Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 117
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Opinion PiecesMarket disconnects have widened
Thanks to a remarkable comeback in April, equity markets have partly offset the collapse that took place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Country ReportUK country report: Moving towards an ESG crescendo
Trustees should use the COVID-19 lockdown as a time to prepare for the next round of ESG reporting requirements in October
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Special ReportInvestors: Making money matter
How are asset owners looking to scale up impact as their portfolios and experience grow?
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Opinion Pieces
Factor investing: Viewpoint: The case against factor investing
Factor products are not necessarily a panacea for equity market outpeformance
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AnalysisPerspective: EIOPA’s COVID-19 address reassures
A coronavirus crisis statement from EIOPA addressed to national supervisors drew positive words from lobby groups PensionsEurope and the European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP).
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Opinion PiecesNot business as usual
Basing investment decisions on short-term events can have long-term consequences, so it is vital trustees seek guidance
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Country ReportUK country report: Legislation: The waiting game
The UK’s Pension Schemes Bill has been delayed by elections in December and now by COVID-19
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Special Report
Factor investing: Will corona be a watershed moment for credit factor investing?
Credit factor investing is in its early stages, but models and data are improving
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Special ReportPhenix Capital: Measuring the market
A new report by Amsterdam-based Phenix Capital runs the rule over the growing marketplace for impact funds
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AnalysisPerspective: Four difficult questions facing pension fund investors
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficult questions for investors. Pension funds will probably have to reconsider many long-standing assumptions. These are some of the most intractable.
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Special ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
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Special ReportUpright Project: Applying tech to impact
Nordic institutions are backing an AI approach to assessing individual businesses and their impacts
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Special ReportZurich Insurance Group: Zurich’s ambition to measure and manage
With ambitious impact targets, Zurich Insurance Group needed to develop a robust framework to measure progress
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Special ReportImpact principles: Held to account
How will the IFC’s impact investment principles help investors seeking transparency and clarity about their investments?
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FeaturesLong Term Matters: Learning from COVID-19
As the tide of the Second World War was turning in favour of the Allies, there was a ferment of discussion – initially bottom up – about how to build a better world when the war was over. While loved ones were fighting overseas and people at home were struggling with rationing and movement restrictions, some made the time to think about the future. The Bretton Woods Agreement, establishing fixed exchange rates, happened ten months before the war ended in Europe.
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FeaturesNuclear power: The need for nuclear
Nuclear energy is key to tackling the existential challenge posed by climate change
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InterviewsOn the record: Dispatches from the pandemic
IPE asked European pension funds how the COVID-19 outbreak has changed their lives
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Pensioenfonds KBC
Luc Vanbriel, CIO of Pensioenfonds KBC, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the Brussels-based fund is coping with the current crisis
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FeaturesESG: Keeping tabs on offsetting
Portfolios companies’ net-zero commitments often imply use of offsets, which carry risks
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: GQG Partners
As an employee-owned boutique asset manager, GQG Partners is inherently more resilient than many other investment firms, according to chairman and CIO Rajiv Jain
