Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 136
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Canada: Considering controversy
Pension funds have essentially one goal – invest and grow the fund for members. But what if money-making investments run afoul of environmental, social and governance practices?
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Tracy Blackwell, Pension Insurance Corporation
The financial services industry is one of the least trusted in the UK. The Purpose of Finance project aims to address issues of trust and reform
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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.
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Liability Strategies - Consolidator funds: New tools, new models
Can consolidator funds provide an additional tool for UK pension schemes approaching the defined benefit endgame?
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Special ReportInvestment services: Accessing China's bond market
Access to China’s fixed-income market is cheaper and easier than ever
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FeaturesIPOs: Unicorn hunting
“Public interest in IPOs hasn’t been this high since the dot-com era of the late 1990s,” say analysts at UBS. Such popularity is stoking fears of a bubble in unicorns – privately-financed start-ups valued at over $1bn (€900m) taking listings.
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Asset Class ReportsUS equities: Past, present and future
Are US equity valuations in bubble territory?
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Country ReportPrivate equity: Visions of the future
Is Project Iris, a joint effort by Italian pension funds to invest in alternatives, a sign of things to come?
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FeaturesThe Disneyworld trap
The remarkable reversal in the outlook for official interest rates over the past few months has received relatively little attention. Until recently it was widely accepted that rates could only move upwards. It looked almost certain that quantitative tightening (QT) would supplant quantitative easing (QE). Now the balance has reverted to further monetary accommodation.
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Special ReportCDI takes root
Matching and cashflow strategies are gaining ground around continental Europe, sometimes with a green tinge
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Special ReportCredit default swaps: A bridge too far
The practice of managed defaults – in which otherwise solvent companies deliberately default on their debt – has prompted moves towards tighter regulation
