All IPE articles in October 2018 (magazine) – Page 2
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Implementation: A liquid diet for trustees
The balancing act of locking assets up whilst retaining enough liquidity to meet member benefits, if done correctly, can improve the returns generated from a scheme’s asset allocation
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Markets: Degrees of development
Asian markets range from frontier and emerging to developed economies
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The market: ETF products and the current market
As the present elongated bull run is beginning to make some market participants nervous, investors should assess which ETF products could help them navigate changing market conditions
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New frontiers: Getting to grips with cryptocurrencies
For institutional investors and asset managers, crypto-currencies pose a triple dilemma
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Features
Ten Years Since Lehman: Reflections on the crisis
These are edited extracts of interviews with key investment figures on the fallout since the financial crisis of 2008-09
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ESG: Managing indices to match convictions
More and more investors know it is perfectly possible to link index management with responsible investment by choosing an index fund or an ETF
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Introduction: Competition and innovation
Consolidation has been a hallmark of the ETF sector in recent years as the market continues its growth trajectory, with global assets exceeding $5.7trn
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Implementation: A cost comparison of futures and ETFs
The investment management industry has seen a relentless drive to wring out costs. A good grasp of implementation cost of using different vehicles for the same strategy matters
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Markets & regions: How commodities strategies can help investors diversify their portfolios
In the current market environment, investors are looking for asset classes that can lower overall portfolio volatility without sacrificing returns
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Features
A retirement storm is coming
Stormy weather caused disruption for delegates at last month’s Longevity 14 conference in Amsterdam – and discussions lingered on metaphorical storm clouds ahead for retirement systems around the globe.
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China: No escaping China’s reach
China is influencing the investment world in numerous unexpected ways as a result of its large and growing economic weight
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Fixed income: Consistent growth in a changing landscape
Fixed income, an asset class that historically traded over the counter, is increasingly being traded on exchange through exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters: Disruptive change is coming – which side will you choose?
Paying good pensions is a noble purpose but much less so if investors, inadvertently or otherwise, help create a world that is not worth living in
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Features
Passives will move centre stage in the core-satellite model
Like digital brands, passive products will continue to benefit from the network effect, in which a product or service is perceived as more worthwhile the more people use it. The classic example is the telephone: a growing user base enhances the value to each subscriber.
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Catching up on China
The typical investor is probably behind the times when it comes to understanding the implications of China’s rise
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ESG: Responsible investing that reduces your carbon footprint
The development of ESG indices reflects growing interest in divesting out of fossil fuel investments to address the threat posed by global warming
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Interviews
On the Record: Small Caps
We asked the senior managers of two European pension funds to describe how they invest in small-cap equities and what are the challenges and opportunities in this asset class
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ESG: Building impact and values into portfolios
Exchange-traded funds that prioritise environmental, social and governance matters have grown exponentially in popularity over the past few years
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Features
Briefing: How to model a trade war
So how does one model the effect of further tariffs on a portfolio? This article shows how to construct a potential trade-war scenario and analyse the impact on a euro-denominated global multi-asset class portfolio
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Features
Chinese Bonds: Too big to ignore?
Recent tax reforms and the expected inclusion in global indices of Chinese sovereign bonds has shone a spotlight on a vast, under-exploited, multi-trillion bond market
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