Latest Special Reports – Page 35
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Special ReportAlignment: mind the gap
What role might market participants play to plug the SDG gap?
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Fiduciary Duty: Making the right impact
Impact funds range from those that seek to generate attractive returns while pursuing social objectives to those that focus solely on the social aims
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Asset Allocation: The future looks synthetic
A decade ago, synthetic ETFs were the pariahs of the asset management industry. Now, though, the tides are turning – with some sectors experiencing a revival in synthetic flows
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Social Impact Investing: Need for clear definitions
Measuring genuine social impact investing means disentangling it from conventional investing with elements of ESG
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Special ReportSocial Impact Finance: Bonds to help Asia’s ‘missing middle’ women
An initiative to raise money to provide low-cost finance for rural female entrepreneurs
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Special ReportThought Leadership: Investment in the age of geo-economics
Brexit, Trump, unprecedented Sino-American trade tensions: country risk and political considerations have moved to the fore and pension investors and asset managers alike have had to revise their investment strategies
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Special ReportAI and Manager Selection: Will your future consultant be a machine?
The world’s largest pension fund is exploring the use of AI to help it select asset managers and assets in which to invest
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Special ReportFactor investing: The paradox of low volatility
Despite scepticism by some investors, low-volatility investing does appear to work, especially during market downturns
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Special ReportESG: The missing dimension in risk management
Embedding ESG into the investment process will be in the long-term financial best interest of beneficiaries
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Five key trends shaping manager selection
We asked consultants how the job of choosing asset managers is changing
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Definitions: Contrasting approaches pose a predicament
Investors face a quandary as analytical tools depart from standard academic definitions of factors
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Special ReportWays to improve DC pensions
International policy best practice holds lessons for UK defined contribution pensions
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Special ReportStrategy: Factor rotation hits record pace
Tilting between factors could work well in this environment
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Special ReportManaging macro-longevity risk
An internal market for macro-longevity risk could provide an alternative to hedging tools
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Special ReportMulti-factor ETFs: A recipe only as good as its ingredients
The performance of multi-factor ETF strategies reflect the choice of factors as well as portfolio construction
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Special ReportApplying rocket science to EMs
Factor investing strategies are increasingly being used in emerging market investing
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Special ReportInvestment Research: MiFIDII – a year of adjustments
Firms are under competitive pressures as the market for investment research takes shape
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Special ReportTaxation: How to soften the tax bite
Research shows tax management can boost returns from factor investment
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Special ReportPension tech for dummies
There is no shortage of new technologies that can improve retirement outcomes for pension fund members
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MiFID II: The best is yet to come
By placing stronger requirements on best execution, MiFID II is transforming the execution landscape
