All Features articles – Page 167
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IFRIC concludes on D19 surpluses
Following a meeting of the International Accounting Standards (IAS) board’s interpretive body in April, the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC), Eric Steedman, a senior international consultant with Watson Wyatt, was left pondering one question. What justification IFRIC staff would find within IAS19 for arguing that an additional liability might ...
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EU ponders class action
Brussels turns its attention to share owners, reports Jeremy Woolfe
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The science behind the art
Recent analysis throws light on the decisions that fund managers make. Rick Di Mascio reports
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Back to front office
Tony Freeman discusses the technological challenges faced by fund managers today
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The pros and cons of being niche
Ownership structure is one of the most important determining factors in the culture of a firm and provides an early signal as to what drives and motivates its leaders, says Paul Trickett
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Making bond mandates more flexible
The wide pool of fixed income prospects in the US means that managers are increasingly likely to fish there, finds Joseph Mariathasan, especially given the rise of unconstrained mandates on the part of pension funds running an LDI approach. But investors need to be aware of the pitfalls, as well as the benefits, of the US bond market
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How travel broadens the returns
Global bond managers are favouring Asian markets on the back of the region’s economic renaissance. Richard Newell looks at the strategy followed by Franklin Templeton’s fixed income team
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Making the most of the risk budget
John Toohey, managing director of AIG Pension, looks beyond the LDI concept to what he considers a more appropriate response to the return expectations of fund sponsors in Asia
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Future growth built on solid ground
Michael Grimes takes soundings from the local asset management community on prospects for investors in Malaysian stocks
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The risk of large capital flows
Marsha Vande Berg reports from Kyoto on the occasion of the Asian Development Bank’s 40th anniversary
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Good spreads despite worrying fundamentals
Yield curve/duration Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England acted predictably this month, the former leaving rates alone and the latter hiking by a quarter point. The ECB stated that it would be maintaining its ‘vigilant’ stance, and the majority view is that European rates will ...
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Moving to diversify
George Coats finds that Cypriot pension funds are diversifying their portfolios in line with the EU pensions directive ahead of euro adoption next year
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Identifying the future value driver
Good investment performance is the key to higher M&A valuations, says Ray Soudah
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Finding the 'sweet spot'
As Malaysia celebrates 50 years of independence, a string of catalysts should keep the country on investors’ radar screens. CLSA’s Niklas Olausson highlights the key factors underpinning Malaysia’s break-out
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Smoothing out the future
Fund sponsors and trustees in Asia are looking to exercise greater control over risk and return in their portfolios. IPA has been talking to investors and the asset management community about the challenge of finding practical and cost-effective solutions. In this section looking at the broad concept of risk management, Richard Newell considers some of the solutions being put forward
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The modularisation of Germany
Murat Ünal reads the signs and looks over the horizon to predict the evolution of Europe’s traditionally less flexible markets as it undergoes change
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Getting the training right
The German financial industry is seeing an increasing shift towards professionalism, with specialist qualifications now becoming a necessity, says Peter König
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The road of good intentions
Peter Taylor assesses the activity of institutional investors in the area of corporate governance in Asia
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Leading soundbites
IPE put these questions to a selection of leading asset managers active in the European market place. Here are their answers:
