Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 121
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FeaturesBriefing: The cliff-hanger of European banks
It has been a bad decade for European financials, with share prices still a fraction of their pre-crisis highs
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Briefing: Give credit to CDS indices
DB pension funds could benefit from synthetic credit exposures provided by credit default swap indices
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FeaturesBriefing: Sri Lanka after the bombings
The tragic Easter Sunday bombings have devastated tourism, a key plank of the economy
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: APG
If people ask Peter Branner why he moved from Sweden to the Netherlands to run the asset management arm of APG he might tell them that he is in effect chief investment officer for more than a quarter of the Dutch population
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: A bleak outcome
This year’s summer tensions in shallow markets have again been apparent. The fallout from the trade dispute between China and the US is having a global impact. Together with economic weakness almost everywhere, a global policy easing cycle could be imminent.
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: The psychology of contrarianism
Sociologists are likely to see contrarian investors as deviants, while psychologists may see them as healthy, ‘independent’ thinkers
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: September 2019
Market sentiment has split in two. For the euro-zone and the US, there was a correction that did not affect trends and equities are still favoured. In the UK and Japan, sentiment is moving towards favouring bonds
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Special ReportIceland: Full reform on the cards
Iceland is set for a broad revision of its 20-year-old pension laws
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Special ReportIreland: A pension reform battleground
The government’s plan to overhaul the entire pension system is running behind schedule
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Special ReportItaly: Prioritising early retirement
The 2019 budget allocated funds to allow more favourable early retirement but its impact has been limited
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Special ReportNetherlands: Transition path to a new system
The latest agreements between stakeholders and a relaxation of rules bring pension reform closer
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Special ReportNorway: New public sector scheme agreed
A hybrid framework is set to boost competition in the municipal pensions market
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Special ReportPortugal: Scene set for broad changes
Pension reform advances with new rules and proposals by the Portuguese government
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Special ReportSpain: Reforms on hold
Chronic political instability has turned attention away from pension reform while features of previous legislation have been undone
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Special ReportSwitzerland: Let’s try this again
The Swiss government is to present a social security pension reform bill in the autumn, including some measures rejected by the public in 2017
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Special ReportUK: Thinking beyond Brexit
Pensions regulation has taken a backseat to Brexit but this has not stopped the industry from moving ahead with changes
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FeaturesRelative response to liquidity issues
Equity risk is a crucial portfolio exposure for pension funds and a key driver for long-term retirement outcomes for pension plans and their beneficiaries. Yet the structure of equity markets is in transition, which changes the way pension funds choose to allocate capital to them.
