Investment Strategies – Page 7
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News
Hedge funds should be partners, say AIMA and Barclays
Leading investors focusing on knowledge-sharing, co-investment and customisation, says report
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Swiss watchdog laments 'rudimentary' data on pension fund risks
Vice-president at Oberaufsichtskommission questions regulator’s ability to assess pension funds’ investment risk
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NewsItalian pension funds see slower asset growth in 2013
Pensions regulator calls on funds to invest in country’s economy
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Austria's derivatives cap hindering would-be SRI investors, VBV warns
Severance pay funds call for more flexibility on hedging instruments, real estate investments
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NewsFrance's ERAFP in debut foreign property purchase
French pension fund helped by AXA Real Estate in entry into Nordic market
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European private equity inflows double, survey shows
Pension funds contribute 37% of 2013 total, according to figures from EVCA
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UK roundup: The Pensions Regulator, Aon Hewitt, F&C Investments
Regulator research into scheme charges show significant admin burden for smaller schemes, trustees unaware of actual scheme costs
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NewsInstitutional investors favour direct ownership of real assets – Aquila
Only 43% of respondents to Aquila Capital survey currently use direct ownership
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Austrian severance-pay funds express growing interest in infrastructure
Vorsorgekassen call on government to foster more products with guarantees
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Special Report
Transparency under the spotlight
The mandatory reporting regime of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment has caused controversy. But advocates say it will shine a light on ESG integration. Mark Nicholls reports
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FeaturesTime for an overhaul
With yields rising and pension schemes continuing to increase their allocation to bonds, Peter Ball asks how trustees can plug the deficit in their schemes
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Special Report
Are loyalty shares a game-changer?
Nina Roehrbein asked Mirjam Staub-Bisang about sustainable investment in Switzerland
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Features
Mixed evidence on financialisation
Lorenzo Naranjo and Carmen Stefanescu note that commodity futures volatility has been rising since the era of ‘financialisation’ – but also that the correlation with equity market volatility long pre-dates this period
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Interviews
M&G Fixed Income: Shining a light in the cracks
IPE editor Liam Kennedy sits down with M&G chief executive Simon Pilcher
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Features
The inconstant constant
Regulation threatens the existence of Constant Net Asset Value money market funds. David Turner asks if investors will miss them
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Features
Carbon investment: worth the risk?
Gyorgy Dallos argues that the financial risks associated with investing in fossil-fuel companies will increase as they extract in more hazardous places and stricter carbon constraints are enforced
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: A wealth of opportunity
Martin Steward speaks with Stratton Street Capital, which believes a sovereign’s wealth determines the performance of its bond and currency markets
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: The tip of an iceberg
Detroit’s bankruptcy grabs the headlines, but Christopher O’Dea draws attention to an even more significant muni bond development: pension-funding bonds issued by high-quality deleveraging municipalities
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: Tough at the top
Martin Steward finds life getting tricky for even the best active European bond managers
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: Yielding more questions than answers
Some see recent bond-market sell-offs as the start of the long-awaited bear market in bonds – or at least a ‘normalisation’ of rates, while others point sceptically to weak global growth
