All IPE articles in December 2007 (Magazine)
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Features
IGFCSS to manage supplementary plan
The parametric reforms introduced since 2002 will have the affect of reducing the growth of first pillar pensions.
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Special Report
Consequences of a Dutch affair
Leading Dutch pension funds have found it hard to brush off televised allegations about some of their investments. Fair or not, the Zembla programme has certainly stimulated some re-examination of ESG policies, as Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special Report
ESG and sub-prime: any lessons to be learned?
Nina Röhrbein asks whether a wider application of ESG-type analysis would have helped mainstream investors in the sub-prime debacle
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Special Report
ESG soundbites
IPE put these questions to a selection of pension funds, asset managers and other groups: Q1. What does environment, social and governance investing (ESG)/socially responsible investment (SRI) mean to you? Q2. Do ESG/SRI strategies add value to portfolios? Q3. Is SRI/ESG part of a pension fund’s fiduciary duty?
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Special Report
Demand drives thematic indices
Indices that reflect investors’ ESG concerns are proliferating and becoming more specialised, reports Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Changing with the climate
As awareness of the reality of climate change grows among governments, businesses and consumers, asset managers too are warming to the subject. Christine Senior reports
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Features
Addressing the default setting
Simon Hildrey reports on shifts within the asset allocation of UK DC default funds – the most popular option for DC scheme members
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Features
Allocating decision making
Joseph Mariathasan assesses who is best placed to assume asset allocation decision making for pension funds
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Features
The strategic landscape
George Inderst charts broad trends in the allocation of pension fund assets
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Features
Belgium set to bridge OFP gap
Belgium’s pensions regulator, the Banking Commission, is to announce the funding details for the organisation for financing pensions (OFP), the recently unveiled legal entity designed to host pension funds, on 6 December.
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Special Report
On the sustainable growth path
A tried and tested path for asset managers on the expansion warpath is to buy up competitors or boutiques. But many over eager acquisitions have failed on the tricky side of the equation – the integration of people and processes into a larger unit.
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Features
Inefficiencies at the heart of Europe
When it comes to post-trading there seems little harmony across Europe, with different models in different countries. Heather McKenzie looks at ways in which these processes might be improved
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FeaturesThe benefits of globalisation
In the second in a series, Amin Rajan and Neeraj Sahai discuss the causes and consequences of globalisation for pension funds
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Features
Taking account of quants
Some quantitative investment models performed erratically this summer, leading to losses for investors in some high profile hedge funds. Liam Kennedy asks two quant specialists about this summer’s events and the lessons for investors
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Features
Keeping the pension fund commandments
One of the persistent grumbles from pension fund managers is that, although they themselves would approve a particular investment strategy or move into a particular asset class, they would never be able to persuade their trustees or governing boards who do not have a sufficient grasp of investment principles to ...
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Special Report
Growing interest for active ownership
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment themes springing up around the world, the pressure is growing on institutional investors to become active and responsible owners.
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Features
FondInps awaits green light
A final plan for the reform of Italy’s pension institute, INPS (Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza Sociale), will be presented by the Italian labour ministry before the end of the year.
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Special ReportShowing the way on governance
Roger Urwin advocates a greater focus on governance and internal investment resources for pension funds
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Features
Shifting to alternatives
Rachel Fixsen assesses recent trends in the asset allocation decisions of European pension funds
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FeaturesNew broom at FRR
Nicholas Sobczak, FRR’s new CIO tells George Coats that he wants to show the French how useful the financial markets can be in securing pension promises
