Briefing
Quest for the ‘golden’ discount rate
01 May 2013
We cannot foresee the long-term future, however much we would like to think we can, argues Alf GohdesAn outsider considering the discussion on the appropriate discount rate for discounting future...
A few words of advice…
01 May 2013
As the International Accounting Standards Board and the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee continue to deliberate the discount-rate objective in IAS 19, Stephen...
Leave nothing to chance
01 May 2013
The advent of auto-enrolment in the UK has heightened focus on the need for robust risk management systems for DC plans. Gail Moss looks at a range of approaches
Taking risk budgeting a step further
01 May 2013
An analytical framework at the fund selection stage can help spare DC fund participants the pitfalls of a more advanced approach to diversification, writes Thierry Roncalli
Russian pensions are booming
01 May 2013
Reform of Russia’s supplementary pension system is having a strong and positive impact, while further regulatory changes are on the cards for 2013, writes Alexander Lorenz
Stuck in the middle
01 May 2013
The mezzanine-debt opportunity has not gone away. But Martin Steward finds that success will probably depend on both greater focus and flexibility
Choosing the middle way
01 May 2013
René Biner offers a 21-year data set that reveals surprising facts about historical loss rates in European mezzanine debt – and the advantages of vintage-year diversification
Once upon a time in the East
01 May 2013
It may not quite be cowboy capitalism, but a showdown is due in China, writes Gary Greenberg
Developments in Dutch pooling
02 Apr 2013
Recent bilateral agreements and regulatory developments are making the Netherlands more attractive as a jurisdiction for asset pooling, according to Wilfried Mulder and Mischa Muntinga
A tale of two jurisdictions
02 Apr 2013
Expatriate pensions are still an offshore game, and Luxembourg and Liechtenstein are vying for supremacy, writes Gail Moss
Noise and signal
02 Apr 2013
Con Keating places the DWP’s plans for discount rate smoothing his sights
It’s a war out there
02 Apr 2013
Anthony Harrington finds optimism among active currency managers, and that a top-down discretionary approach might be best-suited to surviving and thriving through the ‘currency wars’
The business of uncertainty
02 Apr 2013
Lynn Strongin Dodds takes a look at a sector beset by uncertainty over regulations, profitability and dividends
The EM lending gap
02 Apr 2013
Bank lending to emerging markets is falling sharply – but David Creighton writes that the growth in bond issuance isn’t filling the lending gap
Yielding results
01 Mar 2013
Ultra-low bond yields and high dividend yields suggest low-risk investors should consider equity income funds. Joseph Mariathasan looks at the options
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