All Features articles – Page 143
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FeaturesA very nice professional life
Gilbert Dewanckele recently retired as company actuary and the actuary at the pension funds of Belgian insurer Vivium, which had assets under management of €2.5bn. He talks to George Coats about his career
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FeaturesDemystifying the outlook
The investment consultancy business is undergoing changes. Murat Ünal examines the landscape
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FeaturesShould private equity go public?
The development of a listed private equity market and the creation of private equity indices are changing a traditionally seen opaque, long-term asset class. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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Buying distressed financials
Current market turbulence is creating opportunities for private equity financial services acquisitions. But if the upside potential is huge, so is the downside, says Stephanie Schwartz Driver
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FeaturesHigh returns from private equity
Cyril Demaria argues that private equity is essential for secure pension investment management
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FeaturesLooking for love and money in trying times
Now that the credit crunch has added to private equity’s usual challenges of political sniping, difficulties around valuations, illiquidity and manager selection, Joseph Mariathasan assesses the outlook for the mega-deal and mid-market players
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FeaturesRe-examining pensions guaranty insurance
The UK’s Pension Protection Fund is a good illustration of poor institutional design. Full cover insurance of pensions is both feasible and theoretically sound, argues Con Keating
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FeaturesCase study: AP6
Sweden’s private equity national buffer fund AP6 has posted stellar returns over the past five years and its domestic investment remit was recently liberalised, reports Maha Khan Phillips
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FeaturesPanic in abeyance
DON’T PANIC, as readers of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy can tell you, should always be capitalised in large friendly letters. If you happen to be holding out a thumb to passing spacecraft whilst hoping to survive on a mere thirty Altairian dollars a day it is doubtless valuable ...
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FeaturesHedging against inflation risk
Inflation-linked ETFs can play an important part in protecting the value of a portfolio. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Negative returns for all strategies
All hedge fund strategies posted negative returns in March. Convertible arbitrage registered the most severe loss with -3.26%. Despite the positive impact of bond markets, performance of the convertible arbitrage strategy appears to have been strongly penalised by the negative value of credit spread. Equity market neutral and CTA global ...
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Reviewing asset allocation
What are German pension funds really up to? Dirk Söhnholz outlines the findings of a recent survey
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FeaturesSteady performance through asymmetric returns
Victoria-Volksbanken Pensionskassen has tried to move away from the traditional Austrian pension plan model. David White speaks to Claudio Gligo, who is responsible for the plan’s investments, about meeting members’ risk aversion
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Balancing risks and rewards
Value-based asset liability modelling and generational accounting can reveal the hidden value transfers between generations. David White reports
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Bricks and mortar
The future looks challenging for private equity real estate funds. Lynn Strongin Dodds reviews the outlook and highlights some of the brighter spots
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Funding: getting it off your chest
The Pensionsfonds vehicle was created in to fund pension liabilities off balance sheet. Liam Kennedy assesses views on funding trends in German corporates
