Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 246
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Features
Equity buy-write strategies: A bridge into the equity world for the yield-starved
David Turner explores the potential of ‘buy-writing’ as equity-income enhancer and bonds proxy
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Asset allocation: Where next?
Against the current economic backdrop, trustees and investment committees are unsure which sources of return they should allocate capital to, Liam Kennedy writes
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PFPP survey: Delivery against objectives
In the first in a series of articles analysing the most recent reporting output of the Pension Fund Perceptions Programme, we assess how pension funds perceive their managers
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Regulation roundup: Europe’s changing pensions
Overview of main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions across Europe
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Country Report
Dutch pensions policy: In the balance
The national debate on the future of the Dutch pensions system is now over – Carlo Svaluto Moreolo sifts opinions as the broad outline of a new system slowly takes shape
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Special Report
Consultants and pension funds: When disagreements arise
Legal disputes between pension funds and their advisers are surprisingly rare – but, as Sally Ling discovers, this does not mean disagreements never arise
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Special ReportSmart beta performance: Proving their worth
Real-market performance of three of the leading equity smart beta strategies shows these approaches have something worthwhile to offer
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Asset Class Reports
European equities: The stock-pickers return
How can European equity portfolio managers find genuinely idiosyncratic stock risk amid the current top-down noise?
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The ‘Japanisation’ of the economy
Martial Godet and Ankit Gheedia warn that their indicators show the rest of the world sliding into ‘Japanisation’ – just as Japan is escaping it
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Special Report
Consultants: Talking heads
IPE asks pension consultants and fiduciary managers for their thoughts on regulation of investment advice for institutions
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Private equity fund performance: Cash today or growth tomorrow?
Pierre Garnier assesses if and when an investor should seek to sell a private equity fund interest
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OECD research: A focus on long-term opportunities
The OECD’s recent survey of large pension funds shows that despite increased interest in alternative investments, there has been less traction in areas like direct infrastructure.
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UK annuity liberalisation: Challenge or opportunity?
Tiziana Perrella assesses the impact of annuity liberalisation on UK DB pension funds
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Country Report
Hedging bets: Dutch pension funds re-think hedge fund allocation
PFZW’s liquidation of its hedge fund portfolio has been seen as a sign Dutch pension funds are cutting ties with the industry. But it’s more complex than that, according to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo.
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Frontier Markets: Surprisingly mature
While frontier markets are now the same size as emerging markets in 1995, in other respects they look like emerging markets circa 2005. Asha Mehta warns investors not to miss out on further turbo-charged convergence
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Special ReportFocus Group: Pension funds get smart
The days of smart beta being all talk and no action in the pensions world are long gone
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Asset Class Reports
European equities: Recovery or retrenchment?
Martin Steward finds European equity managers disagreeing on how to position for the business cycle
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Special Report
Room for smaller players in UK's 'oligopolistic' pension consulting market
Martin Steward finds that the age of true dominance of the UK’s ‘big three’ consultants may have passed, creating opportunity for smaller providers
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Research - Pension Funds: The progression of smart risking
In this final article on a new survey, Pierre Cailleteau and Amin Rajan conclude that improved risk management is the most enduring legacy of the global financial crisis
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Swiss Accounting Standards: Swimming against the tide
Some Swiss sponsors have ditched international standards in favour of local GAAP
