Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 112
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Country ReportIceland: Brand new opportunities
Icelandic pension funds are being courted as a potential source of funds for infrastructure projects
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Special ReportMacro matters: Central bank powers set to fade further
Central bankers were seen as all-powerful, all-knowing and all-guiding. The financial crisis has tarnished this reputation
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Country ReportNorway: A civil revolution
The municipal pensions market is undergoing structural change as private providers are returning with new products
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Country ReportInnovating in ESG through ETFs
Leading Nordic pension providers are teaming up with asset managers to design and launch ETFs that compliment and help achieve their ESG goals
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Special ReportInterview: Trading on discontent
Christian Bluth is a trade economist at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German foundation and think tank. IPE’s Daniel Ben-Ami talked to him about the increasingly contentious topic of international trade
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Special ReportWhat is next for the CMU?
As the new European Commission takes office, Europe’s pensions and investment sectors share their views on the priorities for the further development of the Capital Markets Union
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FeaturesCorporate reporting: Where were the parents?
Financial reports are normally dull affairs. Apart from the endless reams of paper detailing figures that few people understand, most of us just want to know a few key facts: whether the bottom line profit number is higher or lower than last year; whether the overall balance sheet can be summed up with a correspondingly big number – big is always better; and, critically, whether there will be a dividend.
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Opinion PiecesLong-term matters: Financial sector employees can help win the climate change fight
More than a thousand Google employees have signed a public letter calling on the company to take bold action on climate change. They joined employees in other companies such as Amazon and Microsoft who published similar letters, calling their companies to take real action on climate change in response to the climate crisis.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: US pension funds braced for lower for longer
The last edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) points to the risks that lower-for-longer yields pose, especially for pension funds.
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Book ReviewBook review: Only the Best Will Do
Peter Seilern, the founder of Seilern Investment Management, has a reputation for investing in ‘quality growth companies.’ In reading his credo ‘Only the Best Will Do,’ you realise this career-long passion reaches almost religious dedication. Never mention ‘value investing’ in his presence.
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FeaturesPerspective: Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
As he ends a six-year stint at the helm of Ontario Teachers’ and prepares for retirement, Ron Mock reflects on the alignment of interests between the organisation and its stakeholders
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FeaturesResearch: Pension investors seem to be losing faith in quantitative easing
In the first of two articles on a new survey of pension plans, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan find that unconventional monetary policy has taken a toll on pension funds
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Bob Collie
“With DC now globally dominant, the momentum that has been building is likely to continue”
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InterviewsOn the record: Is private equity lagging behind the ESG curve?
IPE asked three pension funds how private equity managers are progressing in terms of integrating responsible investment
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FeaturesiTDFs: A formula to end retirement blues?
All over the world, the financial industry is grappling with the ‘ideal’ post retirement investment strategy and with how best to pay out income in retirement. There is an arms race and the question is the following: who will win the retirement agenda?
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FeaturesEmerging market debt: Argentina makes investors cry
Who needs Pennywise the terrifying clown when one has Argentine bonds in their investment portfolios?
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FeaturesOngoing UCITS fees are falling
UCITS are an example of EU financial innovation and a global success story. With €10.1trn in total net assets, UCITS help global investors save for financial goals, including retirement, education, and housing.
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FeaturesESG: UK regulator turns sights on climate disclosures
With environmental risks taking a more central role in investment strategies, regulators have also been looking at what actions they can take.
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: Scientific Beta
I am probably a little bit uncompromising,’’ says Noël Amenc, the founding CEO of Scientific Beta, the provider of factor indices and strategies. To those who know him that is an understatement.
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FeaturesBriefing: Peer-to-peer securities lending
The words scale, operational efficiency and lower cost feature regularly in the State Street discussion of its new peer-to-peer securities lending product. Direct Access Lending enables direct, principal loans between its lending clients and its borrowing clients.
