All IPE articles in November 2022 (Magazine) – Page 2
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FeaturesFixed income, rates & currency: The return of extreme volatility
The emergency measures swiftly enacted by policymakers and central banks in March 2020, as we locked our communities, schools and businesses down, unsurprisingly created huge volatility in financial markets.
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Opinion PiecesLessons on LDI: learn from the Dutch cultural revolution
Around 20 years ago, UK occupational pension liabilities underwent a structural change. With assets weighted towards UK equities, still cashflow positive and open to new members and future accrual, liabilities were not too greatly discussed.
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Special ReportESG: Prepping the next generation of listed companies on ESG
Investors are helping private companies understand their expectations before they go public
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FeaturesUK sovereign debt in turbulent waters as challenges remain
The buttoned-up Gilts market has never seen or done anything like it. Trusty stalwart of liability matching for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the blue-chip security has already poleaxed a British chancellor of the exchequer just a month in office, and has effectively done the same to prime minister Liz Truss.
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Special ReportESG: Interview - ShareAction’s Catherine Howarth on the cost of living crisis
“There’s going to be a good deal more scrutiny on the way the private sector behaves,” says the CEO of ShareAction, a London-based non-profit that coordinates investors and lenders on sustainability issues.
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - why a carbon footprint does not measure what you think it does
The concept of ecological footprinting turns 30
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FeaturesThe rising influence of target-date funds on capital markets
One of the fastest growing markets in recent years is the US retirement market. Since 1995, the investment volume has increased six-fold, so that by the end of 2021, the market stood for almost $40trn (€40.1trn) AUM.
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - venture capital is embracing ESG - and SFDR is a major driver
Venture capital funds opting in to responsible investing
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Asset Class ReportsPrivate markets: Insurance risk seeks capital
Lloyd’s of London is looking to attract institutional capital to back its new insurance securitisation platform
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Diversification and dislocation in a place called dystopia
What happened to my free lunch? They told me that diversification was there for the taking, yet there has been no zig to my zag. They promised me downside protection, but all I see is red. They said liquidity was a benefit, but never mentioned the bid/ask spread. Welcome to dystopia in the era of dislocation.
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - rethinking sovereign bonds
Sovereign debt markets are not fit for purpose
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Opinion PiecesThe biggest test for private credit is upon us
Non-listed asset classes are sometimes touted as the weatherproof investment that can deliver positive returns no matter what, in both strong and weak economic environments.
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Asset Class ReportsPrivate markets: Venture capital investment beyond Sillicon Valley
A golden age of innovation opens opportunities for investors
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FeaturesThe dynamic feature of SFDR: ‘walking the walk’ benchmarks
Forward-looking information is in high demand among those aiming to invest sustainably. Forward-looking planning of one’s decarbonisation does not mean actually moving forward at the envisioned pace though, unless the penalties for trailing pace are in place and sufficiently painful.
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Special ReportESG: Central banks nudge lenders to produce climate data
Lenders face a variety of challenges when measuring the environmental impact of their balance-sheet exposure
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Opinion PiecesAustralia: Super funds shift focus to private credit
An ambition of the architects of Australia’s universal superannuation system, when it was set up in 1992, was to create what would become a fifth pillar of the nation’s banking system.
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Special ReportESG: Dirty asset divestment
There is growing focus on public companies that are under pressure to sell high-carbon assets to unlisted companies or private equity
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pension funds edge towards alternative investments
Swiss pension funds are cautiously but decisively taking steps to build a portfolio of alternative investments
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Asset Class Reports
Private markets: Pension funds review private equity as allocations hit targets
Lower equity and fixed income values see pension funds off-load their exposure to illiquid assets
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InterviewsIrcantec: Aiming for core sustainability
Myriam Métais andCécilia Lyet (pictured) of France’s Caisse des Dépôts talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about managing the reserves of Ircantec, the supplementary scheme for public sector employees
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