Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 70
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Special ReportManager selection: Asset management operations under scrutiny
The role of outsourced operational due diligence on asset managers is becoming more prominent
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Asset Class Reports
Credit: EU raises the green bond stakes
The EU is considering making its Green Bond Standard mandatory
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Country ReportGermany: Leading viewpoints on pensions policy
Senior pension figures and politicians spell out their priorities for German pensions
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Special ReportManager selection: Market trends
Manager selection consultants are helping investors navigate the next stages of ESG integration
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Asset Class ReportsCredit: Anthropocene fixed income
Former credit portfolio manager Ulf Erlandsson is on a mission to shake up the bond markets’ climate-change credentials
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Country ReportGermany: Rethinking the rules for Pensionskassen
Pensionskassen are still a reliable way to provide employees with occupational pensions but regulatory requirements must change
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Country ReportAustria: Political instability slows pension reform
The government continues to drag its feet on the comprehensive overhaul of second-pillar pensions
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Opinion PiecesThe Ukraine war and what it means for pension funds
A health check for pension funds as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises questions about diversification and energy
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Opinion PiecesGermany's debate on pension reform edges forward
The war in Ukraine, an unspeakable human tragedy, is forcing governments around Europe to reset international relations and find new partners to secure energy sources. The invasion has strongly tested the intent of the new German government to break with the previous administrations of Angela Merkel.
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InterviewsUkraine & Russia: War-proofing portfolios
Investors react to outbreak of hostilities and reflect on asset allocation in the months ahead
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FeaturesStrategically speaking interview: Redwheel’s new CEO
Last August, RWC Partner’s chief executive Dan Mannix left the company, and the head of business development, Tord Stallvik took over. Soon afterwards, the company rebranded as Redwheel – RWC was an acronym for Red Wheel Capital.
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Opinion PiecesUK's pension dashboard project should prioritise accuracy over simplification
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 closed last month. The DWP now aims to lay the regulations before parliament for debate later in the year.
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InterviewsFast and slow: Finland’s Veritas makes new additions to the portfolio construction toolbox
Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer of Finnish pensions insurer Veritas, tells Pirkko Juntunen about his views on diversification in a world where fundamentals are no longer the driver
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Invasion reactions show pension funds are more than investors
Before the Russian government’s decision to invade Ukraine at the end of February, the exposure of European pension funds to Russian assets was relatively low, and in some cases non-existent. Nevertheless, those funds that did invest in Russia acted quickly to reassess their exposure and divest from Russia entirely when possible, given the treacherous market conditions.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Trustee accountability in focus
Despite having billions of assets under management, Australia’s superannuation funds have share capital ranging from as little as A$12 (€7.9) to A$100 (€66.2).
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: US pension funds decide on Russian holdings
“We support efforts at all levels of government and across the public and private sectors, which include cross-functional and multi-agency partnerships, to divest State Treasury and pension funds from investments in Russian-domiciled companies. We are committed to taking steps that include divesting as soon as possible to have the quickest and most meaningful impact on this tragic situation.”
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FeaturesLonger lives lead to numerous societal challenges
“Demographics is the single most important factor that nobody pays attention to, and when they do pay attention, they miss the point,” management and pensions guru Peter Drucker once declared. The key issue is not only that people are living much longer, but that fertility rates are below the population replacement rate of 2.1 children per female everywhere in the world apart from Africa.
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FeaturesAccounting: IASB grapples with IAS 19
The staff could hardly have been more blunt: “Overall, we received mixed feedback on our IAS 19 [International Accounting Standard 19] proposal,” they told the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in March. The proposal in question is a March 2021 exposure draft in which the IASB trialled a new approach to disclosure by focusing on objectives aimed at teasing out relevant information.
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Opinion PiecesHealthcare investing: Get ready for the next pandemic
The world will have to collaborate on many fronts to ensure preparedness for the next global health crisis.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: The fault with the default setting for COVID mortality in standard tables
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) is a subsidiary company of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in the UK. The CMI has a long history of providing high-quality and impartial analysis on mortality and morbidity. It is mainly focused on gathering data to produce standard mortality tables across various sub-populations of interest to actuaries, including term assurances, annuitants and pension schemes.
