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UN Principles for Responsible Investment: Commitment required
Gerrit Heyns, member of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment, says his fellow members must do more on the issue of disclosure.
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Buyout market in flux, but outlook rosy
Is market consolidation or overseas interest in de-risking bigger threat to UK deals?
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PE’s planetary alignment
‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ describes gender differences in cognition. Having attended three major private equity events – PEI Responsible Investment Forum (for ESG-friendly PE), Coller Institute Private Equity 2013 Symposium (for mainstream PE) and PEI Operating Partners Forum 2013 (for portfolio companies) – we propose transposing ...
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Paul Schott Stevens, president and CEO, Investment Company Institute
“Global funds have more work to do as part of this retirement savings evolution”
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Opinion PiecesIORP governance
Suggestions to make the basis for a systematic set of codified rules to cover the governance of occupational pension schemes across the entire EU have emerged from a working group of pension stakeholders.
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Opinion PiecesRetirement on course
Five years after the Lehman collapse, Americans’ retirement savings look like they have overcome the shock and are growing steadily. In fact they’ve reached the record amount of $20.8trn (€15.7trn) according to the latest data published by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the national association of US investment companies.
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Securities Services: Viewpoint: Upcoming changes in the CSD landscape
Placed at the ‘top tier’ of the securities holding chain, central securities depositories (CSDs) provide market participants with a central point for depositing all kinds of financial instruments, and they have not escaped the ambitious reform agenda of policy makers.
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Emerging markets: Still more good news than bad
Less robust growth isn’t welcomed, but investors shouldn’t get ahead of themselves.
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NewsFTSE 100 pensions: Plus ça change …
LCP's Nick Bunch examines the changing trends over the last 20 years for FTSE 100 DB pensions.
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NewsThe Bank of England's 'forward guidance' policy
BlackRock explores what 'forward guidance' will mean for UK pension funds.
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The US pensions cliff
Harry Smorenberg and Pieter Kiveron outline the options for ‘honest and open’ solutions.
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Letter from Brussels: The pensioners' point of view
Pensioners at a recent ‘symposium’ on pensions leave sated but none the wiser.
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Whose risk counts?
Paul Woolley – a successful academic economist, regulator and fund manager – gave sustainability investors a direct challenge at the recent Responsible Investor conference.
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OTPP looks east
The CAD129.5bn (€96.4bn) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) believes it is one of the best managed pension funds in the world. To remain that way, it is looking east for growth and is adjusting to the new demographic trends, but not abandoning its defined benefit (DB) model.
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Alexander Ineichen, Founder of Ineichen Research and Management
“Confusing uncertainty with volatility or VaR is like mistaking a tiger for a pussycat. It’s irresponsible and dangerous”
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Happy in the hot seat
Jeremy Woolfe asks Gabriel Bernardino, the chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, about the challenges he faces stuck in the crossfire of the conflicting interests of the European pensions industry
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Corporate credit: Putting volatility into perspective
The recent corporate credit market correction was not down to fundamentals, says Muzinich.
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Tail-risk parity: The search for the crash-proof portfolio
Ashwin Alankar and Mike DePalma consider the merits of measuring expected tail loss.
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NewsBonds: What if the sell-off is about growth, not 'QE tapering'?
Martin Steward worries that bond markets are telling a different story than the newspapers.
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NewsFrance: Where is the new pension reform going?
The French government might want to rethink reform, argues Cécile Sourbès.
