All IPE articles in December 2010 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
A cornerstone of excellence
In the fifth and final article in a new survey, Jervis Smith and Amin Rajan argue that outsourcing is no longer a nickel-and-dime business
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Features
Get converted
The convex payoff of convertible bonds is well-suited to these uncertain times. But Martin Steward asks how easy – or desirable – it is to maintain optimal convexity
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Features
Common-sense overlay
Brendan Maton spoke to Jo Ray, who runs the pension fund of Lincolnshire County Council on England’s east coast, about the fund’s common-sense approach to in-house and external asset management
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Special Report
Cleantech: no longer a dirty word
Smart grid and biomass are two sectors investors in renewables might consider if they are looking beyond the more traditional headline-hitting solar and wind energy. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Opinion Pieces
Public vote for change
The Republic victory at the November elections has huge implications for public pension funds. The results are, in fact, supportive of reform to retirement systems that are threatening to bankrupt several state and local administrations. A few newly elected governors advocate moving towards a hybrid pension model where at least ...
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Country ReportSwitzerland: BVK rises from the ashes
The head of asset management is new, the CEO remains in place for stability and a package of recovery measures should take care of the deficit. Barbara Ottawa asks whether all is really well at the Zurich canton pension fund
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Features
Tailor-made alternatives
Diversified alternatives strategies place an emphasis on the client’s needs and the manager’s role, and have found favour with London Borough of Newham, as John Turnbull explains
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Country Report
Switzerland: Alternative route to diversification
Are Swiss pension funds overcoming their traditional aversion to hedge funds and alternatives? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Angling for alpha: pension funds talk hedge funds
When he isn’t managing the alpha traders at Denmark’s state pension fund, ATP Alpha CEO Fredrik Martinsson likes nothing better than to get out with his rod and line – so it’s no surprise that he reaches for an angling metaphor to explain his understanding of alpha.
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: Slow and steady
They are not racy or sexy and they are certainly not the next hot thing. But Peter Taberner finds that ‘high quality’ equities might suit investors’ jaded palettes
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Special Report
Asset Allocation: Just got bigger
Euan G Munro discusses structural changes to the role of asset allocator and asks whether they should be empowered with further responsibilites within the investment process
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Special ReportAsset Allocation: Raincoat and sunglasses
Today’s distorted and correlated markets confound asset allocation. Martin Steward asks when normalisation will be restored, and how to manage the transition
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Features
Headhunters ahoy
Last week a headhunter called me. ‘Pieter, do you know any investment directors at pension funds who might want to transition into investment consultancy?’ With things in Holland not exactly optimal there are a couple of hundred people who might be interested. But what I say is: ‘I am not ...
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Features
Stalemate ahoy
The debate on the reform of pensions and the creation of systems that are “adequate, sustainable and safe” has now moved from the European Commission and into the European Parliament. This institution is now developing its follow-on to the Commission’s Green Paper that set out a series of questions in July. But Parliament’s challenges appear to be formidable.
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Opinion Pieces
George Hoguet, State Street Global Advisors
As the industry ponders the medium-term implications of quantitative easing, sharp fiscal adjustment in Ireland, Greece and elsewhere, intervention by the Bank of Japan in the Japanese equity market, ‘currency wars’ and the future of the Obama presidency, they must confront a stark reality.
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Country Report
Switzerland: The big squeeze: active vs passive
Emma Cusworth asks if active management is stifled by the concentrated nature of the Swiss market
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Features
AP1 gets tough on global custody
In the wake of the crisis, the giant AP1 is looking for a new global custodian and is setting stringent operating conditions. Iain Morse reports
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