Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 228
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Sustainable investing is becoming much more important
The importance of sustainable investments is steadily increasing. At the same time, the debate surrounding the added value of this investment approach continues
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Emerging green markets
Will declining costs and changing policy priorities lead to investment opportunities in green energy in emerging markets? Elisabeth Jeffries poses the questions
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The big picture on ETFs
The ETF industry continues to prosper on almost every metric. Yet it does face both headwinds and tailwinds
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An agile response to divergent policy
Divergent monetary policy activities by major central banks are having impacts right across yield curves. For investors, this means an agile investment strategy will be vital to the overall performance of their bond portfolio.
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EDHEC European ETF Survey 2015 – some key results
EDHEC Risk Institute conducted its ninth survey1 of European investment professionals on the usage and perceptions of ETFs at the end of 2015 with the support of Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta. EDHEC-Risk Institute’s ETF surveys now provide a continuous assessment of practices and views amongst professional investors since 2006.
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Regulatory trends and the implications for UCITS ETFs
Based on the European regulations that have been published in the last few years, it would seem that regulators consider transparency to be the panacea to all investor concerns. Already, in this space, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) provided its guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues in 2012, which were completed by the ESMA Q&As of March 2013.
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Features
Breaking Germany’s mould
Federal civil servants at two government ministries are searching for a workable policy to promote occupational pensions
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Country Report
Pensions in Austria: Broadening the horizons
Like their international counterparts, Austrian Pensionskassen must find new sources of return. Barbara Ottawa reports on the potential opportunities
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Country Report
Pensions in Germany: The joys of negative rates
German pension investors are boxed in. With the prospect of negative 10-year Bund yields, they are forced to expand their fixed-income exposure
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Special Report: Consultants under scrutiny
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is carrying out a comprehensive review of the asset management industry, which reaches to the heart of investment consultants’ business models
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Asset Class Reports
European Equities: More scope for active managers
The European economy is showing some strong signs of recovery. What does this mean for Europe’s equity markets?
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Factor Investing: Navigating the factor maze
IPE’s deputy editor Daniel Ben-Ami remembers the first time he heard the term ‘factor investing’. Although the subject seemed new in some respects, in other ways it was strangely familiar
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Beefing up the CMU
Inadequacy of European national court systems in the financial sphere is due for overhaul. Upgrade is necessary if the EU’s capital markets union programme (CMU) is going to get anywhere, according to a high-status paper
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Features
Negative rates are truly negative
It is instructive to remember that only a few years ago it was common for negative interest rates to be dismissed as impossible.
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Country Report
Interview: Karl Timmel CEO, VBV
Karl Timmel, CEO of Austria’s largest Pensionskasse, VBV, helped to set up the second pillar in the country more than two decades ago
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Country Report
Corporate Pensions: A shift in risk perception
Corporate pension schemes need to change the status quo in terms of governance and implementation if they are to meet their goals, writes Nigel Cresswell
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Asset allocation in volatile times
Should investors rethink their strategic asset allocation in light of current volatility? Three leading investment consultants tell IPE how they are advising their clients to react to the changing environment
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Assessing Smart Beta: Some rough with the smooth
Anyone hoping to benefit from factor investing should be willing to accept significant periods of underperformance
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Asset Class Reports
Equity markets slow down
The European equity market has surged in market capitalistion since 2009, but not necessarily because company earnings have increased.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: The Yale effect
Good things come in small packages. It sounds so true reading the latest annual National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Commonfund study of endowment performance.
