All articles by Carlo Svaluto Moreolo – Page 28
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Country Report
Regulation: Frustration paramount
Italy’s pension system is in the midst of a reform process that started 20 years ago
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Country Report
Interview: Elsa Fornero - Easing Italy’s pain
Elsa Fornero explains how the pension reforms she introduced while in government brought Italy back from the brink of financial collapse
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Features
The political dimension of Italy's pensions
Pensions and politics are seldom friends. Politicians, more often than not, seek short-term policy impact; pension systems take time and patience to develop. This tension is unravelling in Italy
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Country Report
Italy's Second-Pillar: Pension fund competition
A close look at Italian second-pillar pension funds reveals structural imbalances and growing risks. For the many employees without a supplementary pension it is hard to decide what to do
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your emerging market allocation?
Three pension funds - Amonis, BNL BNP Paribas, and UMR Corem - talk about their exposure to emerging markets
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FeaturesHow we run our money: ABB
Elisabeth Bourqui, head of group pensions at ABB, explains the Swiss multinational’s innovative approach to managing its 100 defined benefit pension plans
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News
Investment professionals must focus on clients over profits – CFA Institute
President likens industry to medical profession, arguing focus should always be on patient’s health
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News
APK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: NN Investment Partners
The rebranding of ING Investment Management, a well-recognised name in European asset management, is the epilogue to an intricate story that began during the financial crisis of the late 2000s
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Features
No smoke without fire
There is a strange rhetoric surrounding the recent sell-off in European bonds, which pushed yields up for the first time in many months
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Special ReportEuro-zone recovery: Catching a tailwind
Euro-zone assets have generally performed well in recent years, but there are some substantial hurdles if their growth is to be sustained
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Country Report
Q&A with Karin Oertli, head of UBS Global Asset Management Switzerland
The Swiss financial industry is changing, with providers facing stricter regulation, increased international competition and a heightened cost awareness by clients
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you anticipating a European recovery?
Three pension funds - APK, Fondenergia and Pensioenfonds TNO - share their views about Europe’s recovery
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Country Report
Sweden: Rolling with the punches
Earlier this year, the Swedish central bank decided to push repo rates into negative territory. We look at how the country’s pension funds have adapted their portfolios
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Features
Nordic countries: Pension risk takers
The Nordic countries are today home to some of the most innovative pension funds, which one observer believes is in part due to an “engineering mentality”
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Interviews
On the Record: What is your approach to private markets?
This month three pension funds share their views on investing in private markets
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Autres temps, autres mœurs
France’s institutional investors, like most across Europe, are struggling to adapt to the low-interest environment
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Alecta
Per Frennberg, chief investment officer at Alecta, describes his team’s emphasis on investment analysis to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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News
Romanian pension funds poised to profit from IPO working group
Government sets up working group to assess which remaining state-controlled companies will be privatised
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News
LGPS investment regulations should mirror private sector, says GMPF
Some LGPS investment regulations ‘too prescriptive’, according to Greater Manchester Pension Fund
