All articles by Carlo Svaluto Moreolo – Page 10
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Opinion Pieces
The real meaning of engagement
Empirical evidence suggests that individuals are unengaged with DC pensions. This is demonstrated by the vast majority of DC members remaining in default funds and reluctant to increase contributions.
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Special Report
Defined contribution: The engagement fallacy
The idea that successful defined contribution (DC) pension solutions require a high level of member engagement is being questioned
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Interviews
How we run our money: BT Pension Scheme
Frank Naylor, CIO of the UK’s BT Pension Scheme, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about building a resilient portfolio
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News
Italian industry-wide DC funds team up for private debt investment
Four funds have committed €195m in total
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News
IPE Conference Day 1: Global political risk, sustainability and resilient portfolios
Tina Fordham (Avonhurst), Elizabeth Corley (Impact Investing Institute), Amin Rajan (CREATE-Research), and Marg Franklin (CFA) among other speakers
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Opinion Pieces
Deleveraging is no free lunch
After temporarily shutting down the global economy, governments are pursuing a massive fiscal expansion in order to support struggling businesses and consumers.
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Interviews
How we run our money: Germany's BVK
André Heimrich (pictured), CIO of the Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), and his team speak to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the pension fund’s global diversification strategy
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Features
Briefing: Feast or famine
With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic still out of sight, any forecast of the size of economic damage it will inflict has to be viewed with caution. Yet there seems to be a consensus that default rates on leveraged loans will stay elevated throughout 2021 and beyond.
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Features
Strategically Speaking: BlueBay Asset Management
Nowadays, it seems fair to ask asset managers whether they believe they can fulfil their clients’ needs while at the same time doing their bit to fight COVID-19.
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Interviews
On the record: Outlook 2021
Heading towards the end of one of the most challenging years ever for the global economy, IPE asked three institutional investors about their outlook for 2021
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Opinion Pieces
Talking to strangers
In his recent book, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how people’s natural lack of ability to detect lies can lead to unpleasant consequences.
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Interviews
On the Record: Manager selection
IPE asked three institutional investors how manager selection has changed as a result of the restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19
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Features
Perspective: Manager selection in a pandemic
The social distancing restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19 have made external asset manager selection more demanding, but investors are adapting
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Interviews
How we run our money: Lothian Pension Fund
Bruce Miller (pictured), CIO at the Lothian Pension Fund, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s inclination towards equities and internal management
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Interviews
How we run our money: KLP
Aage Schaanning (pictured), chief financial officer at Norway’s Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP), talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s risk framework
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Opinion Pieces
Pension funds should reflect on their true purpose
With COVID-19 infection rates rising across Europe it seems clear that lockdowns are not over yet. Europe will suffer economically as well as socially and politically.
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Features
Briefing: Growth beyond COVID
The outlook for institutional investors may be gloomy, with the global economy in recession and interest rates stuck at extremely low levels.
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Interviews
Strategically Speaking: Ambienta
In the early 1990s, when Nino Tronchetti Provera started his career at McKinsey, the management consultancy, sustainability in business seemed little more than a nice idea. But having graduated from Luiss University in Rome with a thesis on the subject, Tronchetti Provera believed in the disruptive potential of making businesses environmentally sustainable.
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Interviews
On the Record: Investing in the time of COVID-19
We asked three institutions how they are working to tackle the pandemic, from an investment and organisational perspective
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Special Report
Italy: Pandemic paves the way for the next phase of reform
Italian policymakers will be under pressure to upgrade the three-pillar pension system over the coming years