Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 129
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Interviews
How we run our money: Railpen
Andrea Ash (pictured), investment director at RPMI Railpen, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the UK pension fund’s private markets strategy
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Features
Foreign pension funds set for tax refunds on UK property income
A recent ruling by the UK Tax Tribunal decided that the imposition of UK income tax on the property income of a German pension scheme was unlawful under EU law
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Features
PEPP: no straightforward route
Some entities will not be eligible to offer PEPP products in Bulgaria, which looks like a recipe for market confusion
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Features
Becoming a mortgage lender
More pension funds are eyeing residential mortgages as an asset class
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Research Affiliates
Self-described lifelong quant Rob Arnott finds the quantitative-investing industry often guilty of “overhyping and overselling” ideas
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Features
Fixed Income: Markets take nervous turn
Almost every asset class did well in the first quarter of 2019
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: The future looks synthetic
A decade ago, synthetic ETFs were the pariahs of the asset management industry. Now, though, the tides are turning – with some sectors experiencing a revival in synthetic flows
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Features
Share buybacks: Bringing it back in-house
The corporate policy of share buybacks received a boost with the US tax cut, but are they an efficient use of excess capital or a means to further enhance executive remuneration and entrench societal inequality?
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Features
China: To be or not to be
Investors are divided on whether to classify Chinese equities as a distinct asset class
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Special Report
Social Impact Investing: Need for clear definitions
Measuring genuine social impact investing means disentangling it from conventional investing with elements of ESG
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Special Report
Social Impact Finance: Bonds to help Asia’s ‘missing middle’ women
An initiative to raise money to provide low-cost finance for rural female entrepreneurs
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Features
Ten years ago
Equity markets reached rock bottom in early March 2009, with the S&P 500 falling under 700 before embarking on a steep bull run that only really lost momentum last October
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Country Report
Germany: BRSG beyond the new DC plans
A year into the implementation of Germany’s BRSG law to strengthen occupational pension schemes many legal uncertainties remain
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Special Report
Thought Leadership: Investment in the age of geo-economics
Brexit, Trump, unprecedented Sino-American trade tensions: country risk and political considerations have moved to the fore and pension investors and asset managers alike have had to revise their investment strategies
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Special Report
AI and Manager Selection: Will your future consultant be a machine?
The world’s largest pension fund is exploring the use of AI to help it select asset managers and assets in which to invest
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Features
Briefing: Emerging markets fail to catch up
Emerging markets have failed to increase their share of global investible market capitalisation since 2007
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Special Report
Factor investing: The paradox of low volatility
Despite scepticism by some investors, low-volatility investing does appear to work, especially during market downturns