All IPE articles in December 2001 (Magazine)
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Features
More ‘humility’ please
Alistair Ross Goobey, the chief executive of Hermes Pensions Management has warned the private equity industry that it needs to cultivate a little more “humility” in its claims of outperformance, arguing that managers have confused a prolonged bull market with genius. Speaking at the Superinvestor 2001 conference in Paris last ...
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AD's local view of global pensions
At Allied Domecq (AD), globally the second largest spirits and wine company, headquartered in Bristol, the worldwide network of pension funds and international benefits arrangements comes in all shapes and sizes. “Basically, the principle according to our corporate pensions policy is that it should be a good local scheme,” says ...
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Up and running - against the odds
Hong Kong’s retirement schemes industry has achieved considerable success in a short time-span. Compliance rates for employers and employees within the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) system, which became operative in December 2000, have exceeded expectations of even the most optimistic of industry observers. The system now covers around 2 million ...
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Aiming to be leaders rather than followers
SPK is one of the oldest pension structures in Sweden, and when Peter Hansson arrived there from the banking sector in 1993 he sparked a serious overhaul of the fund structure and administration. Although a declared opponent of ‘beauty contests’, when the time could be spent implementing strategy, Hansson made ...
