All Features articles – Page 166
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Following the RFP paper chase
The request for proposals (RFP), the questionnaire that a pension fund sends to asset management firms when tendering for new business, inspires mixed feelings in both pension fund managers and investment managers. To some, RFPs are the unnecessary hoops that hopeful asset managers are forced to jump though to win ...
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Levelling the playing field
George Coats looks at how the Northern Cypriot government is seeking to unify its pensions regime, which currently favours civil servants at the expense of other employees
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Forming a pensions consensus
Malta is still in the early stages of building a comprehensive pensions system. Stephanie Testaferrata Moroni Viani examines the impact of reforms since 2004
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Breaking the shackles of long only
Whether you call them 130/30, 1X0/SX0, short-extension or short-enabled strategies, they are a hot topic for managers and investors, and have attracted estimated $50bn in invested assets. Hitherto largely the province of quant managers, fundamental managers are now looking to join the party. But although in theory the strategy offers ...
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Assessing currency strategies
Iain Morse examines the differing approaches to currency overlay strategies for pension funds and other institutions
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Counting the cost of regulation
Gerhard Scheuenstuhl outlines a study into the relationship between pension regulation, investment and funding costs
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Greeks await new pensions framework
New regulations are needed to meet the challenges of global investment, says Reeta Cevik
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Common trading buoys investors
A new common securities trading platform should make life easier for foreign investors wishing to enter the growing Greek and Cypriot markets, says Heather McKenzie
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Committees grapple with pensions deficit
George Coats reports on Greek attempts to develop a new investment framework for pension funds and assesses efforts to solve its funding shortfall and governance problems
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Sizing up the cost of pensions
New funding regulations are forcing pension funds to run more efficiently, but do larger schemes have an advantage over their smaller peers? Rachel Fixsen reports
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A man who survived Barings' collapse
Jack Johnson retired at the end of last month as pension fund manager at the £1.4bn (€2bn) Berkshire county council pension scheme 12 years with the fund. George Coats interviewed him
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Three perspectives on FX strategies
Rachel Fixsen spoke to three pension funds about their approach to currency hedging and the main benefits and drawbacks of such a strategy
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The selection process
Iain Morse looks at the factors that differentiate the various managers providing active currency strategies
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Taking the risk out of trading
Foreign exchange settlement risk is a matter of concern for currency and other investment managers, according to Matthew Craig
