Latest Special Reports – Page 28
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Risk-free rates: Forging ahead
UK funds have largely ditched LIBOR but the situation for credit funds is more complex
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There is still a place for multi-managers
Despite their shortcomings, there is a case to be made for multi-manager hedge funds
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PEPP: Time to get personal
Can the new Pan-European Personal Pension Product close Europe’s pensions gap?
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Behaviour and retirement planning: Live long and prosper
Most retirement planning models simplify people’s life patterns
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UK: More needs to be done to address post-retirement challenges
The industry has been slow to address the challenges posed by pension freedoms
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UK auto-enrolment: Solutions needed for retirees
Auto-enrolment for employees has been a success. Why not take the same approach for retirees?
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2020 Investment Horizons: Emerging markets face contagion
The protracted period of ultra-low interest rates in the developed world could have a nasty knock-on effect on emerging market debt
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US recession: Slow and steady
Undramatic growth has characterised the longest economic expansion in US history. As trade tensions rise can the momentum be sustained?
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ESG: A new dawn
How can private equity firms avoid suspicions of greenwashing as the industry embraces ESG?
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Europe: Has stability returned?
Despite the gloomy assessments there is a positive case for European capital markets
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Geopolitics: Assets for interesting times
What assets will insulate investors from the geopolitical risks of the future?
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Macro matters: Central bank powers set to fade further
Central bankers were seen as all-powerful, all-knowing and all-guiding. The financial crisis has tarnished this reputation
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Interview: Trading on discontent
Christian Bluth is a trade economist at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German foundation and think tank. IPE’s Daniel Ben-Ami talked to him about the increasingly contentious topic of international trade
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What is next for the CMU?
As the new European Commission takes office, Europe’s pensions and investment sectors share their views on the priorities for the further development of the Capital Markets Union
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Investment Research: The small-cap research squeeze
MiFID II is affecting smaller company research in unexcepted ways
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ESG: The long quest for comparable data
A growing band of institutional investors and other financial actors is seeking better and more comparable inputs to financials statements in areas like carbon emissions
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Risk metrics jigsaw
Moves to promote useful climate risk disclosure among companies are hampered by highly variable risk metrics and a lack of cohesive standards
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The buy-side: Greater focus on quality
There is growing demand for research that genuinely adds value
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Brydon Review: Call for deeper, wider audits
UK review reveals stakeholders would like more information on company prospects and risks
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Credit Ratings: Good credit, bad behaviour?
Rating agencies and asset managers are starting to integrate ESG in bond portfolios