Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 208
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Features
Interview: Amy Kessler, Prudential Retirement
A novel by a Nobel prizewinner from Portugal is premised on what is perhaps the ultimate nightmare for the global pensions industry. José Saramago’s Intermitências da Morte is based in an unnamed country where, on 1 January, people mysteriously stop dying
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ATP: Steady as she goes for ATP
The announcement of Christian Hyldahl as ATP’s new chief signals a steady-as-she-goes approach in turbulent financial times, at the same time as a strong focus on operational efficiency for the giant Danish labour market pension fund.
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Pension Investing: Is the tide of globalisation turning?
In the first of a series of articles, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan argue that Britain’s vote to exit the EU will hit asset valuations, mainly via political contagion rather than corporate profits
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Interviews
On the Record: How will your asset allocation change?
Three pension funds - CWPS, ERAFP and Stapi - discuss chnges to their asset allocation
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FeaturesHow we run our money: ENPAM
Emilio Giorgi (pictured), chief risk officer at ENPAM, Italy’s largest private pension fund, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about its commitment to investing in projects that directly benefit its members
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
Bond yields have been rising, which is not that surprising given that sharp sell-offs in government markets have been reasonably frequent in the multi-year bull-run
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Ahead of the Curve: Fintech flies in emerging markets
Fintech is finding a natural home in emerging markets where traditional banks and insurance services are less established. Andrew Ness reports
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Focus Group: The foresight saga
Almost a third of investors, seven out of 23 polled for this month’s Focus Group, consider a hard landing in China to be the biggest economic or political risk facing the global markets in 2017.
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Diary of an Investor: Diversity counts
Recently we had to admit that the trustee board of the Wasserdicht Dutch pension fund isn’t very diverse. Of course, we fulfil the requirement to have one female trustee and one under the age of 40 and have for some time
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator December 2016
With the US election over, the opportunity of interpreting expectations of managers just prior to it is interesting. There were some interesting changes in the most recent period, but by far the most intriguing was the shifting of expectations to stability in equity markets without significant changes elsewhere.
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Pension funds embrace the real
Jim Robinson reviews the recent mandate activity of large Nordic institutional investors
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Jon Little - Northill Capital
“Successful managers are hard to find but those that do exist generally share some common characteristics”
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Barings
“An asset manager brand is very important. But, it is not the brand that defines people in the firm, it is the people who will define the brand.” That is the view of Tom Finke, CEO of Barings
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Features
Women in Asset Management: Redressing the balance
Women remain under-represented in asset management despite substantial success in improving their representation in other professions. Brendan Maton examines attempts to redress the balance
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Country ReportPensions In Switzerland: Parliamentary ping pong
A political stalemate is holding up Switzerland’s Altersvorsorge 2020 pensions reform package. And now time is running out, as Barbara Ottawa finds
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Special ReportSpecial Report: China’s tricky transition
Daniel Ben-Ami looks at the progress China has made and the obstacles it faces as it attempts to become an advanced economy
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Asset Class ReportsInvesting In Emerging Market Equities: The tide begins to turn
Emerging market equities are finally seeing inflows, but are these justified? Joseph Mariathasan investigates
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Special Report
Multi-Asset Strategies: Can you beat it?
Investors have for years used a 60% allocation to equities and a 40% allocation to bonds (sometimes inverted) as a simple and informal benchmark for an investment strategy
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Features
Switzerland's pensions debate: Negative for longer
Switzerland is engaged in a debate not just about its pension reforms, but also wider issues of intergenerational fairness and the stability of the second-pillar pension system
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Special Report
Special Report: Currency - Behind the strong dollar
Several factors have combined to boost the dollar’s performance, finds David Turner
