Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 170
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Special Report
Climate risk: Running out of time
Climate-risk scenario-analysis disclosure is not enough – companies need to act now
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Features
The Dollar: The greenback quandary
The US economy is growing, as are inflation expectations. The Federal Reserve’s response has been to embark on the most aggressive rate-tightening cycle in the developed world
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Asset Class Reports
Asset allocation: An expanding universe
Sub-investment-grade debt markets are becoming more sophisticated and fund managers have taken note
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Special Report
Portfolio Construction: The last free lunch
Robust portfolio construction has become the key to success in factor investing
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FeaturesInvestment advisers need to up their game
The UK’s competition watchdog is carrying out an investigation on pension fund investment consultants and fiduciary managers, which could transform the industry
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Country Report
Headwinds and tailwinds
Germany’s latest pension reform comes at a time when Brussels and EIOPA are presenting unwelcome challenges
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Special Report
Risk management: Risky business
Investors are diversifying their portfolios globally, but they are also exposing themselves to a broader range of risks
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Features
Convertible bonds: Welcome back, volatility
Investing in convertible bonds is a long-only strategy requiring investors to monitor a raft of factors
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Special Report
The momentous challenge
A successful momentum strategy requires close attention to trading costs and timing and the impact it has on returns
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Asset Class Reports
Contingent convertibles: Cocos are here to stay
Investors find cocos a good bet, especially in times of rising interest rates
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FeaturesIreland: The risk of promising too much on reform
Ireland must be careful of overpromising when it comes to what its reforms can achieve, or it will lose a golden opportunity to boost public trust in the pension system
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Country ReportESG moves unsettle
The European Commission’s plan to increase sustainable investment is a mixed bag
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Special Report
Innovation: How to rebuild trust in pensions
Technology and customer-service are central to rebuilding trust in pension systems
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Special Report
ESG: The sustainability factor
Integration of ESG within multi-factor portfolios is the next frontier in asset management
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Special Report
Is ESG inherently multi-factor?
Multi-factor ESG is probably more successful as a marketing term than it is at providing a coherent approach to mixing ESG and other factors in a portfolio-construction methodology
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Special Report
ETFs: Smart beta or smart marketing?
Concerns remain about smart beta products and how investors are using them
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Special Report
Active Quant: A never-ending arms race
Quant funds face a perpetual battle for innovation
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Special Report
Switzerland: Unique challenges
The small size of the stock market hinders the deployment of factor investing in Switzerland
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Features
Conference Diary: Private markets at SuperReturn
Bank disintermediation since the financial crisis has proven a big opportunity for private equity firms to boost their direct lending and other private-debt activities
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Book Review
Book Review: Pension lessons from abroad
Pensions as an area of public policy are uniquely steeped in peculiarities. National social-political traditions, labour market practice, and tax legislation are just a few of these
