Latest Special Reports – Page 51
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Special ReportSpecial Report: Investing for Impact
Although relatively new, impact investing is still the term that has been around the longest to describe investing with the explicit purpose of achieving positive non-financial impacts in addition to financial gain
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Global Defined Contribution: Targeting the right glidepath
Christopher O’Dea finds defined contribution pension sponsors are increasingly looking for more flexibility in target-date funds to cope with changing worker demographics
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Special ReportSpecial Report Factor Investing: Meeting expectations
It is important to have realistic expectations about what factor investment can deliver
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China: China playing catch-up
Available figures suggest China’s enormous pension market could mean huge potential opportunities for insurers and asset managers, writes Florence Chong
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The great factor debate
Daniel Ben-Ami examines a key question that is too often neglected: why does factor investing work?
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A new frontier?
Everyone seems to want to talk about investing for impact these days. But a lack of a common understanding can make this difficult, according to Susanna Rust
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Special ReportImpact Investing Market Statistics: Trends and snapshots
Data collected from 62 investors that completed the GIIN’s annual impact investor survey in each of the years 2014-2016, covering 2013-2015
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Australia: Advice – better than any product
The Australian superannuation system is on the verge of creating cutting-edge income drawdown products. But many leading funds contend that advances in online advice will have a greater impact on outcomes. David Rowley reports
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A risk-reducing factor
Many factor investors use timing as a way to reduce risks, writes David Turner
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Chile: Chilean pensions under pressure
Chilean workers face an uncertain retirement future. Poor pension prospects have led to calls for nationalisation, says Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Crowding concerns
The rise in popularity of factor investing strategies and products raises questions about crowding, writes Paul Amery
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Building the car while driving it
There are many ways to measure and assess impact. Emma Cusworth reviews the importance of credible data in impact investment strategies
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Private Markets: Changes in trends and attitudes
Anthony Harrington assesses the interaction between the supply of private market impact opportunities and investor attitudes towards them
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Factor investing embraces big data
Greater computing power means greater potential for factor investing, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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PGGM: Impactful solutions
PGGM’s involvement in impact investing predates the UN Sustainable Development Goals, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Getting the blend right
Investors need to consider the interaction effects between different factors when constructing multi-factor portfolios, writes Paul Amery
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ISIF: Double bottom line
Additionality, displacement and deadweight are key impact concepts for the Ireland Stategic Investment Fund, according to Rachel Fixsen
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The growth has only just begun
Lynn Strongin Dodds sees signs pointing to a continuing rise in factor-based investing
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McKnight Foundation: Sticking to impact
Christopher O’Dea speaks to the McKnight Foundation of Minnesota about its $200m commitment to impact investment strategies
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Full of EM promise
David Turner finds elements of factor investing that could make the strategy ideal for emerging markets
