Latest Special Reports – Page 58
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The Netherlands: Managing, not matching
Dutch schemes have switched to dynamic liability-driven investment strategies. But in the current economic environment portfolios are unlikely to shift, Leen Preesman finds
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Fundamentals: The long view
Economic debate tends to focus obsessively on short-term indicators while underestimating the importance of productivity and business investment, Daniel Ben-Ami explains
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Top 400: Investment Returns - The reality of new-world investing
The new world of ultra-low interest rates could be here to stay, so investors need to change the way they think about investing. Tapan Datta explains
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The changing world of risk
Uncertain times on the horizon call for an adaptive toolkit in liability-driven investment, argues Paras Shah and Rik Merkx
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Integration: A work in progress
The European Union has made substantial progress towards economic integration but there is some way to go before it can achieve its full potential, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Top 400: Debt Build-up - Lifeline is becoming a burden
Asset managers can no longer rely on central banks to shore-up the markets, according to Amin Rajan and Pascal Blanqué
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Safer but less profitable
Europe’s banks no longer seem to face a systemic threat but their profits are meagre. David Turner reports
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Top 400: Changing times in China
The boom in China’s asset management industry should create opportunities for overseas investors, says Qin Xu
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The Capital Markets Union
The CMU is the latest EU initiative aimed at smoothing the way for integrated cross-border capital markets activity, writes Diego Valiante
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Is German economic thinking different?
Germany’s economic policy is undoubtedly coloured by its troubled historical experience but does this make it unique or is it a just a free-market outlook with a Germanic flavour? Daniel Ben-Ami investigates
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Infrastructure Debt: A niche strategy
There are many reasons why infrastructure debt should feature in LDI strategies for UK pension funds. But do not expect a huge growth in allocations, says Joseph Mariathasan
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Top 400: Liquidity-Risk Management - Managing fund liquidity in Europe
Regulators have turned their attention to addressing the European asset management industry’s handling of liquidity risk, writes Federico Cupelli
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Greek crisis appears defused
A renewed Greek crisis looks unlikely after the recent debt relief deal with creditors. Ayşe Ferliel Barounos reports
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Top 400: Multi-asset investing renaissance
Multi-asset strategies have many diversification benefits for investors in today’s challenging environment, according to Phil Edwards and Ben Lewis
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Top 400: Disruptive Technology - The four ‘Ds’ of disruption
JR Lowry believes that digitisation, de-risking, disintermediation and democratisation are transforming the asset management industry
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Top 400: A digital wake-up call
Investment firms have to compete with their conventional peers and fast-growing fintech start-ups when it comes to client communication, writes Catherine Doherty
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Top 400: Productivity - Improving the wider economy
The asset management industry should focus more on long-term value creation, says Andrew Ninian
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Top 400: Investor Trust - Overcoming the trust deficit
Paul Smith argues that investment managers have a responsibility to be good fiduciary managers and ethical participants in the financial markets
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Special Report: A new energy economy
While it is reasonable to predict that the oil price will rebound in the second half of 2016, the collapse of the commodity that began in 2014 leaves a mark in investors’ consciousness
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Special Report Credit: Avoid the flashpoints
Spreads and liquidity are two current (and seemingly perennial) concerns for investors navigating their way along the credit spectrum. To add to that, investors are now assessing the effect of the ECB’s announcement that it will extend asset purchases to investment-grade bonds