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FeaturesMatters of life and death
If left to their own devices at retirement, significant numbers are likely to run out of assets years before they die
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FeaturesResist the backlash against tech
Sometimes patterns are not clear until they are examined closely. In the hubbub of daily life it is easy to miss unfolding trends
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FeaturesManagers should warn on loan risks
Three-quarters of all outstanding leveraged loans lack meaningful lender protection. This is the outcome of the steep rise of ‘cov-lite’ loans since the financial crisis
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FeaturesThe long and short of it
One question I ask as many investors as I can relates to time horizons: How can you really be a long-term investor when everything is so uncertain?
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FeaturesInterview: Julian Mund, PLSA
Is Julian Mund trying to please too many people as CEO of the UK’s Pension & Lifetime Savings Association?
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Christopher Ailman & Mark Walker
Words matter, but sometimes they can get in the way. Impact investing, mission-based investing, responsible investment, double and triple-bottom-line investing, ESG factors, and even sustainable investment. All of these terms can have both positive and negative connotations for investors.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: Corporate tax reform in view
Radical upgrades to the EU’s corporate tax base norms have never been so close to fruition
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: All eyes on Oregon’s auto enrolment
The US pension fund sector is looking at how Oregon progresses with its OregonSaves programme
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FeaturesProtectionism is already doing harm
The investment industry is, with good reason, worried about the prospect of a trade war
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FeaturesInvestment advisers need to up their game
The UK’s competition watchdog is carrying out an investigation on pension fund investment consultants and fiduciary managers, which could transform the industry
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Book Review
Book Review: Pension lessons from abroad
Pensions as an area of public policy are uniquely steeped in peculiarities. National social-political traditions, labour market practice, and tax legislation are just a few of these
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Opinion PiecesLong Term Matters: Getting behind the stewardship bullshit on Carillion
Every so often things go so wrong that players are forced to come clean. Which is what has started to happen with Carillion. And it’s not a pretty sight
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Con Keating
It often takes an experienced Kremlinologist to divine the true message and meaning of European Commission missives, and the financing sustainable growth (FSG) action plan is no exception
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: Default guarantee option dominates debate on PEPP
Europe’s asset management industry is lobbying against any mandatory guaranteed default option in the third-pillar PEPP proposal
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Gun stocks and passive funds
Could the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school be the turning point in the debate about state pension funds’ investments in gun makers?
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FeaturesCDC: clumsy Dutch construction?
For some in the UK, collective defined contribution (CDC) pensions are a desirable Dutch import that should be applied more widely. Many are sceptical
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Features
Identifying the real risk
Risk, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. The first half of February surprised markets with a sudden collapse in the value of risky assets followed by a rebound
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FeaturesDon’t turn a blind eye to Italian politics
This month’s Italian general election might seem another non-event from an investment standpoint, but it has long-term significance
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FeaturesConsolidation’s cornerstone
We journalists are naturally drawn to stories involving big sums of money, controversies, disagreements, and ambitious innovations. Pension fund consolidation in its various forms has all these elements
