanks to an agenda that had pension reform among its priorities. However, the programme underpinning the coalition agreement does not contain a single word about supplementary pensions
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FeaturesAchieving Europe’s investment goals
By the time you read this, football’s World Cup will be into its latter stages.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: An apocryphal tale for wannabe climate-aware investors
It is impossible to know how today’s CIOs will look back on their actions in the 2010s. But, we still have time to avert the worst of runaway climate change
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Conference Diary: Crisis, what crisis?
Is there a crisis brewing in the asset management industry? Such questions are heard more at conferences and events, reflecting disquiet as the euro crisis recedes and we approach the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Campaign to boost pan-EU distribution of UCITS and AIFs
Another step by Brussels to ease financing to business across the EU comes with measures to facilitate the cross-border distribution of investment funds
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: No panic as investors stay the course
Some 59% of US defined contribution (DC) plans’ assets and 47% of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are invested in mutual funds, with a total of $8.8trn (€7.5trn). Overall, the US mutual fund industry manages about $22trn on behalf of more than 100m investors.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Amlan Roy
Incorporating changing behaviour and technological trends in retirement planning is essential
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FeaturesThe price of skill
It remains to be seen whether pension funds regain their appetite for higher-fee alternative strategies that have fallen out of favour in recent years
