All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 10
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FeaturesConnecting climate dots
The transition to a low-carbon economy should lead to significant economic opportunity
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FeaturesTen years ago
Equity markets reached rock bottom in early March 2009, with the S&P 500 falling under 700 before embarking on a steep bull run that only really lost momentum last October
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News
Romania faces ‘last call’ to save second pillar
Industry fears nationalisation by the back door through government reforms
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FeaturesBeyond the annuity waiting room
Fintech is hard to escape in daily life – whether personal finance apps, crowdfunding investments or robo-advisers.
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Special ReportAPG: How a giant stays agile
APG’s Growth Factory takes a radical approach to tech disruption, following the vision of director Joep Beukers
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FeaturesInvestment self help
Many people start their new year with diets, exercise, or perhaps a dose of self-help. Bookshops are well stocked with guides to better working, living, thinking, sleeping and even breathing.
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FeaturesA glimpse into the future
For many people, being asked to solve their retirement planning problems is akin to being asked to build their own car
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FeaturesLiabilities remain in focus
Given overall pressure on funding rates and falling asset markets, 2019 looks set to be a year where good governance and adaptability to external events will be crucial
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Asset Class Reports
Case Study: Local Pensions Partnership
LPP’s Richard Savage describes his approach to running an in-house global equities portfolio
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: BlackRock Credit
BlackRock is adding to its global private debt capabilities
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Country Report
Swedish Premium Pension: Lundbergh’s nudge
How to formulate evidence-based pension reform proposals in 10 weeks
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Special ReportSpecial Report: ESG takes root
One in every four professionally managed dollars is now invested sustainably according to some definition, with a total of $22.9trn run in this way overall
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FeaturesMarket approaches nudged off course
Sweden’s experience with the Premium Pension system shows how arduous dismantling of poorly constructed architectures can be
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: FMO Investment Management
Yvonne Bakkum, managing director of FMO Investment Management, is an evangelist for the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) – and even wears a lapel brooch representing them
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Special Report
Introduction: Competition and innovation
Consolidation has been a hallmark of the ETF sector in recent years as the market continues its growth trajectory, with global assets exceeding $5.7trn
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FeaturesTime to beef up UK supervision
With assets of in excess of £1.8trn, DB occupational pensions easily represent the single largest stock of financial savings in the UK
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News
UK commercial DB consolidator 'superfund' loses CEO, financial backer [updated]
Changes announced six months after The Pension SuperFund was launched
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Country Report
Gresham House: Network effects
Gresham House CEO Tony Dalwood is fundraising for a UK housing and infrastructure fund, and has the LGPS in his sights
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Special Report
Reflections on the crisis
IPE canvassed the views of leading economists and politicians on the post-Lehman crisis regulatory and policy response, and on the impact of the crisis on the global financial system
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FeaturesHolistic answers needed
Fiduciary management was conceived as a sophisticated and holistic solution to the shortcomings of pension asset management that became evident after the equity market downturn of 2000-03
