All IPE articles in September 2019 (Magazine)
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Special Report
US-China trade war: A trembling world
The trade conflict between the two largest economies is reverberating across the world
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Special Report
Technology: The race is on
China’s rapid rise in the technology stakes is causing tension among other world-leading manufacturing countries
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Special Report
Netherlands: Transition path to a new system
The latest agreements between stakeholders and a relaxation of rules bring pension reform closer
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Country Report
NEST: More than a pension
NEST’s Insight unit is looking at how to improve pensions outcomes for the less fortunate
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Special Report
Viewpoints: Investment as the saviour
How taxonomy, trajectory and Ecolabel could save our children
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Special Report
Viewpoints: The industry reacts
Will the EU Sustainable Finance Technical Expert Group’s June 2019 reports on the green taxonomy, green bond standards and climate benchmarks succeed in mobilising investors and capital in support of sustainability objectives?
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Interviews
How we run our money: PGB
Harold Clijsen CIO of Dutch multi-sector Pensioenfonds PGB, speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about asset allocation, sustainable investment and member communications
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Special Report
Spain: Reforms on hold
Chronic political instability has turned attention away from pension reform while features of previous legislation have been undone
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Country Report
The future of trusteeship
The Pensions Regulator is aiming to tackle poorly run UK pension schemes, and has designs on the role that trustees can play
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Special Report
EU Sustainable Finance: The greening of Europe
The EU wants to encourage environmentally friendly investment practices. Will its taxonomy stimulate the green bond market?
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Opinion Pieces
Greenwish: wishful thinking in the ESG world
Every so often I come across a paper which I think is a ‘must read’ and Duncan Austin’s ‘Greenwish: the wishful thinking undermining the ambition of sustainable business’* is one.
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Interviews
On the Record: Emerging markets
We asked two pension funds whether the distinction between emerging and developed markets still makes sense
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Special Report
Germany: Tinkering at the edges
As yet no social partners have adopted the latest pension model in an already highly complex system
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Special Report
Italy: Prioritising early retirement
The 2019 budget allocated funds to allow more favourable early retirement but its impact has been limited
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Special Report
Denmark: New developments
The past year has brought changes affecting pensions and the investment sector, along with a new government
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Opinion Pieces
Market paradoxes demand new ideas
It is the most fundamental premise of investing yet it is increasingly redundant: invest your money rather than hiding it under the mattress
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Asset Class Reports
Defining the EM universe
A rising number of wealthy developed countries are still considered emerging market economies. Does this make sense?
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Special Report
Financialisation: The commodities conundrum
It is an important practical question but it is hard to untangle how commodity prices are determined
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Asset Class Reports
Trade war: The silver lining in the clouds of trade war
Smaller emerging market players could benefit from the US-China trade war
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Special Report
How fund managers view – and invest in – the rise of China’s middle class
Fund managers share their views on how China’s rising middle class is impacting the country’s economy and outlook