All IPE articles in August 2006 (Magazine) – Page 3
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Bounce-back factor
Equity returns have been a big driver of performance in recent years for Europe’s funds. Pragma’s Koen De Ryck analyses the trends and Rachel Fixsen reports
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Who'd buy a bond from a pension fund?
Shayla Walmsley assesses the worthiness of pension fund bond issues on the back of the recent Wellcome launch
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Putting the cart before the horse
The decision to introduce the third pillar before the second in Romania has serious implications for marketing budgets. George Coats reports
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Equity based strategies show improved returns
The month of June was characterised by flat returns on the stock markets, and volatility, still at a low historical level, remained fairly stable. Although the bond market continued its downward trend, returns were insignificant and volatility continued to be stable. Commodity prices increased significantly from their historical mean, driven ...
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Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers
Though founded back in 1881, Dutch bank Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers N.V offers one of the more modern strategies. Theodoor Gilissen is the only party in the Netherlands to offer passive index products, says Lodewijk van der Kroft, director of Institutional Asset Management at Theodoor Gilissen. Using an index-tracking ...
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Plain speaker who raised awareness
Chief executive of the NAPF, Christine Farnish, has consistently argued the cause for the generation following the ‘baby boomers’, writes David White
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AVV seeks to redress the balance
The pre-pension settlement, which allowed over 55s to keep their tax-friendly schemes, ruffled a lot of feathers, especially those of young workers, as Leen Preesman reports
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SNS Asset Management
Known as a specialist in socially responsible investing, active manager SNS Asset Management positions itself as a one-stop shop for SRI. Unlike some players operating within the sustainable investment arena that focus solely on one aspect such as company screening, SNS has brought all activities related to asset management under ...
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Altis Investment Management
Altis Investment Management is an independent investment fiduciary managing and advising on multi-asset and multi-manager portfolios. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, with offices in Amsterdam and London, and employs a team of 16 people, “We are positioned as a pure fiduciary investment service provider, combining manager selection and ...
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Who has the lowest costs of all?
If we measure the long-term average annual investment management cost incurred by funds from different global regions, we find that European funds, at 19 bps, spend the least while Australian funds, at 44 bps, spend the most. However, before we conclude that European funds are the world’s lowest cost funds, ...
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The truth about custodian fees
It could be argued that custodians have had years of super profits due to unadjusted custody fee schedules, opaque charging for foreign exchange and unidentified revenues from spreads on interest paid and charged. However, the past few years have seen significant downward pressure on custodians’ fees and improved transparency of ...
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