Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 191
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Features
A macro demographic analysis of pensions investing
Amlan Roy argues for a broader understanding of the factors that drive pension fund risk and asset allocation
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Features
How we run our money: Coal Pension Trustees
Stefan Dunatov, CIO of Coal Pension Trustees, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his vision for managing the UK coal industry’s legacy schemes
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Asset-Backed Securities: Shackled by history
The asset-backed securities markets across Europe struggle to recover from the financial crisis while the EU wavers on necessary regulatory reform
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A key element for M&A success
Wolfgang Fickus says mergers and acquisitions can be a riskier strategy than organic growth but buying at the right time increases the potential for value generation
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ESG: Counting carbon
Susanna Rust delves into the realm of emissions measurement in an increasingly carbon-sensitive world
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Asset Management One
With ¥52.75trn (€430bn) in assets under management, Asset Management One is perhaps the largest global asset manager that IPE readers have never heard of
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
While 2016 was a year of tumultuous political change, there is familiar look to the year-end consensus economic forecasts for 2017: slightly higher growth and inflation as well as slightly tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve
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Ahead of the Curve: Low rates challenge central banks
The low-interest-rate environment is forcing central banks to take more risks in their asset allocation to meet capital preservation objectives, writes Alex Millar
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Features
Focus Group: Let’s squeeze fees
Thirteen of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group are in favour of asset managers quoting an ‘all-in’ fee. This involves all fees and charges including transaction costs
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Too much information
Our investment committee members had quite a few questions at the final meeting of 2016. Brexit, Trump, the equities rally, long-bond yields, emerging markets: the trustees kept the topics coming thick and fast
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Features
IPE Expectations Indicator January 2017
What a difference a month makes. With the previous indicator poll taken days before the US election, this month’s results illustrate how managers have digested markets’ reactions to the outcome
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Investors adjust to Trump
Are financial markets too optimistic about the impact of Donald Trump’s administration? That is a big unanswered question in the aftermath of his surprise victory in the presidential election
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Features
Economic Policies: Pendulum swings towards use of fiscal stimulus
There is at least one respect in which President-elect Donald Trump is thoroughly mainstream. His support for a fiscal stimulus is shared by an increasing number of leaders across the western world
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News
Amundi acquires Pioneer, seeks to grow European distribution
Deal includes distribution agreement with UniCredit covering three major European markets
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Features
President Trump
The election of Donald Trump as US president represents a sea-change in politics and for a second time in less than six months, following the UK’s Brexit vote, investors are left unscrambling the implications for markets over various time horizons.
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Features
Letter from Brussels: Securitisation snared
Legislative efforts to boost European securitisation are facing headwinds. A regulation proposed in September 2015 is still being scrutinised by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee which has suggested over 100 amendments.
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Special Report
Outlook 2017: Will the great unravelling continue?
If 2017 contains half the shock level of 2016 it will be a momentous year. This year saw not just one but two heavy blows to the established global order
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Hedge Funds: The party continues
Headlines suggest institutional demand for hedge funds is waning. But the facts paint a different picture, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Features
Discount Rates: Discounting dilemmas
As risk-free rates edge towards zero or below in many regions, questions must be asked about discounting methods, according to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Features
India: All to play for
The signs suggest India is poised for dramatic improvements in its economy. But there are challenges around job-creation, education and manufacturing