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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator October 2020
Globally, net equity sentiment is close to record levels, while net bond sentiment is flat or down to near record levels. A scenario explained by a virtual consensus that central banks can continue to pump liquidity into the system and this will eventually kickstart economies. Meanwhile, economists are predicting a long and deep slump.
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Opinion PiecesA long sunset on a fragile model
The ECB’s move in September 2019 to lower rates and restart corporate bond purchases was a clear red warning signal to defined benefit pension funds and other liability-driven investors.
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Country ReportNetherlands: New paths
The new Dutch pension agreement could unleash a new wave of thinking around risk taking and portfolio construction, with strong similarities to the way some Nordic schemes are run
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Impact uncertain
New EU climate benchmarks are getting industry take-up but not everyone is embracing them
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Special ReportChina: First in, first out
China is focusing on a new long-term growth strategy after the success of its tough measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Pandemic winners and losers
COVID-19 is proving a powerful catalyst for social and technological change
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2020: Europe’s €8trn pension pot
This year’s 7.25% increase in overall assets for IPE’s Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2020 sample to €8.3trn must inevitably be seen in light of 2019’s strong year for asset returns and 2020’s tumultuous COVID-19-related market crash. By comparison, the overall asset increase in 2019’s survey was 6.93%.
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Features
Briefing: Timing is everything in distress
After an extended period in the wilderness, distressed debt funds – bereft of opportunities because of ultra-low interest rates and economic buoyancy – are back in the spotlight with large players coming to the market.
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Opinion PiecesMaking a difference
“This time is different”. Such claims were rightly skewered in a well-known book by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. But with the benefit of recent experience it should be clear that their argument did not go far enough.
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Country ReportNetherlands: Pension managers take alternative routes
Dutch pension managers are responding in different ways to the challenges of investing in alternative and illiquid asset classes
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Commission renews green vows
The EU is proposing a taxonomy for non-sustainable industries following the publication of the green taxonomy last year
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Special ReportChina: Western firms rethink their options
Many expect the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to prompt western companies to distance themselves from China
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Asset Class ReportsSmall caps: All is not lost
Some small-cap companies have not only survived effects of the pandemic but are even thriving
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Features
Briefing: The long march to deleveraging
Global debt reached a new record during the first quarter of this year, reaching 331% of GDP, or $258trn (€229trn), according to the Institute of International Finance, the global association of the finance industry.
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Opinion PiecesThe post-pandemic economy could be more of the same
There seems to be a consensus that COVID-19 will bring momentous change to the global economic order. Commentators point to several developments to support this idea.
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Country ReportNetherlands: View from the top
Gerard van Olphen, chair of the executive board at APG, discussed the agreement with Liam Kennedy at IPE’s Summer Pension Congress
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: The promise of disclosures
New EU sustainability reporting requirements for investors could drive companies to improve disclosures. But making the new standards useful for end-investors could still be a challenge
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Special ReportChina: ESG with Chinese characteristics
Pressure from international and domestic investors is driving an upsurge in ESG adoption by Chinese companies
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InterviewsInterview: Dambisa Moyo on the geopolitics of global debt
When asked a simple question about global debt, economist and author Dambisa Moyo introduces a far more complex discussion about geopolitics.
