Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 188
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Country Report
Ireland's pension reform: The risks of procrastination
Since 2010, successive governments have proposed, or at least hinted at, sweeping pension reform. But this could finally become a reality in 2017, as the regulator publishes a report on the market, finds Jonathan Williams
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Special Report
Transaction Costs: Keep tabs on price of investing
Commissions are far from the only fees that investors and managers need to take account of when carrying out investment transactions
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Asset Class Reports
UK firms vulnerable to slowdown
Joseph Mariathasan finds that the UK economy has fared quite well since the Brexit vote, but smaller companies are vulnerable to any potential domestic slowdown
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Country Report
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund: Top marks for achievement
Ireland’s sovereign development fund is fully established and building up a sizeable and diverse portfolio
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Special Report
Manager Selection: Active management still valid
Jakob Møller Hommel and Casper Hammerich argue that actively managed funds should not be written off yet. The key is to choose and monitor active managers with care
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Asset Class Reports
Adapting to a new landscape
Successful investing in the UK’s smaller businesses requires adopting attitudes and techniques similar to those in private equity investing, according to Tony Dalwood
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Special Report
Is faith in past winners justified?
Oliver Kunkel and Hansruedi Scherer weigh up the risks involved in selecting asset managers based on historical investment performance
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Asset Class Reports
PureGroup: Sensitivity of selected funds to macro factors
Data shows the sensitivity of the five largest US small and mid-cap equity funds and the five largest European small and mid-cap equity funds to changes in macroeconomic factors
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Special Report
The trustee perspective: active manager still has a place
Alfred Slager argues that active management still has a place as an effective investment strategy but with new metrics, better data and innovation by managers
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Features
Pensions Accounting: Working together
The out-going chairwoman of the US Securities & Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, wants her successor to do what competing priorities left her unable to do: keep interest in global accounting standards alive. The end game is a possible shift by US domestic companies to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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Features
Pension Investing: Distortions hasten innovation
In this third article on a new survey, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan show that as old methods of investing have lost relevance in a landscape distorted by quantitative easing, a search for new ways has intensified
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Rudyard Ekindi
”Asset managers are from Mars, asset owners are from Venus”
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Features
Germany: A disappointing revolution
The government is opening the door to pension plans that will lighten the burden on companies, yet the pensions industry is still dissatisfied, Barbara Ottawa reports
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Compenswiss
Frank Juliano, head of asset management at Compenswiss, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what lies ahead for Switzerland’s social security funds
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator February 2017
With two full months of post-US election information to sift though, shifts in manager expectations have been as extreme as some reactions to, and rhetoric from, our newest world leader. Even more so than the prior month, the conviction that there will be movements in certain asset classes is surprisingly high.
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Interviews
On the Record: How will your equity exposure change this year?
Three pension funds - Amonis, Fondenergia and UMR Corem - talk about equity risk
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Features
World Trade: Is protectionism on the rise?
Developments in the US and Europe presage a substantial change in the conduct of international trade
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Features
The European insurance challenge
European insurers may turn to a wider range of asset management strategies as they face up to difficult market conditions
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Features
Re-defining hedge fund fees
Hedge fund fees are just one part of the cost equation. The real discussion should be about value for money and not headline fees
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FeaturesESG: UN goals strike a chord
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, agreed by world leaders in September 2015, have captured the imagination of many in the European institutional investment community
