All Features articles – Page 148
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An evolving market of smooth transitions
Heather McKenzie talks to providers of transition management services and finds a variety of approaches being adopted
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Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill
The New Year will see larger hedge funds and private equity businesses voluntarily submit themselves to increasing oversight, Paul Smith expects, with unfortunate consequences for smaller players
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Seeking harmony from regional differences
How is China dealing with the fragmentation of pension benefits across the country? Carl Redondo reports
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Positioning your super fund for the future
The head of one of Australia’s biggest investors has some advice for super fund managers who struggle to balance the books. Richard Newell listens to his words of wisdom
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Turkey case study: new kid on the block
Fideltus was established only in 2007 to deliberately – and somewhat contemptuously – eschew traditional financial services such as brokerage and asset management and concentrate instead on M&A/IPO advisory and debt restructuring services.
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Turkey: Focus on ... real estate
Changes to Turkey’s real estate sector can be described as a leveling off in prices for residential property targeting high income people, the introduction of mortgages for the first time into Turkey, the continued success of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and a growing realisation that Turkey is heading for ...
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Turkey: the asset management industry
Asset management constitutes a relatively small and underperforming area of Turkey’s financial services industry.
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Turkey's financial sector
After a flat 2006, in 2007 the Istanbul Stock Exchange saw an increase of 72% in US$ terms.
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The changing face of Turkey
The heralding of Turkey as a new entrant to the global economy is the result of a misconception. Turkey has, in fact, been tied into the globalised economy for decades, if not centuries.
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EM managers fare well
The Eurekahedge Fund of Funds index registered modest returns (0.5%) for the month of December, bringing its gains for 2007 up to 10.1%. Multi-managers turned in positive returns for the month despite a bit of volatility across asset classes.
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Market volatility at stable high
The month of December was marked by a moderate decline in the stock markets, as shown in the returns for the S&P 500, despite anticipations of a new fall in the US Federal Treasury’s intervention rate, which the economic climate seemed to point towards.
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Polish appointment cheers industry
Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak has been nominated as vice-minister in charge of pensions at the ministry of labour and social policy.
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Shades of asset management
Sinopia, HSBC Investments’ Paris-based quantitative asset management unit, shares its name with a red-brown ochre pigment that was popular in Renaissance wall painting.
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Implementing alpha-beta separation
IPE asked three pension services – in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden – the same question: ‘What does alpha-beta separation mean to you?’ Here are their answers:
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Continuing an upward trend
Dublin’s securities services infrastructure is showing continued growth in niche areas such as alternatives, as Heather McKenzie finds
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Taking a slice of the national pie
Ireland’s reserve fund has proved to be a great success, in part because of its secure funding, says Rachel Fixsen
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Government top-ups are the way
Stephen Lalor and Kirstie Flynn advocate replacing pensions tax relief with a system of state sponsored top-ups
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Raising the state pension
The Green Paper also covers the social welfare system."The government’s commitment to increase the social welfare pension from €223 per week to €300 per week means the first pillar state pension is set to rise to a good level for everyone," says chief executive of corporate business at Irish Life ...
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New man at EFRP
He may be a new broom, but Angel Martinez-Aldama will be sweeping up much of the same old dust, finds George Coats
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Overdoing the doom and gloom
Off The Record is an opportunity for readers of Investment & Pensions Europe to say what they think about topical issues. This month’s Off The Record looks at the year ahead and asks what we can expect in 2008.
