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Opinion PiecesTalking to strangers
In his recent book, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how people’s natural lack of ability to detect lies can lead to unpleasant consequences.
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Opinion PiecesCan superfunds be the silver bullet for DB woes?
Consolidation as a means of achieving better outcomes for pension schemes is a growing trend. This was highlighted in the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) 2018 White Paper on protecting defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: How great companies deliver purpose and profit
Shareholder value creation is good for companies, investors and the wider world
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Opinion PiecesSmart phones: the key to African opportunity
Demographics are often the least appreciated of the long-term trends that investors consider, despite being perhaps the most important.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from US: Gold investment returns to favour
“Negative real interest rates and unconventional monetary policies have been the catalyst of the new-found interest in gold,” says Jim McKee, a gold expert at Callan’s alternatives consulting group.
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: Five reasons to invest in pensions technology
The world has changed exponentially in 2020, leading many multinationals to ask valid questions about how they can enhance their global operations.
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Funding the future world
A handful of Australian superannuation funds are committing their members’ savings to the future world in terms of energy, water, technology and ideas. There will be successes and failures as ideas are developed and marketed.
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Why we fiduciaries are failing younger members
Small adjustments are not enough: we need to reimagine our approach
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Rethinking materiality: the missing link
Materiality is the missing link between sustainability reporting, corporate strategy, risks and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Leading viewpoint: Letter to the top
A letter to the top 100 heads of ESG at global asset managers
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Closing ESG reporting gaps
Asset managers seeking a coherent ESG strategy first need a coherent narrative
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Opinion PiecesLeading viewpoint: Shaping a new landscape
Five key themes within ESG and the case for focusing on them
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Templates are only a staging post on the cost transparency journey
Cost templates are an important step, but there is much more distance for investors to travel
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Stirring the pot - government review should open VC for pension funds
DC pension review: why there should be an opening for venture capital investment
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The People’s Pension - Global lessons on member outcomes
Big is really very beautiful when it comes to pensions
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Opinion PiecesNasty problems can be overcome
The Nobel laureate Bill Sharpe once called defined contribution (DC) decumulation the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance”.
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Opinion PiecesMind the reality gap
The past few months have brought huge discrepancies between the financial markets and the economy.
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Opinion PiecesPension funds should reflect on their true purpose
With COVID-19 infection rates rising across Europe it seems clear that lockdowns are not over yet. Europe will suffer economically as well as socially and politically.
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Opinion PiecesNo need to panic
The global economic discussion has focused on assessing what damage COVID-19-related lockdowns have caused, and more recently on questioning the speed and strength of the recovery.
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FeaturesSharing Economy: Think impact, build a legacy
As the world adjusts to COVID-19, amid the uncertainties and dangers that lie ahead, there should still be time to dream of a better world.
