July-August 2019

Editorial: Governance? Really?

God only knows but Neil Woodford could bring his beleaguered fund back from the brink. It would be a heroic story if he did,...

Opinion: Federalism ahoy

I imagine German film director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is even now working on a script that will immortalise the life of Ursula von...

The Neil Woodford crisis: an accident waiting to happen?

The suspension of dealing in an investment fund is nothing short of a crisis for a fund manager. Mark Latham considers the issues that...

Multi-asset investing: Illiquidity is the new price to pay

Multi-asset funds are evolving but require investors to become comfortable with illiquidity. Fiona Rintoul looks at what sort of assets fund managers and investors...

Sponsored profile: The maturity of EM debt

Funds Europe talks to VanEck’s Francis Rodilosso about the attraction of emerging market debt and high yield bonds. There is obvious appeal in high yielding...

Insurance AM: Absolute returns versus government bonds

Absolute return strategies can boost government bond-heavy insurance portfolios – but the business profile of the insurer is a vital consideration, writes Fiona Rintoul. Talk...

Structured finance: Insurers warned of recession impact on CLO investments

As concern mounts about how a downturn could hit insurers’ CLO holdings, Nicholas Pratt looks at the appeal of collateralised loan obligations and the...

Sponsored feature: Optimise your book yield!

Times are tough for insurance asset management, with the average value of portfolio yields coming down year after year, leaving performance largely dependent on...

Roundtable: Insurance companies get to grips with private markets and ESG

Our expert panel considers the strength of appetite for private-markets investment and hears the driver for it goes beyond solvency rule changes. ESG implementation and...

ESG: Of premium importance

Compared to other institutional investors, how diligently are insurance companies incorporating ESG factors into their portfolios? It’s complicated, writes Fiona Rintoul. Does environmental, social and...

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