Asset Allocation – Page 138
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Diversifying asset management
Cultural, economic and political variations remain but Krystyna Krzyzak finds that investment styles are converging
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Widening the investment universe
Bulgaria’s €365m Doverie welcomes the relaxation of regulations but says there’s still some way to go, finds Thomas Escritt
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Coping with high inflation
Wages and economic growth fuel advances in the Baltic asset management industry, Krystyna Krzyzak reports
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Watch out for the gorilla
What do CIOs think this year will hold? Pirkko Juntunen asks 11 of them
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A new frontier in risk
Scott Donald has some advice on how should investors incorporate illiquidity into their thinking and outlines five strategies which could be applied
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Keep a wary eye on politics
Stefano Pighini recently left Italian energy giant Ente Nazionale per l’energia Elettrica (Enel) where he had been head of Enel pensions funds from 2002-04. George Coats asked him about his career.
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Enigmatic as ever
Japanese companies are rightly praised for their stance on many responsible investment issues. But there remain some deep-seated structural problems. Richard Newell reports
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What did we learn from the downdraft?
Richard Johnston of Albourne Partners Asia assesses the data to see how well Asian hedge funds coped with the equity slowdown in 2007
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Displacement theory - and why this time isn't different
When does market exuberance become a bubble? Some argue that the Chinese equity market is different. Their optimism could be dangerous
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Curse of the liquidity freeze
Yield curve/duration: Market liquidity often worsens as end-of-the-year housekeeping and the holiday season approach. It is a regular, usually seasonal, pattern. What is different about the latest year-end is that the bid/offer spread widening spilled over into the futures contracts for the first quarter 2008.
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Asset growth comes under global spotlight
The influx of new foreign fund managers to Australia is a reflection of the maturing of the superannuation funds market. Richard Newell reports
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Out of Africa
Although often seen as too risky, David White finds that the continent could be a useful outside bet
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Consequences of a Dutch affair
Leading Dutch pension funds have found it hard to brush off televised allegations about some of their investments. Fair or not, the Zembla programme has certainly stimulated some re-examination of ESG policies, as Nina Röhrbein reports
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ESG and sub-prime: any lessons to be learned?
Nina Röhrbein asks whether a wider application of ESG-type analysis would have helped mainstream investors in the sub-prime debacle
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ESG soundbites
IPE put these questions to a selection of pension funds, asset managers and other groups: Q1. What does environment, social and governance investing (ESG)/socially responsible investment (SRI) mean to you? Q2. Do ESG/SRI strategies add value to portfolios? Q3. Is SRI/ESG part of a pension fund’s fiduciary duty?
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Demand drives thematic indices
Indices that reflect investors’ ESG concerns are proliferating and becoming more specialised, reports Nina Röhrbein
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Changing with the climate
As awareness of the reality of climate change grows among governments, businesses and consumers, asset managers too are warming to the subject. Christine Senior reports
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Addressing the default setting
Simon Hildrey reports on shifts within the asset allocation of UK DC default funds – the most popular option for DC scheme members
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Allocating decision making
Joseph Mariathasan assesses who is best placed to assume asset allocation decision making for pension funds
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The strategic landscape
George Inderst charts broad trends in the allocation of pension fund assets
