Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 236
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Country Report
Regulation: Frustration paramount
Italy’s pension system is in the midst of a reform process that started 20 years ago
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Features
Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
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Special Report
Industry Comments: In your experience…
We asked leading industry figures: what can pension fund boards do better? How much time should boards spend on pension fund matters outside meetings and how much should they be paid?
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: US banks lose lustre
Dodd-Frank and other post-crisis regulation have changed the US banking sector with structurally lower returns on equity
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Country ReportItaly's pension reform must foster equality
The Italian government needs to implement equitable pension reform measures if it is to avoid tension between the generations
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Special Report
CalPERS: A matter of belief
CalPERS, the giant Californian state pension fund, recently evaluated an investment beliefs framework it introduced in 2013
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Emerging hopes
Rachel Fixsen looks at the lifting of investment restrictions and their effect on the asset allocation strategies of Italian pension funds
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Features
China Briefing: Foreigners eye Chinese shares
Access to China A-shares, one of the largest equity markets, is becoming easier for overseas investors
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Country Report
Politics: The land of perpetual reform
Maria Teresa Cometto looks at the recent changes to the Italian pension system and asks what has been achieved as politicians pander to popular opinion seeking to reverse key reforms
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Features
Trade Finance Briefing: Doors open to trade
Greater liquidity and capital constraints have forced many banks to scale back or close down their trade finance operations, creating opportunities for non-bank lenders, says Luigi La Ferla
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Features
Investment Solutions Survey: A wide constellation
IPE’s 2015 investment solutions survey explained
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Features
Bigger is not always better when it comes to pension funds
A recent working paper of the Dutch central bank on costs sheds light on a debate playing out in several European capitals over the size of retirement institutions
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FeaturesIPE 360 Conference Report: The tricky question of costs
The tricky question of costs was one of the key topics for debate at the IPE 360 Conference at the London Stock Exchange in mid-June
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Features
Executive pay: Taking back control
Asset owners may now be able to challenge pay inequality more aggressively, using reports backed by staunchly pro-capitalist institutions, write Jonathan Williams
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Speak with one voice
Ahead of the Papal Encyclical on climate change last month, an NGO video went viral. Playful but clever, it conveyed the message well: be forceful stewards of God’s kingdom and get fit for the fight
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Features
Accounting Matters: Feeling the pressure
The verdict on 2014 is that it was a volatile year for pension schemes. Long-dated interest rates fell sharply, bringing with them a corresponding increase in pension liabilities
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Ready with the axe?
The lack of demand rather than supply for both credit and capital is a common criticism from investors of the EU’s capital market union (CMU) programme
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Reform challenge
The head of one of America’s largest financial product providers recently gave a provocative talk on retirement to a think tank based in New York
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Paul Smith - CFA Institute
“Investment management industry leaders must develop professionalism at every level of their firms”
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your emerging market allocation?
Three pension funds - Amonis, BNL BNP Paribas, and UMR Corem - talk about their exposure to emerging markets
