All IPE articles in April 2011 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
From our perspective: What’s your co-operation plan?
As long-term expected portfolio returns settle at modest annual rates of well under 10%, basis points really do count as the pension fund community – and its sponsoring stakeholders – look to deliver pensions at a reasonable cost to all concerned.
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Features
Germany’s fiduciary confusion
The simmering debate over institutional interest in fiduciary management in Germany – or rather the lack of it – has boiled over in recent weeks, with an array of consultants and asset managers weighing in on costs, transparency, conflicts of interest and even the very meaning of the term.
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Special Report
Taking climate change in your stride
Nina Röhrbein looks at Mercer’s project to help institutional investors tailor their investment portfolios to manage the risks as well as exploit the opportunities thrown up by climate change
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Features
NAPF gets to grips with SIPs and BRICS
Lord Hutton’s final report on UK public sector pensions was not the only matter discussed at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Investment Conference in Edinburgh, although the presence of the former work and pensions secretary was certainly felt.
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Book Review
Books: The wheat and the chaff
"Investment Beliefs: A Positive Approach to Institutional Investing", by Kees Koedijk and Alfred Slager, 2011, 205 pages
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Book Review
Books: In a ‘death spiral’
‘The Day After the Dollar Crashes: A Survival Guide for the Rise of the New World Order’, by Damon Vickers, Wiley 2011, 190 pages
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Features
EDHEC-Risk Inflation-linked corporate bonds and the optimal design of debt programmes
Lionel Martellini, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School and Scientific Director, EDHEC-Risk Institute Vincent Milhau, Senior Research Engineer, EDHEC-Risk Institute
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Special Report
Longevity: Beyond buyout and buy-in
The time seems right to develop an international secondary market for longevity risk that allows pension funds to deal with the downside of longer lives, writes Mariska van der Westen
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Country Report
Germany: Could do better
Norman Dreger reviews Germany’s position in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index and outlines areas for improvement
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Special Report
Risk Parity: Nice idea, awkward reality
The tweaking and adjustments managers force upon ‘risk parity’ strategies betray the risks at the heart of the concept, writes Joseph Mariathasan
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Country Report
Austria: The long wait
Barbara Ottawa reports on why Austria is still waiting for an amendment to the law on Pensionskassen and what the industry is doing in the meantime
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Special Report
Risk Parity: Case study: ATP
Risk parity alone cannot do the trick of maximising risk-adjusted returns and minimising the risk of large drawdowns. Henrik Gade Jepsen describes the additional pillars on which ATP’s investment approach rests
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FeaturesEDHEC-Risk Integrated approach to sovereign wealth risk management
Bernd Scherer, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School, Member, EDHEC-Risk Institute
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FeaturesEDHEC-Risk Alternative weighting schemes: conditions for optimality
Felix Goltz, Head of Applied Research, EDHEC-Risk Institute and Director of Research & Development, EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks Lionel Martellini, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School, Scientific Director, EDHEC-Risk Institute, and Scientific Advisor, EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks
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FeaturesEDHEC-Risk Efficient indexation: an alternative to cap-weighted indices
Felix Goltz, Head of Applied Research, EDHEC-Risk Institute and Director of Research & Development, EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks Patrice Retkowsky, Senior Research Engineer, EDHEC-Risk Institute and Deputy Head of Research & Development, EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks
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Special Report
Risk Parity: Case study: Alaska Permanent
When the Alaska Permanent Fund revamped its asset allocation, two risk parity specialists were among the managers selected for the new strategy. Stephanie Schwartz reports
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Special Report
Longevity: Age concerns
In Europe, Germany faces the most pressure to deal with an ageing population finds Jonathan Williams
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Features
Hutton warns against ‘pick & mix’
The publication of the final report by the UK’s Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, more commonly referred to as the Hutton Report on pensions, was published in March.
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Country Report
Germany: Deutschland AG adapts
The last 10 years have seen a dismantling of the ‘Deutschland AG’ network of cross shareholdings, writes Nina Röhrbein, but there is still room for improvement
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Special ReportRisk Parity: Achieving targeted returns with an ‘All Weather’ asset allocation
Bob Prince and Paul Ross discuss the approach of Bridgewater Associates, founder of risk parity
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