Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 183
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Features
Europe: The genie is out of the lamp
Times have changed since the Society for the German Language chose Alternativlos (without alternative) as its Unwort (literally ‘unword’ or ugliest word) of the year for 2010
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Country Report
Pensions debate in camera
Germany is preoccupied with debates on pensions, while in Austria the issue is discussed behind closed doors, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
Aba: DC and auto-enrolment, German style
Verena Menne and Klaus Stiefermann outline concerns about planned reforms to introduce defined contribution pensions to Germany
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Time for retirement ‘SeLFIES’?
The potential global retirement crisis needs to be addressed by timely innovation. The longer governments wait, the higher the cost, argue Robert Merton and Arun Muralidhar
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Special Report
Consultants: Changing roles
IPE asked pension consultants across Europe and beyond how they are responding to changes in the wider pension sector. Here is a selection of their views
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Asset Class Reports
Asset Allocation: Defining Europe for investors
Investors looking to invest in European equities have to decide on what countries to include as well as exclude, as their choices could have significant impacts on portfolio performance, finds Joseph Mariathasan
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Features
Fiduciary managers need more competition
The review of the UK’s asset management market by the FCA may or may not result in tighter regulation of investment advice. But the regulator would do well to continue focusing on investment consulting firms that offer fiduciary management services
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Country Report
A long-awaited reform: Allianz Global Investors
The reform to introduce pure defined contribution plans is a huge opportunity. But if it does not succeed it may mark the beginning of mandatory corporate pensions
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Change pension regulation and enhance economic growth
Low growth is a worldwide economic problem. Western economies, in particular, suffer from the effects of secular stagnation, balance-sheet recession and stringent budgetary rules prohibiting extra government spending, write Jean Frijns, Theo van der Klundert and Anton van Nunen
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Asset Class Reports
Financials regain some lustre
Investors are becoming more positive about financials as they stand to gain from stronger growth and higher inflation, finds David Turner
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Uncertainty focuses minds
German pension investors continue to diversify their assets against a backdrop of political uncertainty, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Asset Class Reports
Pure Group: Sensitivity of selected European equity funds to macro factors
The chart data shows the sensitivity of the five largest European equity funds to changes in economic factors: European default spreads, European term spreads, European inflation and volatility of European stocks
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Insights from 100 conversations
While researching his book on the future of pension management, Keith Ambachtsheer spoke to some 100 pension funds from all around the world. He shares insights from those conversations
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Investors embrace change
The latest Willis Towers Watson risk-management study reveals the ongoing challenge that German pension funds face in meeting their liabilities
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Mental models of the future
When IPE was founded in 1997, the mainstream investment approach was based on the Modern Portfolio Theory. The approach allowed users to apply statistical and mathematical protocols to construct portfolios, which was convenient
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Country Report
Regulation: Costs not caps
New rules for BaFin-regulated institutional investors in Germany might appear cap-free, but costs could restrict movement, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Special ReportIPE at 20: Writing on the walls
Economists love cycles. But the only well-known economist also known as a good investor was John Maynard Keynes
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Special Report
IPE at 20: The purpose of investment
The management industry must evolve to become primarily a stewardship provider or it may lose its social licence to operate
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Special Report
IPE at 20: Time for a new implicit contract in alternative investments
An outstanding phenomenon of the past 20 years is the relentless rise of alternative investments, say Amin Rajan and Anthony Cowell
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Features
From Our Perspective: Two decades of shifting perspectives
This spring marks 20 years since the first issue of IPE. Our founders Piers Diacre and Fennell Betson started this publication with an assumption that funded pension systems would become more widespread in time, leading to increased diversification and a need for clear, well-researched and well-presented information.
