Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 151
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FeaturesInvesting is not a zero-sum game
The rampant bull market of the past decade could already be a thing of the past and institutional investors are understandably nervous about the future
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Country Report
Bulgaria: Can investors rely on pensions?
Bulgarian pension savers receive paltry returns after inflation and costs
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Special Report
US states move to fill pensions gap
States in the US are offering retirement savings plans to workers who are not covered by company-sponsored schemes
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FeaturesBriefing: MiFID II: a year on
The new rules are having a dramatic effect on the world of investment research
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Special ReportDiversification: Shelter from the storms
The benefits of diversification are not as clear-cut as investors often assume
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Asset Class Reports
Banking debt: The paradox of bank debt
The peculiarity of bank debt is that it can be issued by institutions with strong balance sheets
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FeaturesHow far should auto-enrolment go?
Some are contemplating whether auto-enrolment into pension funds could be expanded to help savers in other areas of their financial lives
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Country ReportCapital markets: Power to the centre
There is a trend among regional capital market participants for the increased centralisation of regulation, but it needs to be counterbalanced by increased trust
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Special ReportAustralia: Changing fortunes
A new landscape for Australia’s fast-growing super sector will evolve over the next five years
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Special ReportThe ignored risks of factor investing
Factor investing is not immune to prolonged periods of underperformance
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Country ReportSecond-pillar pensions in Central & Eastern Europe
Analysis of assets, membership and asset allocation
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Opinion PiecesLong Term Matters: What do Facebook’s investors care?
Mark Zuckerberg “is a bigger threat to American democracy than Donald Trump”, says David Runciman, professor of politics at Cambridge University
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Features
Accounting Matters: Full agenda for 2019
German DB plan sponsors might be busily acquainting themselves with new longevity tables, while in the UK there is really only one question on some accountants’ minds – GMP equalisation
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FeaturesExit Interview: Peter Hansson
Peter Hansson, former CEO of Sparinstitutens Pensionskassa, decided to retire after 25 years with the pension fund for savings institutions in Sweden as new regulatory changes loom
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FeaturesResearch - Europe: Investors braced for an era of lower returns and higher volatility
In the second of three articles on a new survey, Pascal Blanque and Amin Rajan argue that pension investors are adapting to challenges that go beyond the realms of a maturing business cycle
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Interviews
On the Record: Adapting to change
As the equity markets begin 2019 in worse shape than last year, we asked three European pension funds how they conceive and execute their equity strategy, in order protect the portfolio
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InterviewsHow we run our money: PWRI
Xander den Uyl, chairman of PWRI, the Dutch fund for disabled workers, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about its particular approach to ESG
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FeaturesESG: France’s Article 173: taking stock
France’s ground-breaking reporting duty for institutional investors is being reassessed after a two-year test period
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Hope but also fears for 2019
US domestic investors hold healthy stock market profits after a decade-long bull run Geopolitics on many fronts point to tumultuous times ahead
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: MiFID II increases asset risk
Attempts to improve transparency of research costs have unintentionally hit performance
