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  • Making the most of alternatives
    Matthew Craig examines why uncertainty for equities and bonds has meant that local authorities are increasingly turning to alternatives in...
    Matthew Craig
    LAPF Investments
    December 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Emerging market equities: still a world of opportunity
    Despite a disappointing performance recently by emerging markets, Georgina Hellyer of Threadneedle outlines why investors should still be optimistic about...
    Georgina Hellyer
    Fund Manager, Emerging Market Strategies
    Threadneedle
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Emerging markets corporate bonds: an asset class comes of age
    Urban Larson of Standish Mellon examines the growing opportunities in emerging markets for corporate bond investors The allure of emerging markets...
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Incorporating emerging markets into your investment strategy
    In the wake of recent underperformance in emerging markets, Matthew Craig examines how local authorities are planning to maximise the...
    Matthew Craig
    LAPF Investments
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Getting to the core of emerging markets
    Paul Cooper and Mark Julio of Sarasin & Partners argue that thematic investing and detailed attention to corporate governance are...
    Paul Cooper
    Partner
    Sarasin & Partners
    Mark Julio
    Fund Manager
    Sarasin & Partners
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Managing market price risk – dynamic hedging of emerging market exposure
    How can pension funds incorporate higher-risk assets into their investment portfolios while managing their risk budgets? Matthew Stemp and Maria...
    Matthew Stemp
    Head of Relationship Management London
    Berenberg
    Maria Heiden
    Investment Advisor Overlay Strategies
    Berenberg
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Will a post-QE world sustain the recovery?
    John Arthur of AllenbridgeEpic examines the impact QE has had on asset valuations, and looks at the knock-on effect it...
    John Arthur
    Managing Director
    AllenbridgeEpic Investment Advisers
    October 1, 2014
    Focus
  • The role of real assets at local authority pension funds
    As the conventional asset classes of equities and bonds continue to present challenges for local authorities, what part can real...
    Matthew Craig
    LAPF Investments
    August 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Active value opportunities in secondary property
    Phil Clark, Kames Capital’s Head of Property Investment, shares his view of the UK commercial property market and the opportunities...
    Phil Clark
    Head of Property Investment
    Kames Capital
    August 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Infrastructure debt – the new “I” in LDI
    Infrastructure debt provides an opportunity to invest in non-correlated real assets with an attractive risk/return profile. Nicola Beretta Covacivich of...
    Nicola Beretta Covacivich
    Head of Infrastructure Debt
    ECM
    August 1, 2014
    Focus
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