ECB key to containing Eurozone crisis Since the ECB press conference on 6th September, the market has generally taken the news positively, although the price moves... Alistair Wilson Head of Institutional Business TwentyFour Asset Management October 28, 2012 Comment UK “shareholder spring” shines a spotlight on governance weaknesses The 2012 UK annual general meeting season has set a new record for shareholder rejections of remuneration reports. The six... Thomas Dubbs Senior Partner Labaton Sucharow LLP August 3, 2012 Comment Emerging markets debt – the pitfalls and opportunities 2012 brought with it signs of a tentative economic recovery in the US and a soft economic landing in China,... Kenneth Tomlin Director Institutional Business BNY Mellon Asset Management Alexander Kozhemiakin Head of Emerging Markets Debt Standish Mellon Asset Management Company August 3, 2012 Comment Is the time right for European equities? Many investors consider European equities “uninvestable”. They see a number of convincing reasons for avoiding the asset class ranging from... Niall Gallagher Investment Director GAM August 3, 2012 Comment Stressing about risk? In 1952, American economist Harry Markowitz devised the meanvariance model of portfolio selection, which essentially defined “risk” as “historical volatility”.... Bernard Abrahamsen Head of Institutional Sales and Distribution M&G Investments August 3, 2012 Comment Groundhog Day – is merging the London LGPS funds a good idea, again? The concept of merging the London LGPS funds has been voiced in public – again – and it left me... David Crum Director 330 Consulting August 3, 2012 Comment Selecting active investment managers in emerging market equities This article has taken a long time to write, and not just the time taken to organise and prioritise the... John Arther Senior Adviser AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers August 3, 2012 Comment Resource scarcity and the efficiency revolution Resource scarcity is a topic of increasing concern to pension fund managers given the potential impact on their portfolios. Bruce... Bruce Jenkyn-Jones Managing Director, Listed Equities Impax Asset Management April 23, 2012 Comment Long-running income streams to beat the yield drought Return enhancing and liability matching (REaLM) assets tick many of the right boxes for schemes with long-term investment horizons, says... Phil Redding Managing Director – Institutional Business Development Aviva Investors April 23, 2012 Comment Infrastructure - the perfect partner This analysis of the infrastructure sector by Infracapital, M&G’s Infrastructure Fund Management arm, outlines why the long-term nature of the... April 23, 2012 Comment