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Tariffs and populism put ‘long-term’ back in vogue for pension planners
Worldwide trend expected to intensify competitive pressures on active managers
Most mainstream investors are not geared up to catch a bubble before it bursts
Rules have reduced banks’ ability to ‘store’ risk that delivered instant liquidity
Digitisation will do to the fund industry what the internet did to the music business
GPIF will pay active asset managers according to excess returns — or alpha
Markets are in fairyland but investors are destined to repeat history’s mistakes
Hidden fee disclosures will do nothing to heal industry’s reputation
Weakest performers dominated by big-name houses known for picking stocks and bonds
If China suffers a hard landing the fallout could be substantial
The defined benefit pension pact was easy to make but hard to keep, writes Amin Rajan
Risks posed by investment in fossil fuels and poorly run companies gain attention
Workers must spend less, save more, save early and retire late, writes Amin Rajan
Head of Americas Mark McCombe relocates to San Francisco
Create-Research’s Amin Rajan says these two investment strategies are complementary
By many measurements, today’s stock markets are overvalued but investors are struggling to work out when or if a crash will come
Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan urge investors to switch to risk-based diversification
Cheaper funds remain a small part of most portfolios
Number of fund companies fall out of the top-10 list as they jostle to build scale
Low yields and market volatility saw institutions move further into assets such as property in 2015
Fears grow over valuations of technology start-ups and falls in commodity prices
The industry has ballooned thanks to pension funds. Now institutional investors are taking a look at costs and returns
John Plender warns investors to ignore the siren call of hedge funds
Hurdles for would-be market beaters in post-crisis world are getting higher
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