Japan's GPIF posts 5.2% return as fund cuts bond holdings
Government Investment Pension Fund reports largest investment gain in almost two years
UK FRC finalises GAAP amendment to address DB deficit funding
Changes deal with how UK, Irish entities account for any agreement to make good a DB plan deficit under a schedule of contributions
US investments push Varma returns to 7.1%
Finland’s largest earnings-related pension insurer raises solvency to record high level
Croatian roundup: 'more professional' UMFO, highways monetisation
Association of Pension Fund Management Companies and Pension Insurance Companies re-launches
Digital Edition
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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
Regulation Round-up: Europe’s changing pensions
Overview of main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions across Europe
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
Some Swiss sponsors have ditched international standards in favour of local GAAP
PFPP survey: Delivery against objectives
In the first in a series of articles analysing the most recent reporting output of the Pension Fund Perceptions Programme, we assess how pension funds perceive their managers
Asset allocation: Where next?
Against the current economic backdrop, trustees and investment committees are unsure which sources of return they should allocate capital to, Liam Kennedy writes
Cheap oil and weak euro: Impact on European equities
Joseph Mariathasan considers the likely effects of dramatically cheaper oil and a weak 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 fundamentals. Yet behaviour remains rather short term in practice
Guest viewpoint: Sally Bridgeland - Avida International
“Looking beyond the UK may provide lessons on how maturing pension funds can rework investment governance”
Diary of an Investor: Wasserdicht's Dutch Pension Fund
The good 2014 return of Wasserdicht’s Dutch fund was less down to asset allocation and mostly driven by high hedge ratios, writes investment director Pieter Mullen
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
