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UK roundup: DWP and FCA on charges, JLT on DB deficits
Government, financial regulator publish consultation to create standards for disclosure of transaction costs in DC funds
IPE Views: How big can an Apple grow?
Joseph Mariathasan wonders what, if anything, can check the technology giant’s astonishing growth
ATP, PensionDanmark, Danica invest DKK1bn in SME loan fund
Other pension funds invited to join, lending to firms with DKK50m+ sales
Bridgeland joins NEST trustee board
Former chief executive of BP Pension Trustee joins board of statutory pension fund
Digital Edition
Registered users are entitled to the first digital issue of IPE with the compliments of the IPE.com team.
On The Record: Søren Grooss - portfolio manager, PKA
What is your currency risk hedging strategy? In search of the right level of hedging
On The Record: Marcel Andringa - executive director, asset management, PME
What is your currency risk hedging strategy? In search of the right level of hedging
Briefing - Regulation Round-up: Europe’s changing pensions
IPE’s overview of the main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions in key European countries
UK annuity liberalisation: Challenge or opportunity?
Tiziana Perrella assesses the impact of annuity liberalisation on UK DB pension funds
Swiss Accounting Standards: Swimming against the tide
When it comes to Swiss second-pillar pensions, the IAS19 accounting approach has so many holes in it that some Swiss sponsors have ditched international standards in favour of local GAAP
Research - PFPP: Delivery against objectives
In the first in a series of articles analysing the most recent reporting output of the Pension Fund Perceptions Programme, James Tew assesses how pension funds perceive their managers in terms of delivery against objectives
Where next?
The recovery in peripheral government bonds in 2013 vindicated those pension funds that held on to their holdings through the euro crisis – explaining the notably better 2013 returns of the likes of ABP, which had not sold the periphery, over its counterparts that had done so.
How euro, cheaper oil are impacting European equity performance
Joseph Mariathasan considers the likely effects of dramatically cheaper oil and the euro on European earnings and equity market prices
Long-term matters: Of herds and bubbles
There is much talk in the investment community of the long term and of fundamentals. Yet behaviour remains rather short term in practice. It’s easy to fall into the trap of diagnosing personality flaws but that is a fundamental attribution error. Rather, we should look at the underlying mind-sets.
Guest viewpoint: Sally Bridgeland - Senior adviser Avida International
“Looking beyond the UK may provide lessons on how maturing pension funds can rework investment governance”
Diary of an Investor: No magic bullet
As you would expect from a prudently run pension fund, Wasserdicht’s Dutch fund has a high coverage ratio and made a good return in 2014. But our return was less down to asset allocation and mostly driven by our decision to maintain a high hedge ratio.
IPE Views: Is there an alternative to alternatives?
Pete Drewienkiewicz on why investors should simply look at asset classes based on their investment goals and objectives
