All articles by Daniel Ben-Ami – Page 6
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Features
Briefing: Cyberwar without end
Financial institutions are involved in a cyber arms race against criminals
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Features
Politics needs a longer lens
It is necessary to come to terms with the end of left and right
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Special Report
Europe's political outlook: Shifting to a new politics
The distinctions that have characterised politics for over two centuries could be coming to an end
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Special Report
The UK mould could be broken
The Labour party did much better than expected in the election but over the longer term the system of government that has existed for a century could crumble
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Special Report
Special Report Factor Investing: Meeting expectations
It is important to have realistic expectations about what factor investment can deliver
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Features
Global Economy: Is growth optimism justified?
Daniel Ben-Ami finds that while there are signs that the global economy might be bouncing back, doubts are being raised by the weakness of the recovery
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Special Report
The great factor debate
Daniel Ben-Ami examines a key question that is too often neglected: why does factor investing work?
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Features
Creative destruction is needed
The current vogue for optimism about the prospects for the developed economies is overdone. There may be a slight cyclical upturn but its significance is limited
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News
Opinion: No going back for France
IPE deputy editor Daniel Ben-Ami on the new-look politics of Europe’s second-most populous country
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Features
Europe: The genie is out of the lamp
Times have changed since the Society for the German Language chose Alternativlos (without alternative) as its Unwort (literally ‘unword’ or ugliest word) of the year for 2010
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Features
Europe: Managing geopolitical risk
European investors face an unprecedented array of political risks over the next few months. Daniel Ben-Ami reports
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Interviews
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
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Features
Tear down the Mexican wall
An unintended consequence of Donald Trump’s accession to the US presidency is a surge in Mexico’s profile among Europeans
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Features
World Trade: Is protectionism on the rise?
Developments in the US and Europe presage a substantial change in the conduct of international trade
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Dodge & Cox
For most investment professionals the aftermath of an almighty financial crash would probably not seem like a good time to launch an asset management firm
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Asset Class Reports
Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Smaller companies in a changing world
Daniel Ben-Ami looks at how smaller companies are adapting to the economic and political landscape
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Features
Make a bigger pie: Trump's protectionist rhetoric
President Trump’s aggressive protectionist rhetoric has raised concerns. Many fear that the measures he is advocating could lead to an all-out trade war
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Features
Economic Policies: Pendulum swings towards use of fiscal stimulus
There is at least one respect in which President-elect Donald Trump is thoroughly mainstream. His support for a fiscal stimulus is shared by an increasing number of leaders across the western world
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Features
Fiscal policy? Let the zombies die
The international shift from an emphasis on monetary policy to a focus on fiscal policy is a dangerous diversion. Pumping money into the economy cannot resolve the underlying weaknesses that have long plagued western economies