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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: DB funding regime change
What might the UK Pension Schemes Bill and upcoming changes to the funding regime mean for managing DB schemes?
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: A more precise way to unlock targeted factors
Factor investing is built on the premise that investors can manage risk and returns by applying an appropriate mix of equity factors such as value, quality, size, momentum and low volatility.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Investing in green doesn’t equal greening the world
Financial products and services marketed as green must make a clear and measurable difference to the transition to environmental sustainability, argues Ben Caldecott.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Fiduciary duty and global warming
ESG is not the same as global warming, or climate change. There are overlaps, but the differences are more important. In essence, ESG is on the same level as a political conviction.
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Opinion PiecesPost Brexit questions
By the time you read this, the UK will have left the European Union, following three years of negotiation, renegotiation and delay
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Opinion PiecesA perilous stability
A few years ago, when asset managers talked about market prospects, they often pointed to 2020 as the year when the world economy could run into difficulties
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Opinion PiecesTrustees should always protect pensions
The proposal to phase out the Retail Prices Index (RPI), one of the main measures of inflation in the UK is among the pension industry’s biggest topics of debate.
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Opinion PiecesCrossing boundaries
In 2020 many asset owners will be motivated to cross boundaries in search of stable returns. This is because despite big gains for equities and bonds during 2019, institutional investors are worried about low yields and slow growth hurting performance.
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Opinion PiecesLetter From US: New Secure Act – a step in the right direction
New rules encourage employers to offer annuities in 401(k)-type retirement plans
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Ric van Weelden
Asset owners have realised that diversity is more than just an ESG matter
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Opinion PiecesBeyond green ambitions
Europe has lofty ambitions as it positions the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth plan for the coming decade and beyond
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Opinion PiecesA precarious balance
Why has there not been another global financial crisis over the past decade? That is a more fruitful question than trying to predict when the next bout of market mayhem will hit.
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Opinion PiecesSystemic risk may be underestimated
Underestimating the scale of systemic risk within the asset management industry is a mistake. For several years, macroprudential authorities including the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have argued that asset management activities are becoming systemically more risky.
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Opinion PiecesTime for a positive impact on investing
The focus on sustainability and impact investing is expected to continue to grow, with potential regulatory and policy responses having wide-ranging investment implications
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Fabrice Demarigny, Joachim Nagel & Corien Wortmann-Kool
“A reboot of the CMU has moved up the European policy agenda”
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Opinion PiecesCan we all be Canadian?
As we approach the 2020s, what have we learned about pension investing in the last 20 years?
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: US pension funds braced for lower for longer
The last edition of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) points to the risks that lower-for-longer yields pose, especially for pension funds.
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Bob Collie
“With DC now globally dominant, the momentum that has been building is likely to continue”
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Opinion PiecesBold thinking needed
Muted and constrained economic growth, continued low yields and quantitative easing, combined with a poor investment return outlook, loom over Europe’s pension sector.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Industry debates private equity role in 401(k) plans
Should those who invest through 401(k) retirement plans have greater access to private equity?
