Asset Allocation – Page 149
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Special Report
How to avoid future minefields
The row over pension funds investing in companies that manufacture cluster bombs and landmines could perhaps have been avoided if the funds had used a new portfolio screening service. David White reports
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Features
Smart solutions for the self-employed
The pension needs of the self-employed in Holland have been overlooked in the past, particularly their ability and willingness to bear risk. Alwin Oerlemans and Jeroen Tielman report on some of the solutions proposed at the recent PensionSummit
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Philips - outsourced but not out of touch
How does a pension fund stay in touch with its assets once it has outsourced their entire management to a third party? Rob Schreur and Ernst Hagen report on how the Philips pension fund supervises and monitors a wide range of portfolios
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Special Report
Factoring in fears of image risk
The cluster bomb controversy has transformed Dutch pension funds from paragons of virtue to robotic monsters without a conscience. Peter Kraneveld suggests how they can avoid such ‘image risk’in the future
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Features
Assessing views on commodities
We asked three funds – in Italy, the Netherlands and Norway: ‘In light of recent commodity price rises but given that they are still historically low, are they a worthwhile diversification tool?’
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Need for pensions wake-up call
Both politicians and trades unions are concerned about pensions in Austria. Barbara Ottawa talks to some of the movers and shakers
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Keeping it Spezial
Despite competition from the world of mutual funds, Spezialfonds are still en vogue. Frank Schnattinger examines why
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Tracking the corporate funding wave
CTAs and Pensionsfonds offer complementary management structures for corporate pensions, says Jan Wagner
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A warning against herd mentality
Gail Moss gives an overview of German pension institutions’ current asset allocation
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Features
Africa rides the Asian zebra
South Africa remains the continent’s superpower but Asian economic influence is increasing in Africa, writes George Coats
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Features
The appeal of Asian debt
Asian debt has a growing investor base as the emerging economies transform their credit fundamentals. Chia-Liang Lian explains why Asian bonds make a good case for global diversification
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Features
Private equity giants home in on Asia Pacific
Alex Frew McMillan assesses the growing popularity of private equity in the Asia Pacific region
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Features
Stronger than before
China’s resurgence will not be halted by periodic market corrections. Richard Newell asks China fund managers for their appraisal of the growth to come
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Bond opportunities increase as financial markets mature
Robert Mann outlines the attractions of Asian bonds for international investors
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Features
Freedom brings new restraints
Funds are navigating their way around a new risk management directive, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Careon steers a steady course
The tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme has been characterised as Holland’s damp squib. Leen Preesman hears how PGGM’s new levensloop subsidiary Careon plans to put some fizz into the idea
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US Treasury yields positive as rate cuts on hold
Yield curve/duration The oil price is on the rise, and indeed has been since the start of the year. There are a variety of factors all contributing to the higher prices: strong global demand, recent colder weather, production cuts from OPEC and tensions created by the capture of the fifteen ...
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Features
The end of a perfect storm
Investors need to safeguard against complacency having grown used to double digit returns over recent years, Joseph Mariathasan argues
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Thinking for the future
Where does a pension fund get ideas about a new asset class? ABP Investments is asking its staff to think about new asset classes and has created an ‘innovation committee’ to assess them. Liam Kennedy reports
