Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 68
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Asset Class ReportsPortfolio strategy – Emerging markets
It is no secret that while investments in emerging markets promise to deliver superior returns, thanks to their exposure to faster-growing economies, actual performance has been volatile and, at times, disappointing. Over the past decade, emerging market indices have outperformed, as have fund strategies.
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Special ReportStrategy: The search for integrity and effectiveness
Investors are increasingly seeking real-world impact, but understanding of what that means and how it can best be achieved is still evolving.
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Country ReportUK: Behind the pooling figures for local government pensions
Comparing the cost savings of the eight local government pension scheme pools is a complex exercise
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Special ReportCorporate lobbying comes under the spotlight
Companies are starting to respond to investors’ demands for transparent and consistent lobbying.
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Country ReportUK: Interview with Sally Bridgeland
Sally Bridgeland, chair of Local Pensions Partnership Investments, discusses the institution’s net-zero carbon emission and cost-reduction strategies
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Country ReportUK: Collective defined contribution pensions move up a gear
The first collective defined contribution pension scheme is set to launch after years of stop-start progress. But obstacles remain
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Special ReportConsigning fossil fuels to the past
How are asset managers supporting the shift away from fossil fuels in energy intensive sectors?
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Special Report
UK Stewardship Code: a platform for impact
Investors and specialist managers could use the UK’s revised Stewardship Code to showcase intentionality and impact
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Country ReportUK: The long and winding road to consolidation
Brexit, COVID and other factors delay regulation that would enable commercial DB scheme consolidators to operate
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Special ReportTowards a sustainable portfolio theory
Applying monetary values to impacts would allow investors to direct capital better and assess opportunities for improved long-term returns
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Country ReportUK: Pension dashboards make slow progress
DWP timeline is met with optimism but complex UK system throws up problems
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AnalysisPortfolio analysis: to net or not to net?
Portfolio alignment tools can help build a clearer picture of overall portfolio impact but accounting for negative externalities is problematic
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Country ReportUK: Auto-enrolment after a decade: broadening the scope
The UK is exploring how to bring younger, part-time, and lower paid workers into the scope of its successful auto-enrolment regime
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Special ReportData: focus on impact hurdles
An increasing number of impact funds link carried interest to impact goals. Asset owners can help by encouraging this trend
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Opinion PiecesRobust central clearing is critical for millions of Europeans
Derivatives like interest rate swaps are now a central component of risk management best practice. According to a 2018 paper by ISDA and PensionsEurope, the percentage of hedged pension liabilities in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK ranges from 40-60% of total liabilities.
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Opinion PiecesShareholder action to curb corporate lobbying is urgent
Corporate lobbying has always existed, but only in recent times have investors concerned with sustainability started to monitor the impact of the lobbying activities of their investee companies.
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Opinion PiecesSeesawing rates pivot European pension funding ratios
Many pension funds throughout Europe have had insufficient funding ratios for many years in part due to falling interest rates, even though pension funds’ investment choices and contribution levels also play a role.
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FeaturesMeasuring health impacts could expand ESG metrics
All companies have an impact on the world beyond just the profits for shareholders. Acknowledging and measuring these impacts in a quantitative manner enables them to be managed for the benefit of all and contributes to the creation of a fairer and more just society. The environment, social and governance (ESG) movement has raised the importance of such sentiments.
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FeaturesInvestors grapple with sustainability in short selling strategies
The recent move by the EU to exclude derivatives from sustainable strategies has focused attention on the role of short selling in promoting lower carbon emissions
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FeaturesInvestors sceptical on Tokyo equity market reforms
In April, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) implemented its biggest overhaul in over 60 years in an attempt to attract foreign investors. However, many industry experts see the move as largely symbolic and believe more needs to be done to create a roster of high-quality companies with strong corporate governance practices.
