Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 40
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FeaturesResearch: Pension investing in an inflation fuelled world
Monica Defend and Amin Rajan highlight the big upheavals facing pension investors
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Why and how we need to change the conversation about pension reform
In their new book, Power and Prediction, on the disruptive economics of artificial intelligence (AI), authors Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb write about the ‘between times’ between an important new discovery and the time it takes for that discovery to go mainstream. In 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrated the potential of the electric light bulb to change the world, yet 20 years later only 3% of US households had electricity. It would take another 20 years for that number to reach 50% of the population. For electricity the ‘between times’ were 40 years. This prompted the authors to wonder how long the ‘between times’ will be for AI.
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FeaturesFixed income, rates & currency: Inflation strengthens its grip
Whereas news of the hostilities in Ukraine may be losing their potential to shock and dislocate the world economic order, inflation news has maintained its powerful hold over financial markets across the world throughout 2022, with many economies recording their highest inflation levels for decades.
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Is small cap the next mean reversion trade?
By now, most investors have noticed a rebound in value relative to growth in equity markets. After underperforming growth over the past decade, value stocks are experiencing strong mean reversion and outperforming significantly.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - January 2023
Better air defence and the ground freezing over are steadily improving the outlook for Ukraine’s forces, now locked in stalemate. A series of blunders haunts US Republicans in general and Trump in particular. If Biden’s stimulus package is enacted, it will counteract Fed policy, possibly prolonging the series of interest rate increases. The EU seems to have bought too much gas. It has agreed to take border measures against some products from climate change laggard countries.
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FeaturesQontigo Riskwatch - January 2023
*Data as of 30 November 2022. Forecast risk estimate for each index measured by the respective US, World and Emerging Markets Qontigo model variants
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Prospects 2023
The past year will be remembered as one of the most challenging for institutional investors ever. The outlook for 2023 is brighter, if anything because valuations of major asset classes have come back to historical levels.
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Asset Class ReportsAsset class report – Equities
Factor investment strategies were once the ‘new black’ - scientific, quant driven approaches that could deliver the ‘smart beta’ nirvana of lower volatility returns and optimised exposure to robust return premia from small cap, value and quality stocks. Pundits always warned adopters that not all factors would perform all of the time - and indeed they didn’t. But investors are taking a fresh look at factor strategies now the extended spell of outperformance of growth stocks has passed, and value has reasserted itself.
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (December 2022)
Nordic pension funds are getting to grips with biodiversity and natural capital in their investment portfolios, seeking to measure both the impact of companies they invest in and ways they can limit adverse effects on nature. Like other investors globally, many are just at the early stages of thinking about this - how they measure biodiversity, which metrics and approaches are gaining acceptance, and how best to report to stakeholders.
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Special ReportProspects 2023: Asset management roundtable
The past year was one of the most challenging ever for institutional investors. Here, asset allocators and others assess the current and future risks to portfolios and identify the opportunities in an environment that remains highly uncertain
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Factor investment strategies return to favour
After a few years of poor returns from factor investing, investors are again showing interest – but with more realistic expectations
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Country ReportNordic region: Investors embrace biodiversity initiatives
Measuring impact remains the biggest challenge
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Special ReportProspects 2023: The inflation conundrum facing investors
Institutional investors would do well to include commodities and trend strategies to mitigate inflationary pressures
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Is tracking error key to carbon reduction?
Passive investors may have to rethink their tracking error limits in the net-zero environment
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Country ReportNordic region: Ilmarinen's roadmap for biodiversity change
Ilmarinen believes biodiversity and nature loss must be treated in the same way as climate change in investment activities
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Special ReportProspects 2023: How important are the carbon markets?
Carbon pricing is key to investment in green technology
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Investing in the midst of Europe’s gloom
Healthcare and luxury brands are two sectors with potential to stand out in an otherwise gloomy macro environment
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Country ReportNordic region: Danish pension funds on track to fund climate commitments
Denmark’s pension industry is calling for greater clarity from government on the timing of green projects and on the roles of different stakeholders
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Special ReportProspects 2023: ESG-driven divestments threaten energy transition
Investor support for miners is crucial to ensure a sufficient supply of metals for renewable technology
