Asset Allocation – Page 140
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No great rush to go pan-European
Cross-border pension funds are closer to becoming a workable option as jurisdictions create new vehicles and legislators lower tax and regulatory hurdles. But, as Maha Khan Phillips reports, it might take some time
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Laurus shows the way to LDI
Laurus pension fund has pioneered the use of liability-driven investment in its investment strategy. Dick Kamp, chief executive of the fund, tells David White how LDI has performed
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Thank goodness that's over
Yield/curve duration There is a sense of thankful relief that the third quarter is well and truly behind us, although September saw a great reversal of the flight to quality wave that so swamped the markets in July and August. As a result, government bonds have given back to the ...
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Getting a regional view
Copenhagen-based consultancy Kirstein Finansrådgivning has completed its second annual Nordic investor survey. Jan Willers outlines some of its key findings
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From football to the Karma Sutra
Geof Pearson, manager and secretary of the £3.8bn (€5.5bn) Sainsbury pension fund, retired recently after 18 years with the scheme.
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Surfing the second wave of fiduciary management
After the first wave of full-service fiduciary mandates, Dutch pension funds are beginning to pick and mix asset managers’ fiduciary offerings. David White reports
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Knitting together the EU quilt
Europe requires private placements. Iain Morse reports on how this can be achieved
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Resurrecting endowments
Despite being debased by mis-selling scandals, traded endowment and traded life policies have a new life in the secondary market, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Deciding where Cordares wants to be
Adri van der Wurff, the new chairman of pensions provider and asset manager Cordares, talks to Leen Preesman about the course the company will take
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Why invest in company x?
Kurt Schacht proposes additions and amendments to current practices in the business reporting model
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Come rain or come shine
With global warming no longer an ‘if’ but a ‘when’, interest has been growing in generating uncorrelated portfolio returns through weather-related risk instruments. John Bonaccolta reports
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Welcome to ‘beta prime’ – the ‘new’ style of indexing
Some bold claims have been made on behalf of fundamental indexing. “I am not suggesting they should entirely replace traditional cap weighted indices,” concedes Rob Arnott, principal of US based Research Affiliates, ” but our indices offer better returns for low volatility.”These claims have persuaded some pension funds in Sweden ...
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The answer lies in the soil
As the world wakes up to the scarcity of land and turns its attention to food production needs, perhaps agricultural land makes serious investment sense. David White reports
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The challenge to deliver China exposure
Recent studies suggest Chinese hedge funds are becoming more like their counterparts elsewhere. Richard Newell reports
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A large cap renaissance
Is it politics or economics that is increasing the scope for US large caps? Joseph Mariathasan asks what approach should be taken in the world’s most heavily researched equity market?
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No consolidation in sight
While new asset classes are gradually being embraced, the structure of Swiss funds remains largely unaltered, as Nina Röhrbein reports
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Putting the second pillar in place
It was a long and stony road to get the system up and running, and George Coats finds there is still a long way to go
