All IPE articles in August 2008 (Magazine)
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FeaturesA bubble in the making?
Commodity prices have risen dramatically as institutional investors seek security and diversification. Joseph Mariathasan questions the rationale for investing in commodities now
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FeaturesWhich index?
Iain Morse takes a look at the index choices available to investors taking a passive approach to commodities
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FeaturesThe cash of last resort
Gold could be the asset class that puts the long-term shine back in pension fund investments, says Pirkko Juntunen
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Launching a $450m pilot
CalPERS has included direct investments in commodities in its new programme. Gail Moss examines how and why
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Moving from passive to active
Pension funds are looking to commodities to generate alpha returns, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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The risk sharing revolution
Risk sharing pension schemes offer the ability for employers to control their pension costs while providing a better deal for members than defined contribution arrangements. But have too many corporate fingers been burnt by the cost and liabilities involved in offering defined benefit plans? Ian Farr asks whether compnaies can ...
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FeaturesUnderstanding Asia’s impact
Joseph Mariathasan explains the rationale for Stena’s move to invest in Asia, and why pension funds should be seeking to emulate the approach of its CIO, Björn Linder
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FeaturesBack to the drawing board?
The plan to co-opt the TFR to boost contributions into anaemic pension funds has failed to meet its target. George Coats examines why, and assesses what comes next
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EIAMS casts its net wider in 2008
The eighth European institutional asset management survey reveals that real estate is the alternative of choice and that equities are increasingly popular. Fennell Betson and Tony Pryce outline the key findings
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FeaturesAssessing 130/30 strategies
IPE asked three pension services – in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK – the same question: ‘What is your approach to 130/30 strategies?’ Here are their answers:
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Special ReportSqueezing the life out of DB pensions
Are tightening pension funding regulations throttling Europe’s defined benefit (DB)pension plans? Is a threat to extend Solvency II to pension funds the final nail in their coffin? IPE readers give their verdict.
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Special ReportTrying to play a longer game
Two asset managers and a pension fund discuss their priorities with Charles Neilan and explain their views on longer term asset management mandates
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FeaturesMixed messages at a time of crisis
While the asset management industry is opening to foreign investors and independence is increasingly valued, the general outlook is still conservative, finds Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesIORP II: towards a new solvency framework?
Jacqueline Lommen reviews the two recent CEIOPS papers and calls on the pensions industry to make an active contribution to the upcoming IORP II public consultation
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Tackling the technicalities
After years of neglect Poland’s new government now needs to push on with the reforms to its pension system which it began in 1999
