Latest Special Reports – Page 48
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Will ETF issuers create their own indices?
ETF providers are becoming attracted to the idea of developing bespoke indices and saving on licence fees
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Creating value through smart beta ETFs: myth or reality?
Smart beta ETFs can allow investors to benefit from the many positive attributes of both traditional passive and active strategies
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Indices, ETFs and governance
ESG concerns were once the remit of active and activist investors, but ETF and index providers are becoming increasingly vocal proponents of better corporate stewardship
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What makes the best ETF?
What makes the best ETF for one investor will be very different for another
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Active ETFs’ disclosure challenge
Active ETFs are still getting off the ground, representing just over 1% of the worldwide ETF market. Nevertheless, they are the focus of intense interest
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Attractiveness of local currency emerging market debt
Emerging market debt has become a core part of many investors’portfolios. Yet this asset class has also evolved rapidly
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Special ReportGerman Asset Management: A model for collaboration
Asset managers may work with insurers to gain business in Germany’s new defined contribution (DC) market
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Alternatives in demand
Universal-Investment’s latest investor statistics show how German institutions have started diversifying within alternatives
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Research costs: Managers wrestle with MiFID
Many German asset managers have yet to decide how to apportion external research costs
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Taxation: Changes ahead
What are the implications of the German Investment Tax Reform Law?
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Investment Solutions: No turning back
The way UK pension schemes receive investment advice could change following an investigation by the financial regulator
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Special ReportTop 1000: A bird’s eye view of €7trn
The assets captured in IPE’s annual study of the leading European retirement asset pools total €7.04trn, up from €6.74 last year – an increase of 4.45%. Yet this growth in assets masks a varied picture
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MNOPF: Trustees must focus on their responsibilities
Rory Murphy, chair of the trustee board of the UK’s MNOPF, says the success of fiduciary management depends equally on managers and trustees
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Austria: Politics distracts from pensions
Pension reforms take second place to political squabbling
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Univar: Staying in control
Appointing a fiduciary manager does not mean trustees will lose a grip on investment strategies, says Steve Smith, chairman of trustees of the Univar UK pension scheme
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Belgium: Cross-pillar reform target
The government has been acting on reform recommendations from the Pension Reform Commission
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Denmark: Moves to boost pension saving
Government plan offers incentives to encourage Danes to save more
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Finland: Reforms postponed
Plans to reform the provision of social and health services will have a knock-on effect on occupational pensions
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France: Shaking things up
French pension funds and first-pillar reform are on the horizon
