All Special Report articles – Page 59
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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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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 ReportTop 400 Asset Managers 2016: Global assets now €56.3trn
Assets managed by the leading global asset managers increased by nearly 12% over the course of last year, according to the 2016 IPE Top 400 Asset Managers survey. This is less than the 17.8% increase recorded over the course of 2014, although higher than 2013’s 8.9% increase.
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Offshore wind market speeds up
The offshore wind market is becoming an increasingly attractive investment option as it grows and matures. Michael Ferguson looks at the recent project Meerwind
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SME Lending: Transmission revamp
SME lending is a crucial element in any developed economy. We assess the opportunities and risks for European institutional investors
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MENA holds sway
Middle East and North Africa countries will continue to rule in the oil market, although budget deficits are a growing threat, according to Cyril Widdershoven
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Oil & Gas: In search of moats
Joseph Mariathasan asks whether investors should take a bullish or a bearish stance on the low oil price
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Mind the infrastructure gap
Energy infrastructure will remain a relevant and interesting field for asset owners as governments look to plug the investment gap, finds Jonathan Williams
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Understanding factor investing
Interest in factor investing is increasing. According to Morningstar data, over 60 smart beta-related ETFs were launched in 2015 in Europe, almost double the number launched in 2014
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Regulatory trends and the implications for UCITS ETFs
Based on the European regulations that have been published in the last few years, it would seem that regulators consider transparency to be the panacea to all investor concerns. Already, in this space, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) provided its guidelines on ETFs and other UCITS issues in 2012, which were completed by the ESMA Q&As of March 2013.
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Trends that will shape the ETF market
Few doubt that ETF use will grow in the years ahead. Three out of four participants in a recent PwC survey believe the market will at least double by 2020 to US$5trn (€4.4trn)1. BlackRock believes European ETFs will reach US$1trn a year earlier, in 2019.
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Observations on ETF liquidity
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) market continues to grow rapidly in size and popularity, reaching $3trn in assets worldwide
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Global Energy: Something new under the sun
An overview of the global energy sector shows the world’s relationship with energy is being transformed, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Iran: Tomorrow’s energy superpower
Relief from UN sanctions unlocks few energy-related investment opportunities in Iran, but the long-term potential is significant
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Emerging green markets
Will declining costs and changing policy priorities lead to investment opportunities in green energy in emerging markets? Elisabeth Jeffries poses the questions
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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
