How We Run Our Money: PREVIP
Livio Raimondi, CIO of PREVIP, a €2.2bn multi-employer DC pension fund in Italy, talks about the fund’s growth aspirations
How We Run Our Money: Nordea Life & Pensions
Rachel Fixsen asked Thomas Otbo, Jesper Nørgaard and Erik Callert about the changes being made to the Nordics’ biggest commercial life insurer
How We Run Our Money: Varma
Reima Rytsölä, CIO of Finnish pension fund Varma, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo why it makes sense to keep an allocation to hedge funds
Focus Group: Risk-factor strategies in favour
Over three-quarters of the respondents to this month’s Focus Group are allocated to strategies that employ risk-factor investing concepts, with four of these considering further allocations
How We Run Our Money: NEST
Mark Fawcett, the CIO of NEST, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what the future holds for the UK’s fast-growing defined contribution scheme
How We Run Our Money: Carillion Pension Trustees
Robin Ellison, chairman of Carillion Pension Trustees, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the scheme’s approach to de-risking and regulation
How We Run Our Money: Compenswiss
Frank Juliano, head of asset management at Compenswiss, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what lies ahead for Switzerland’s social security funds
How We Run Our Money: Coal Pension Trustees
Stefan Dunatov, CIO of Coal Pension Trustees, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his vision for managing the UK coal industry’s legacy schemes
On the Record: How do you do operational due diligence?
Three pension funds - RPMI Railpen, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Blue Sky Group - discuss their approach to operational due diligence
Strategically Speaking: Bain Capital Credit
Bain Capital Credit, an arm of the eponymous private equity house, has come a long way since it was founded in 1998 as Sankaty Advisors
On the Record: How do you approach alternative credit?
Three pension funds - AP2, Linde and Unilever - talk about their approach to alternative credit
Pictet Asset Management: Fighting proliferation
Product proliferation is a temptation that has become baked into the business model for many asset management, even if it is rarely in the best interest of clients
On the Record: Do you invest in real assets?
Three pension funds - CNPADC, KZVK-VKPB and Sampension - talk about their exposure to real assets
Strategically Speaking: Nordea Asset Management
Nordea has always been a multi-centric institution. Created from four entities across the Nordic countries, it straddles geographies and markets by design
On the Record: How do you get the best out of consultants?
Three pension funds - BNL BNP Paribas, Heidelberg Cement and Istituto di Previdenza del Cantone Ticino - share insights on working with consultants
Strategically Speaking: ChinaAMC
Asset management is one of the few areas of business where, so far at least, the Chinese have made little global impact. No Chinese firm was even in the top 100 in the 2016 IPE rankings
Digital Edition
Registered users are entitled to the first digital issue of IPE with the compliments of the IPE.com team.
Briefing: MiFID II – The birth of a market
As MiFID II comes into effect, asset managers and brokers must negotiate a price for sell-side investment research
Briefing: Cyberwar without end
Financial institutions are involved in a cyber arms race against criminals
Briefing: Greece's political millstone
Uncertainties in the euro-zone pose a risk to Greece’s improving economy
Briefing: An emerged market
Asian private equity allocations are becoming mainstream