In Depth – Page 35

  • Interviews

    Strategically speaking: Thriving on independence

    February 2015 (Magazine)

    “Our life at AXA was very good,” concedes Ardian’s Vincent Gombault, one year since the private equity firm completed its management buyout of a 52% stake from the insurance giant.

  • Features

    UK pension funds face inflation risk

    February 2015 (Magazine)

    Given current forecasts, Andrew Brigden argues that the UK faces a huge shortage of inflation-linked bonds

  • Anne Richards, CIO and head of EMEA, Aberdeen
    Interviews

    Strategically speaking: Aberdeen Asset Management

    January 2015 (Magazine)

    The timing of Aberdeen Asset Management’s £600m (€757m) acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) at the start of 2014 could not have been better. 

  • Features

    Ahead of the Curve: An era of diminished expectations

    January 2015 (Magazine)

    Peter Perkins runs through some basic asset and regional allocation strategies to meet the probable economic scenarios of the next decade

  • Interviews

    Strategically speaking: Assicurazioni Generali

    December 2014 (Magazine)

    It has been just over two years since Generali CEO Mario Greco took the reins of a company whose governance was in disarray, and whose performance was reflected in a loss of almost 75% of its stock-market value. His appointment immediately stemmed those losses, and the market has since been proved right.

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    Strategically speaking: Grandmaster Capital Management

    December 2014 (Magazine)

    “Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position,” advised Hungarian chess Grandmaster Pal Benko. “Use all your time and make good moves.”

  • Features

    Ahead of the Curve: Europe is the new China

    December 2014 (Magazine)

    George Saravelos sees ‘euroglut’ – and consequently one of the biggest capital outflows in history as excess savings flee aggressive ECB easing, sending the euro plunging against the dollar.

  • Features

    Ahead of the Curve: Contagion spreads

    November 2014 (Magazine)

    Achilles Risvas assesses the potentially devastating knock-on effects of a fall in bond prices and a flight from credit

  • Features

    ECB exercise to beef up ABS

    November 2014 (Magazine)

    The ECB hopes its plans to invest heavily in the asset-backed securitisation market will encourage other investors and ultimately help boost real economy lending, writes Anthony Harrington

  • Interviews

    Strategically speaking - Majedie Asset Management: Global, naturally

    November 2014 (Magazine)

    Before this year, Majedie Asset Management had rolled out just five products since it was established in 2002 – one of which was a concentrated version of another. By those standards, 2014 has seen riotous activity, with the summer launches of a US equities fund and two global funds adding to the existing line-up of UK equity and global long/short funds.

  • Asset Class Reports

    Dangerous liquidity

    October 2014 (Magazine)

    Following another summer of high-yield bond market volatility, Emma Cusworth asks whether ETFs are to blame for credit markets getting riskier

  • Features

    Race for solutions picks up pace

    October 2014 (Magazine)

    Incumbent managers have a natural advantage with mature pension funds in the provision of solution-type services, finds Pádraig Floyd

  • Interviews

    Three years of the 300

    October 2014 (Magazine)

    Liam Kennedy spoke to Alan Brown and Saker Nusseibeh, two architects of the 300 Club of investment professionals who seek to challenge mainstream investment practice

  • Interviews

    Experience, leveraged

    October 2014 (Magazine)

    Babson Capital immediately springs to mind for institutional investors around the world seeking global fixed-income managers, but that is a key goal for CEO Tom Finke. Having raised $5bn (€3.9bn) from European investors alone in 2013 it certainly looks well-positioned to one day be ranked among the market leaders. 

  • Features

    Post-crisis or pre-crisis?

    October 2014 (Magazine)

    History warns us that the next crisis is just around the corner. Arturo Bris outlines the shapes it is taking and what we can do to mitigate it

  • Features

    Miracle redux?

    September 2014 (Magazine)

    Investors are hoping Mexico’s reforms spark another growth surge. As Christopher O’Dea reports, the best play may be in the local bond market

  • Features

    Not the destination but the path

    September 2014 (Magazine)

    Vassilios Papathanakos and David Schofield explain why it’s easier to estimate volatility than forecast returns, and why it matters for superior returns and better risk management

  • Features

    Minimum variance, maximum duration

    September 2014 (Magazine)

    The prevalence of highly-indebted companies and sectors in minimum-variance portfolios could expose investors to interest rate risk, warns Mehdi Guissi

  • Features

    Teenage years

    September 2014 (Magazine)

    Fiona Reynolds faced a protest storm soon after coming on board at PRI as executive director. Jonathan Williams caught up with her 18 months into her job

  • Interviews

    Nobody's fool

    September 2014 (Magazine)

    Strategically Speaking - Greenlight Capital