Asset Allocation – Page 151
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A changing investment climate
Emissions carbon trading strategies are opening up opportunities for pension funds, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Good spreads despite worrying fundamentals
Yield curve/duration Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England acted predictably this month, the former leaving rates alone and the latter hiking by a quarter point. The ECB stated that it would be maintaining its ‘vigilant’ stance, and the majority view is that European rates will ...
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Moving to diversify
George Coats finds that Cypriot pension funds are diversifying their portfolios in line with the EU pensions directive ahead of euro adoption next year
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Environmental evangelists
The EAPF is a forward thinker when it comes to integrating concerns for environmental issues with asset management. David White spoke to Howard Pearce
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Finding the 'sweet spot'
As Malaysia celebrates 50 years of independence, a string of catalysts should keep the country on investors’ radar screens. CLSA’s Niklas Olausson highlights the key factors underpinning Malaysia’s break-out
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Playing the long game
Created in 2003, the Marathon Club’s mission is to get pension funds thinking again in terms of long-term planning, not pursuing short-term gains. Hugh Wheelan reports
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The modularisation of Germany
Murat Ünal reads the signs and looks over the horizon to predict the evolution of Europe’s traditionally less flexible markets as it undergoes change
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Moving into the mainstream
The attitude of many US investors to corporate governance is one of confrontation. Shareholders on this side of the Atlantic, however, prefer a more engaging approach. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Crowding out enterprise annuity pensions
Victor Wong argues that, with China's basic pension system under increasing pressure, the enterprise annuity programme may be a casualty
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Asian hedge funds - from youth to maturity
After a period working in North America, Paul Smith assesses the challenges of building a substantial asset management business in Asia
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Hedge funds: the way to play emerging markets
Peter Douglas believes hedge funds offer a route to better returns and effective risk management in developing markets
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Emerging markets - too big to ignore
In a detailed paper, ‘Efficiently adding emerging market equities to a global portfolio’, Northern Trust’s Steven Schoenfeld and Alain Cubeles argue that investors should commit 7-8% of their global equity portfolios to the class. Here is a summary of their views
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Indexing for an inefficient market
Passive indexing has rapidly gained popularity and importance among institutional investors in the rest of the world but to a lesser extent in Asia, with good reason. Jason Hsu and Jason Chia-Shang Tuan explain a new strategy that may alter this
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Benchmarking for tomorrow's models
Paul Hoff looks at how index providers are responding to the needs of investors for ready access to new markets
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Treading with caution in the global market
Richard Newell talks to the management of New Zealand’s investment fund about the challenges of being a global investor
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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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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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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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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?’
