Latest Special Reports – Page 55
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German Asset Management: Investors climb the risk ladder
Continuing low interest rates are forcing investors to move further up the risk ladder in search of returns. Barbara Ottawa reports
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New rules for Spezialfonds: Pandora’s box of opportunities
New rules for Spezialfonds lending could be a huge boost to Germany’s chronically underfunded infrastructure sector, says Thomas Richter
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The fall and fall of interest rates
To understand the current low level of interest rates, it is necessary to see it as the culmination of a trend that goes back to the 1980s
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Kandlbinder 2016: Spezialfonds inflows top €100bn
Till Entzian surveys Germany’s €1.3trn Spezialfonds market, which saw record inflows over the course of 2015
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Euro-Zone: Unquantifiable QE
The effects of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing programme are yet to be quantified, leading some to think of it as the world’s biggest ‘experiment’. Caroline Hay reports
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Universal-Investment: Weathering the challenges
Markus Neubauer examines how the clients of the Master-KAG provider Universal-Investment are managing their portfolios
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US Bonds: The only game in town
The US bond market is benefiting from negative interest rates in Europe and elsewhere. Christopher O’Dea reports
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German Asset Management: In the face of headwinds
Never before has the German institutional asset management industry faced headwinds such as those currently confronting it, writes Clemens Schuerhoff
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Corporate Bonds: Investment-grade boost
Central bank action in the UK and euro-zone has boosted the investment-grade corporate bond market. Lynn Strongin Dodds examines whether this can continue
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High Yield: A risk worth taking
Despite the inherent risks, pension funds are looking to high-yield debt and syndicated loans in their search for above-average returns, as Anthony Harrington explains
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Emerging debt attractions
Institutional investors have under-invested in emerging market corporate debt so far, but Joseph Mariathasan finds the asset class’s attractive fundamentals mean this may change soon
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UK embraces multi-asset
While multi-asset fixed income strategies have been popular in the UK for some time, European investors are only just beginning to take notice, says Charlotte Moore
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Church of England: Showing faith in private debt
Gail Moss explains why the Church of England Pensions Board is putting its faith in the US private-debt sector
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Ircantec: Focusing on growth
The French supplementary pension scheme Ircantec’s plan to diversify its portfolio could be hampered by newly proposed regulatory requirements on asset allocation, says Gail Moss
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IPE Top 1000: European pension assets grow by 9%
Europe’s pension funds now manage more than €6.7trn in combined assets, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%, according to IPE’s latest Top 1000 Pension Funds survey.
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Brexit Papers: OK, what shall we do?
Robin Ellison, head of strategic development for pensions at Pinsent Masons and former chairman of the UK Pensions & Lifetime Savings Association, discusses how Brexit uncertainty is impacting the pension fund industry
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Investment Solutions: Who casts the first stone?
The UK fiduciary management industry awaits the FCA’s report on conflicts of interest. The possible solutions are far from obvious
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Brexit Papers: Brexit, bonds and deficits
For Tapan Datta, global head of asset allocation at Aon Hewitt, Brexit is only the latest chapter in the saga of ever-lower Gilt yields and their associated funding challenges
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Hiring a fiduciary manager is just the beginning
How do independent advisers measure the overall performance of fiduciary management mandates and how do their approaches compare? Charlotte Moore reports
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Top 1000: Faint praise for IORP II compromise
Agreement on the final draft of the IORP II Directive has finally been reached. Susanna Rust outlines the key points
