All Opinion Pieces articles – Page 28
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Opinion PiecesCOVID is not everything
For understandable reasons it has become commonplace to talk about the immense damage done by COVID-19. This probably makes sense as a kind of shorthand. However, careful reflection on the painful experience of recent months should show it is a one-sided way of understanding the pandemic’s devastating impact.
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Opinion PiecesThe looming trust deficit
Once again, European pension systems – notably those of the Netherlands and Denmark – have scored most highly in this year’s Mercer CFA Pension Index. These successes are no accident, and among the key ingredients is years of pragmatic and consensual policy making.
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Why we fiduciaries are failing younger members
Small adjustments are not enough: we need to reimagine our approach
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Gold investment returns to favour
“Negative real interest rates and unconventional monetary policies have been the catalyst of the new-found interest in gold,” says Jim McKee, a gold expert at Callan’s alternatives consulting group.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Five reasons to invest in pensions technology
The world has changed exponentially in 2020, leading many multinationals to ask valid questions about how they can enhance their global operations.
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Shaping a new landscape
Five key themes within ESG and the case for focusing on them
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Rethinking materiality: the missing link
Materiality is the missing link between sustainability reporting, corporate strategy, risks and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Leading viewpoint: Letter to the top
A letter to the top 100 heads of ESG at global asset managers
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Opinion PiecesTalking to strangers
In his recent book, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how people’s natural lack of ability to detect lies can lead to unpleasant consequences.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Templates are only a staging post on the cost transparency journey
Cost templates are an important step, but there is much more distance for investors to travel
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Stirring the pot - government review should open VC for pension funds
DC pension review: why there should be an opening for venture capital investment
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The People’s Pension - Global lessons on member outcomes
Big is really very beautiful when it comes to pensions
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: All eyes on CalPERS as CIO quits
The $405bn (€342bn) California Public Employee’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is the bellwether of US public pension funds.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: ESG stirs some ancient ghosts
In May this year, Rio Tinto blew up one of Western Australia’s most significant Aboriginal heritage sites.
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Opinion PiecesGuest ViewPoint: Peter Laurelli, eVestment
Comparing asset management fees across firms, strategies and regions is not a simple task. There are frequently differences, sometimes large, in what asset managers state they charge in their marketing materials, and the fees they actually negotiate during due diligence and selection processes.
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Opinion PiecesPension funds should reflect on their true purpose
With COVID-19 infection rates rising across Europe it seems clear that lockdowns are not over yet. Europe will suffer economically as well as socially and politically.
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Opinion PiecesMind the reality gap
The past few months have brought huge discrepancies between the financial markets and the economy.
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Opinion PiecesNasty problems can be overcome
The Nobel laureate Bill Sharpe once called defined contribution (DC) decumulation the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance”.
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Opinion PiecesNo need to panic
The global economic discussion has focused on assessing what damage COVID-19-related lockdowns have caused, and more recently on questioning the speed and strength of the recovery.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Adding to financial thinking
Peter Kraneveld applies statistical theory to COVID-19 and concludes that investors should start thinking about events that have no mean regression
