All Features articles – Page 163
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Japanese outlook questionable
The Japanese economy continues to cause some concerns for institutional investors, despite signs of recovery. The recent market volatility, largely a result of the US sub-prime lending crisis, has further put pressure on a market which has failed to see a recovery of domestic spending, although there have been plenty ...
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Stakeholder revisited?
Hugo Greenhalgh canvasses opinion on the government’s proposed personal accounts and asks whether they will encourage more people to save for their retirement
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Pension funds want to hold residential property - BPF
UK - Pension funds are interested in investing in UK residential property vehicles if some form of institutional residential investment market can be established, according to the British Property Federation (BPF). Gareth Lewis, director of
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Making the index choice
Iain Morse examines the properties of the leading commodities indices available to investors
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A walk on the macro side
Supply and demand issues are hitting commodities, but China could well prop up the market. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Commodities in practice
As pension funds continue to embrace alternatives as an asset class, investing in commodities is a young but significant trend, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Europe's pensions patchwork
After 10 years of upheaval, Paul Kelly examines whether Europe’s pension funds can be optimistic about the future
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Looking over the regulatory fence
The freedom of the EU pensions directive allows pension funds to move to more favourable jurisdictions. But, as Rachel Fixsen reports, deciding on such a course of action is not easy
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130/30 strategies: the US perspective
Globally more than $50bn (€37.3bn) may be now invested in 130/30 strategies with several different managers, according to a recent Merrill Lynch report. Those managers include Barclays Global Investors, Goldman Sachs AM, ING IM and UBS Global AM, according to Merrill Lynch’. “It’s not a fad, this is real and ...
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Assessing the strategic case
John Bonaccolta asks whether the asset class provides appropriate performance and diversification characteristics for institutions
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Asset managers look beyond TFR
If TFR is unattractive for most asset managers, where are they looking for opportunities? Liam Kennedy investigates
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New compartments as TFR begins
We asked three Italian pension funds to explain some of the important issues and challenges currently facing their investment strategies following reforms to the TFR
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How best to deal with a surplus?
Following the recoveries in both the equity and bond markets, corporate pension funds in Europe and the US are reporting surpluses for the first time for five years. In the UK, according to Aon Consulting, the largest pension funds have wiped out their deficits, and FTSE 100 companies have a total of about €1bn in pensions surpluses
