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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator September 2017
Investment managers’ expectations have been welcomingly accurate throughout the year. For example, positive sentiment toward European equities began to rise sharply near the end of 2016, followed by a roughly 20% rise in 2017. Additionally, expectations for dollar strength have been falling since January, and the dollar index (DXY) was down nearly 10% year-to-date through the recent survey period. What are managers’ views as we enter the second half of 2017?
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Does the Canadian model produce alpha?
Keith Ambachtsheer reveals the value added by Canadian pension funds’ methods
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Asset Class ReportsLong-term investing in European and US equity a must: Larry Fink
Trump’s US infrastructure plans could still see the light of day ‘despite the noise’
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ESG roundup: French association addresses presidential candidates
Plus: Responsible investing becoming more important for alternative investment management
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NewsAverage returns 'are not enough to judge outcomes'
300 Club chairman warns different return paths can give the same average but very different outcomes
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Joseph Mariathasan: May you live in interesting times
Rhetoric from the US and China has seen leaders swap places on their traditional trade stances
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Skagen appoints Norwegian SWF's investment chief as CEO
CIO for asset strategies at NBIM to succeed Leif Ola Rød
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Pensions dreamland?
The two presidential candidates disagree on everything except on Social Security, the US federal programme that guarantees basic pension benefits
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APG: Dutch pension funds should follow Canadian schemes' example
CIO calls for greater allocations to infrastructure, private equity and direct property
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CalPERS joins Dutch corporate governance platform Eumedion
First US pension fund to join lobbying organisation for institutional investors
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CPPIB acquires GE private placement arm in $12bn deal
Canadian fund agrees to purchase Antares Capital to create platform for investment in US middle-market lending
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USS: Mark-to-market to blame for pension funds' failure on infrastructure
UK pension fund laments pressure to increase exposure to asset class, as accounting standards prohibit allocations
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NewsWednesday people roundup
BlackRock, SSgS, Eaton Vance, KAS Bank, First Investments, Mirae Asset, Xudoo, Research Affiliates, Focus Orange
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NewsNortel scheme moves to next judgment after £340m win in Canadian case
Lawyers for trustees, PPF lose argument for issuing FSD against Canadian estate but secure £340m funding for deficit
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Pensions and start-ups
Can pension funds play a greater role in stimulating start-ups and economic growth? Some US politicians think so and are trying to deploy public retirement assets for this goal. But critics claim that results have been disappointing so far, mostly because pension funds invest through private equity funds that demand very high fees. So a new idea is gaining support – pension funds investing directly in private companies, cutting out intermediaries.
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FeaturesPensions in Obama’s sights
When Barack Obama is inaugurated as president in January 2009, provisions affecting the pension fund industry could well be an important part of his intended new economic stimulus. But this follows little debate about the retirement system during the campaign, except when US employee’s losses in 401(k) individual accounts were ...
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US ELECTION: impact on European asset managers
EUROPE - Europe’s asset management industry can expect a short-term rally on equity markets following the likely re-election of George Bush as US president, though this rally has less to do with his victory than with economic fundamentals, experts said.
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US elections seen affecting asset managers
GLOBAL - Asset management firms could be among those most affected by the US presidential election.
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US Fed sees global “demographic iceberg”
GLOBAL – The chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Peter Peterson, says a “demographic iceberg” is set to hit the developed world.
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US pension agency’s deficit widens to E4.8bn
US – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which backs the US pension system, says the deficit in its single-employer insurance programme has grown to around 5.4 billion dollars (4.8 billion euros) at the midyear – up from 3.6 billion dollars in 2002.
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