All Features articles – Page 170
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Politicians fail to deliver on pensions
Raising the costs of deferred compensation in Germany will push employees into the third pillar and damage occupational schemes, writes Klaus Stiefermann
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Weaving a national safety net
Inadequate state provision has led to the development of numerous private pension schemes for those who can afford them and a home-grown industry to market them. Now the industry is working out how to accommodate the planned new national security scheme, due to launch in 2010. Stephen Cranston reports
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AFM makes the right connections
One of the key tasks of the new financial markets regulator is to oversee the communication of information about indexation to pension fund members. Leen Preesman asks AFM’s managing director Gerald Santing about the level of supervision pension funds and insurers can expect
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Africa rides the Asian zebra
South Africa remains the continent’s superpower but Asian economic influence is increasing in Africa, writes George Coats
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Going against the investment grain
The solution to Holland’s pension problems lies in a system with more focus on pay-as-you-go systems and less on funded systems, say the authors of a new book. Alfred Kool finds out why
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The appeal of Asian debt
Asian debt has a growing investor base as the emerging economies transform their credit fundamentals. Chia-Liang Lian explains why Asian bonds make a good case for global diversification
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Private equity giants home in on Asia Pacific
Alex Frew McMillan assesses the growing popularity of private equity in the Asia Pacific region
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Stronger than before
China’s resurgence will not be halted by periodic market corrections. Richard Newell asks China fund managers for their appraisal of the growth to come
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The big shake-up
Following a vote in July 2006 by the International Accounting Standards Board to embark on a two-phase project to improve its IAS19 pensions accounting standard, Stephen Bouvier rounds up the developments to date
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Bond opportunities increase as financial markets mature
Robert Mann outlines the attractions of Asian bonds for international investors
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Freedom brings new restraints
Funds are navigating their way around a new risk management directive, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Careon steers a steady course
The tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme has been characterised as Holland’s damp squib. Leen Preesman hears how PGGM’s new levensloop subsidiary Careon plans to put some fizz into the idea
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US Treasury yields positive as rate cuts on hold
Yield curve/duration The oil price is on the rise, and indeed has been since the start of the year. There are a variety of factors all contributing to the higher prices: strong global demand, recent colder weather, production cuts from OPEC and tensions created by the capture of the fifteen ...
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The end of a perfect storm
Investors need to safeguard against complacency having grown used to double digit returns over recent years, Joseph Mariathasan argues
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Thinking for the future
Where does a pension fund get ideas about a new asset class? ABP Investments is asking its staff to think about new asset classes and has created an ‘innovation committee’ to assess them. Liam Kennedy reports
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Going from strength to strength
Their tactical and strategic flexibility have made exchange traded funds an increasingly popular investment vehicle with institutions over the past few years. Rachel Fixsen looks at what has made them such as success
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A life in pensions with no regrets
Bengt Edström recently retired from his position as pension operations manager and internal consultant at the Swedish power utility Vattenfall Group, and as trustee for Vattenfall’s pensionsstiftelse, the group’s SEK5.5bn (€593m) DB pension vehicle. George Coats interviewed him
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Similar but by no means the same
In the US, HOLDRs and ETFs have some key features in common. But, as Lynn Strongin Dodds discovers, there is also much that differentiates them
