All Special Report articles – Page 52
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The great factor debate
Daniel Ben-Ami examines a key question that is too often neglected: why does factor investing work?
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Gaining currency as a risk control
Lynn Strongin Dodds finds that worries about currency risk are leading investors to consider factor-based approach when investing in foreign exchange markets
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Global Defined Contribution: Targeting the right glidepath
Christopher O’Dea finds defined contribution pension sponsors are increasingly looking for more flexibility in target-date funds to cope with changing worker demographics
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Crowding concerns
The rise in popularity of factor investing strategies and products raises questions about crowding, writes Paul Amery
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Chile: Chilean pensions under pressure
Chilean workers face an uncertain retirement future. Poor pension prospects have led to calls for nationalisation, says Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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China: China playing catch-up
Available figures suggest China’s enormous pension market could mean huge potential opportunities for insurers and asset managers, writes Florence Chong
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Case Studies: LPP and FRR
Charlotte Moore outlines how two pension funds are using factor-investing strategies
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Building the car while driving it
There are many ways to measure and assess impact. Emma Cusworth reviews the importance of credible data in impact investment strategies
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ISIF: Double bottom line
Additionality, displacement and deadweight are key impact concepts for the Ireland Stategic Investment Fund, according to Rachel Fixsen
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Getting the blend right
Investors need to consider the interaction effects between different factors when constructing multi-factor portfolios, writes Paul Amery
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Factor investing embraces big data
Greater computing power means greater potential for factor investing, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Beware of taking labels at face value
Sebastian Ceria and Melissa Brown warn that exchange-traded funds with similar labels can generate widely different returns because of the way their portfolios are constructed
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The growth has only just begun
Lynn Strongin Dodds sees signs pointing to a continuing rise in factor-based investing
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Beat the bond benchmarks
Investors may be losing significant returns by failing to apply factor investing to bonds, says Barbara Petitt
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Private Markets: Changes in trends and attitudes
Anthony Harrington assesses the interaction between the supply of private market impact opportunities and investor attitudes towards them
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Top-down versus bottom-up multi-factor approaches
Noël Amenc, Frédéric Ducoulombier, Felix Goltz and Sivagaminathan Sivasubramanian look at the pros and cons of top-down and bottom-up strategies for factor investing
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Interview: Amit Bouri - GIIN
Susanna Rust asks Amit Bouri, CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, about the opportunities and risks that come with impact investing’s growing popularity
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All investment impacts
Institutional investors looking at impact strategies should take a holistic view of their portfolio, argues Jane Ambachtsheer
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Australia: Advice – better than any product
The Australian superannuation system is on the verge of creating cutting-edge income drawdown products. But many leading funds contend that advances in online advice will have a greater impact on outcomes. David Rowley reports
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Special Report Consultants: A testing time
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is assessing whether a lack of competition among pension consultants is hurting UK pension schemes
