Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 137
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FeaturesLiquidity: Bad timing
Pension funds lose billions annually in badly timed trades in the capital markets
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Asset Class ReportsTrade war minefield for investors
High-quality companies are most likely to withstand the ravages of a prolonged US-China trade war
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Country ReportIORP II: Race to adopt new rules
Putting the new IORP II rules in place will be a challenge for Italian pension funds in areas like risk management
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Special ReportCommentary: The endgame
UK pension funds should consider nine dimensions as they move to deris
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Special ReportHave we passed peak regulation?
Securities insiders believe the tide of regulation is finally ebbing
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Asset Class ReportsAre the FAANGs losing their bite?
Growth has slowed in the maturing US tech sector but deep-value investors are showing more interest in the stocks
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FeaturesItaly’s first-pillar obsession
Italy’s anti-establishment, eurosceptic coalition government has partly delivered on its promise to reform the pension system. ‘Dismantling’ the 2011 pension reform that curtailed benefits and raised the retirement age was key for both coalition partners – the Five Star Movement and the Lega. Previous governments had raised the retirement age.
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Country ReportESG picks up steam
Italian pension funds have been late starters in embracing ESG principles but they are catching up fast
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FeaturesAdequacy: the all-important question
How do you measure success when it comes to pension reform? In the UK, it is clear that the government measures the success of auto-enrolment by some numbers, but not others.
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Special ReportBlockchain: On the slow burn
Blockchain projects have mostly not provided easy breakthroughs to date
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Asset Class ReportsPowerful currents transforming energy
Rapidly improving renewable energy technologies and global warming concerns are fuelling radical changes in the US energy sector
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Country ReportCOVIP: The glass is half full
Despite its several ailments, the health of the Italian pension industry keeps improving
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Features
Editor's Notes: A radical ambition
Last month’s three doorstop reports from the EU’s 35-strong technical expert group (TEG) on sustainable finance have the potential to radically repurpose capital markets.
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Country ReportA real alternative to help Italy's economy
A review of think tank Itinerari Previdenziali’s and Borsa Italiana’s recent project on Italian pension funds’ real-economy investments
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FeaturesEC’s expert group releases landmark climate taxonomy
The European Commission’s expert group on sustainable finance last month published its long-awaited final recommendations for a taxonomy of environmentally sustainable activities, which is at the heart of the EU executive’s plan to harness the finance sector for its fight against climate change.
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Country Report
First pillar: Ahead of the game
Italy’s privatised first-pillar pension funds are modernising their strategies
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FeaturesDutch pensions agreement dodges the real issues
Social partners have agreed compromises relating to the state pension age and early retirement Many crucial aspects are yet to be confirmed and could still derail efforts to reform the system
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Book ReviewBook review: Achieving Investment Excellence
Fix asset allocation and the numbers will follow. This rule of thumb originated from an influential study published in 1986, which showed that 93.6% of variations in a portfolio’s returns are due to asset allocation policy.
