Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 109
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Features
Climate change and AI set to transform investing
As the new decade begins, it is becoming clear that climate change and artificial intelligence will reshape the future of investing
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Features
Fixed income, rates, currencies: A confident start to the year
Undoubtedly a good year for financial assets, 2019 ended on a bright note with the broad, and relieved, consensus that the China/US trade conflict might be de-escalating
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Avoid the crowds in EMs
Emerging markets (EMs) look set to be the most important growth engine of the 2020s as their consumption levels rise and China follows a saw-toothed growth path towards the economic top spot. However, asset-allocators need to remove themselves from the malign legacy of the 2010s if they are to tap this growth.
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Features
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator: February 2020
Net bond sentiment is trending down, yet remains stable in Japan
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Opinion Pieces
Beyond green ambitions
Europe has lofty ambitions as it positions the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth plan for the coming decade and beyond
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Country Report
Poland: Auto-enrolment off to a slow start
Disappointing take-up in first phase of auto-enrolment pension plan
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Special Report
PEPP: Time to get personal
Can the new Pan-European Personal Pension Product close Europe’s pensions gap?
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Asset Class Reports
Fixed Income – European investment grade: No sign of end for negative yields
Negative interest rates look set for a lengthy run in Europe, raising concerns about the long-term effects
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Country Report
Baltic private equity: Faith in the new
BaltCap is championing business integration in the Nordic and Baltic economies
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Special Report
Behaviour and retirement planning: Live long and prosper
Most retirement planning models simplify people’s life patterns
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Asset Class Reports
US investment grade: A year for not living dangerously
Geopolitical uncertainties are pushing investors away from longer-term strategies
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Country Report
Estonia: Reforms face opposition
Proposals designed to strengthen the Estonian first pillar are proving controversial
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Special Report
UK: More needs to be done to address post-retirement challenges
The industry has been slow to address the challenges posed by pension freedoms
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Asset Class Reports
Building ABS confidence
European regulators are promoting a ‘gold standard’ for asset-backed securities
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Country Report
Romania: Still under threat
Political decisions have damaged Romania’s second-pillar system. How will it respond to a change of government and a bullish stock exchange?
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Special Report
UK auto-enrolment: Solutions needed for retirees
Auto-enrolment for employees has been a success. Why not take the same approach for retirees?
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Country Report
Russia puts a spotlight on pension age
Low levels of trust in financial services have scuppered plans to reform the pension system
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Opinion Pieces
A precarious balance
Why has there not been another global financial crisis over the past decade? That is a more fruitful question than trying to predict when the next bout of market mayhem will hit.