All Special Report articles – Page 88
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Rough diamond or polished gem?
Indonesia has been a stellar performer among Asian markets over recent years, writes Bee-Lin Ang. But it has a history of volatility, and it could be about to deliver another dose
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Asia’s grand illusions
While the chance of outright conflict is at a long-time low, according to James Barnes, that doesn’t stop nationalistpopulism having deleterious economic effects
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Asia reorientates
Sino-Japanese tensions over some tiny islands in the East China Sea are a salutary reminder that fast-growing Asia’s many geopolitical flashpoints can erupt suddenly and with meaningful economic impact. Daniel Ben-Ami delineates the risks – but finds them difficult to manage
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Assessing the Arctic
Nina Röhrbein questions the oil industry’s claims to have cleaned up its act enough after Deepwater Horizon to be trusted in the pristine waters of the Arctic.
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Moving ahead – despite the government
Investors were heartened by 2012’s burst of reform in India, but Joseph Mariathasan writes that this is an unexpected bonus in a market where the dynamism comes from the private sector
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Absolute Asia
Asia hedge funds still run less money than before 2008, but they increasingly do so locally and in a broader range of strategies. Shirin Ismail and Tricia Sum survey how the industry is evolving to meet the needs of Asian and global institutional investors
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Outlook 2013: Euro Scenarios: Getting prepared
Ben Gunnee considers the back-office and trade infrastructure implications of a country exiting the euro
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Outlook 2013: Euro Scenarios:The disastrous and the unpalatable
Emma Du Haney offers a survey of the political landscape across the euro-zone and outlines both investment and operational risk-management priorities for the eventuality of a break-up
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Outlook 2013: Euro Scenarios: Open for business
Lynn Strongin Dodds finds most investment managers looking favourably on European equity markets once again
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ESG: Sunny side up
Investors in solar power are responding to changes in the markets and finding new ways of gaining exposure, says Nina Röhrbein
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Outlook 2013: Euro Scenarios: The euro-zone’s no-man’s land
Germany’s bonds are safe-haven, ‘risk-off’ assets. Spain’s are ‘risk-on’ assets. But Maha Khan Phillips asks how investors should think about allocations to markets like France and Belgium
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Outlook 2013: Euro Scenarios: Breaking up is hard to do
Quite apart from the investment risks associated with the euro-zone break-up scenario, it introduces complex legal and operational challenges. Charlotte Moore looks at the situation for both investment and non-financial firms
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Integrating ESG issues with executive pay
By linking executive pay to transparent and measurable ESG factors, companies can show they take ESG issues seriously. Nina Röhrbein reports on work being done in this area
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Risk Managed Equities: Theory and practice
Low-volatility portfolios seem, empirically, to outperform high-volatility portfolios, and there are plenty of theories to explain why. But Lynn Strongin Dodds finds practitioners tinkering with the pure expression of this insight because lowering volatility risk results in other risks popping up in its place
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Risk Managed Equities: More than just excess return
If the low-volatility ‘anomaly’ did not exist, would pension funds still have risk-management uses for these strategies? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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Risk Managed Equities: Unmasking the wizards
AQR Capital Management tries to direct its clients’ attention away from the supposed insights of market ‘wizards’ and back on to what makes markets tick. Martin Steward caught up with some of its senior leadership in its new London office
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Risk Managed Equities: Winning by not losing
Rich Dell and Phil Edwards explore the nature of low-volatility offerings and the challenge created by the proliferation of idiosyncratic strategies
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Risk Managed Equities: Low-vol equities: mind the gap
Stephen Miles looks at the pitfalls between a smart idea and its smart execution
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Currency Management: Minding the pennies and cents
Pension funds are learning that currency costs need to be managed, writes Gerry O’Kane
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Risk Managed Equities: CAPE crusaders
Barclays has launched three indices based on Robert Shiller’s cyclically-adjusted price-earnings ratio for sectors. Martin Steward met the Yale academic to discuss what they bring to the growing world of ‘smart beta’
