Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 211
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Asset Class Reports
European Venture Capital: Era of disruptive ventures
The use of disruptive technologies is opening up opportunities for European venture capital to build successful global companies
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Special Report
Addressing current liquidity concerns
Two years ago, BlackRock’s chief executive Larry Fink warned that structural problems with leveraged ETFs had the potential one day to “blow up” the industry. While the alleged explosion hasn’t yet happened, does that mean the danger has gone away?
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Special Report
Life in an alternative universe
Structural changes in pension fund asset and liability profiles are making alternative credit more attractive to pension funds. This is transforming fixed-income allocations as investors navigate a new universe and compete for scarce assets
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Country Report
Interview: André Tapernoux
Pension funds should be more realistic about evaluating liabilities, André Tapernoux tells Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
SME Lending: Finance funds for business
Gilles Pouzin writes about the creation of a new fund designed to see institutional assets converted into loans for small French enterprises
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Special Report
Oil and gas woes fuel deal appetite
Energy price falls and financing pressures are attracting the attention of credit and hedge fund investors on the lookout for cheap energy assets, says Jennifer Bollen
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Special Report
Observations on ETF liquidity
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) market continues to grow rapidly in size and popularity, reaching $3trn in assets worldwide
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Nikko Asset Management
From a European perspective the story of Japanese finance over the decades seems to be one of dramatic rise followed by spectacular fall
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Country Report
Second Pillar: Technical difficulties
Despite the challenges facing Switzerland’s second-pillar pension the necessary overhaul of the system is still a long way off, says Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
France's first-pillar pensions: Embracing the last resort
Agirc, the second-pillar pension scheme for private sector executives is planning to merge with the employees’ scheme, Arrco
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Special Report
MENA holds sway
Middle East and North Africa countries will continue to rule in the oil market, although budget deficits are a growing threat, according to Cyril Widdershoven
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Special Report
Investor case study: Fonditel
Fonditel is a curio in the Spanish savings market. With almost €3bn under management it is by far the largest funded company pension arrangement, for sponsor and owner Telefonica
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Start of a new era
INDEFI Market Research’s latest annual research on the French institutional market confirms the emergence of key trends for European asset management
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Special Report
Iran: Tomorrow’s energy superpower
Relief from UN sanctions unlocks few energy-related investment opportunities in Iran, but the long-term potential is significant
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Special Report
Understanding factor investing
Interest in factor investing is increasing. According to Morningstar data, over 60 smart beta-related ETFs were launched in 2015 in Europe, almost double the number launched in 2014
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Book Review
Book Review: An energy supply for life
Joseph Mariathasan reviews Wade Allison’s Nuclear is for Life: A Cultural Revolution
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Special Report
Advanced engineering
Factor investing has powered the growth of generic smart beta strategies underlying the broad ETF market. But it is entering a new phase of development that is seeing institutional investors move from studying the approach to adopting tailored versions
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Special Report
Technology: Positive chemistry
Christopher O’Dea reports on how technology is transforming the energy sector
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Special Report
Smart beta strategy evaluation and due diligence
Factor investing seeks to identify and capture broad, persistent drivers of return. It is the formalisation of, for example, the idea of seeking inexpensive companies (value investing) or high quality balance sheets (quality investing) – intuitive investment styles that have long been part of the active management toolkit
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Features
From Our Perspective: France rallies to the cause
Opposition to funded pensions has long been popular in France. Trade unions suspect that they will act as a Trojan horse for Anglo-Saxon capitalism and social welfare policy, which would undermine the country’s solidarity-based pension system. Politicians shy away from using terms like ‘pension funds’.
