Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 186
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Country Report
Interview: Mark Burbach - Blue Sky Group
Mark Burbach, the chief investment officer of Blue Sky Group, tells Brendan Maton how it is coping with increased investment regulations
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FeaturesFrom Our Perspective: Be wary of shredding the regs
The Trump administration maintains that some of the Dodd-Frank legislation brought in following the financial crisis should be repealed or amended
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Features
Netherlands: Actors take centre stage at pensions debate
Dutch pensions experts and the actors Gijs Scholten van Aschat and Jacqueline Blom shared the stage of theatre Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam for a theatrical debate about pensions last month
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Features2016 Returns: Bounce-back time for European pension funds
European pension providers have begun reporting full-year returns for 2016, with several having fared better with their investments than the year before.
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Features
British Steel Pension Scheme: A pensions paradox
The £15bn (€17.6bn) British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) presents a paradox for the authorities in the UK
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Opinion Pieces
Long-Term Matters Investors are monkeys
Sadly, investors too often see, hear and speak no evil. Their failure to protest at Donald’s Trump’s entry ban is only the latest example.
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Features
Pensions Accounting: Stakeholder values
The year got off to an unexpectedly entertaining start with the eruption of a heated corporate-reporting row. The UK’s Financial Reporting Council finds itself facing its old adversary, Pensions & Investment Research Consultants
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Resaver’s first stage kicks off
The European Commission’s project to set up a pension scheme for research and development professionals whose careers take them across EU borders has finally reached its first stages of operation.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Boomer balancing act
In the US, the oldest baby boomers recently turned 70. That is also a turning point for the US pensions industry. In fact, Americans at that age have to start withdrawing from tax-deferred savings plans, or face a penalty
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Rory Murphy - Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund
Pensions are by their nature long-term and this can often lead to an acceptance of inertia because “this is how we have always done it”. But in today’s world this is no longer good enough
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you deal with geopolitical risk?
Three pension funds - Industriens Pension, Migros Pensionskasse and SPMS – explain their approach to managing geopolitical risks
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Features
UK LGPS: Good news is good news
Securities services providers have a ring-side view of the pooling process for the UK local government pension sector. Brian Bollen polls the opinions
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Features
Regulation Roundup: Pension outlook in Europe
IPE reviews regulatory and legislative changes affecting pensions in key European countries
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Carillion Pension Trustees
Robin Ellison, chairman of Carillion Pension Trustees, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the scheme’s approach to de-risking and regulation
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Underprepared for change
Dutch pension schemes are grappling with challenges which may slow down much-needed asset allocation shifts
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Features
Active Fixed Income: Battle for the edge in bond markets
Active bond managers are having to work hard to convince investors that they can provide better value for money than passive strategies
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Features
Equity Strategy: Each to their own
What one investor sees as risk might not be the same for another, writes Joseph Mariathasan. It all depends on the objective of the individual investor
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Features
Macro Matters: Shades of Görtz’s folly
Bob Swarup warns that blaming central banks for all the ails of the world lets politicians off the hook
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Lyxor Asset Management
Fiduciary management is a potential solution to the problems of countless pension funds in Europe. Lyxor Asset Management is raising its efforts in this area
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
While politics will always have some sway over capital markets, 2017 looks like being one of those years in which unpredictable political influence is the dominant theme throughout
