Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 169
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Louvre Endowment Fund
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo talks to Philippe Gaboriau, CEO of the small, but growing, Louvre Endowment Fund
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Features
Financial Crises: Awaiting the Minsky moment
The bout of marked market volatility in February prompted a heated debate: were financial markets close to a Minsky moment?
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Features
Briefing: Commodity super cycle
The internet can in some ways be said to define globalisation.
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Features
Briefing: Avoiding nasty tax surprises
Taking a consolidated view of taxation not only removes compliance headaches for asset managers but can also give them an edge over other industry players
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Robots opening doors
The robotics and automation theme has been gaining a lot of attention recently for good reasons. There is an industrial revolution emerging across all industries as they realise that the new tools and applications being developed will be highly disruptive to existing business models. These new technologies cover everything from autonomous cars and delivery drones to surgical tools.
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Special Report
Venture Capital: Impact’s matchmaker
Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aims to connect impact focused start-ups with sources of capital
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Features
Asset Allocation: Uncertainties on the rise
While rates markets remain focused on inflation and growth data, risk appetites appear more affected by the international politics of trade, led by the US
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Christopher Ailman & Mark Walker
Words matter, but sometimes they can get in the way. Impact investing, mission-based investing, responsible investment, double and triple-bottom-line investing, ESG factors, and even sustainable investment. All of these terms can have both positive and negative connotations for investors.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: Corporate tax reform in view
Radical upgrades to the EU’s corporate tax base norms have never been so close to fruition
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: All eyes on Oregon’s auto enrolment
The US pension fund sector is looking at how Oregon progresses with its OregonSaves programme
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Amundi
Dominique Carrel-Billiard joined Amundi in 2016 to head the integration of Pioneer. His unit is tasked with delivering €45bn in net new inflows over the next three years
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FeaturesThe right balance
In a world that has demanded greater levels of robustness of financial institutions since the financial crisis, regulators are also faced with how to calibrate the funding requirements of pension funds
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Country ReportGermany: A pensions transition
Insurance companies have to re-define their role in a world in which guarantees are too expensive. But in German pensions they have to keep promises given in the past
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Special ReportPension consolidation: is it all good news?
Consolidating pension funds has its pros and cons but the investment office could benefit the most
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Special ReportConsultants: Gearing up for alternative advice
Investment advisers have laid the groundwork for further growth in the alternative investment market
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Features
Emerging market debt: A universe in constant flux
Emerging markets have changed enormously since their advent as distinct category in the 1980s
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Special ReportFactor Investing: Trend convergence
Factor investing has proved to be one of the enduring innovations of asset management in recent years
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Asset Class Reports
High Yield: New risks and opportunities
The positive global economic outlook brings possibilities for investors in high-yield and credit
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FeaturesProtectionism is already doing harm
The investment industry is, with good reason, worried about the prospect of a trade war
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Country Report
BRSG: Scramble for German DC
A new occupational pension framework without guarantees has stirred up an already complex industry and most of its stakeholders are still playing their cards close to their chest
