All Features articles – Page 174
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A practitioner-led approach
AREF’s new Code of Practice is not just a new set of guidelines; it has a user-friendly format to assist effective implementation, as AREF chief executive Rachel McIsaac explains
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USS restructures its custody arrangements
he UK’s £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has awarded ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services a £5bn global custody, cash management and securities lending solutions mandate, while the fund re-appointed JPMorgan as custodian for £24bn of its assets. The move follows USS’s 2005 review of all its custody arrangements, ...
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Opening up to atomic theory
Research into the atoms of hedge fund returns promises to revolutionise the world of investing, reports Lars Jaeger
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Bringing it back in-house is better
In 2005, the Pensioensfonds Horeca & Catering (PH&C) scheme in the Netherlands decided to pull away administration from third party provider PVF Achmea and bring it back in-house. Administration at the sectoral fund - which covers the hotel, restaurant and catering industry - had been outsourced ever since the fund ...
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Back to basics is the new mantra
Amin Rajan and Todd Ruppert argue that asset managers need to appear trustworthy if they want to succeed in an increasingly fragmented market
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Baggy and loose at the seams
The dress sense of Germany’s real estate industry is not doing it any favours, argues Peter Linneman
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Giving banks a run for their money
What makes a good index? Joseph Mariathasan looks at the development of the Euro MTS in the context of the crowded market for bond indices in Europe
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Keeping a bead on a fuzzy target
Pension plan directors need to pay heed to the major structural changes in the market in reviewing their strategic asset allocation, says Georg Inderst
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Belgium learns lessons from neighbour
Asset managers in Belgium are starting to emulate alpha driven techniques being used in the Netherlands, writes Gail Moss
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Betting on the rider not the horse
In some of the newer niche sectors the acumen of the private equity investor counts far more than the property itself, Paul Richards argues
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Cross-border push must bridge credibility gap
Belgium has laid out an attractive stall to become a centre for pan-European pension funds. Now it has to convince international fund managers, says Heather McKenzie
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Buy-out business grows as funds seek cost savings
The Netherlands in particular has seen a big increase in the use of external specialists as regulatory pressures grow and qualified staff prove hard to come by, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Business as usual
Despite the new legislation, there has been little change to the status quo in Belgium with the traditional balance between bonds and equities retained, but this is likely to change in the future, writes George Coats
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The shape of things to come
The IORP directive on cross-border funds was intended to create a pan-European pensions market, generating brand new business. The reality is that pan-European schemes are far off, while many existing schemes are not taking up the opportunities. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Moving out of the comfort zone
The interface between consulting and investment management is changing as advisers become more involved in multi-managers models. Gail Moss examines the evolution
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Mitigating cross-border concerns
In the decade since the first issue of IPE, investors have become keenly aware that the currency risk attached to their investment allocations has a substantial and continuous impact on their returns. For example, UK pension plans invested in US equities, which rose 13.6% in 2006, saw that return erased ...
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Consultants reject information probe
A recent transparency initiative from the German fund manager association has met with a luke-warm response from consultants. Jan Wagner explains why
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Critics round on portability draft
Whatever the EU Council decides on portability, it is unlikely to please everyone and could take another 10 years to be implemented. Jeremy Woolfe reports
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Customer intimacy with a spider's touch
Radical changes in the printing industry have spurred Holland’s GBF pension fund manager to adopt a more active open-ended asset management style and closer focus on customer needs. David White reports
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ECM looking to spread its wings
Evergreen Investments, the investment management business of Wachovia Corporation, the fourth largest bank in the US, recently bought a majority stake in European Credit Management (ECM) a London-based fixed income boutique with €20bn assets under management and some 400 institutional clients in 40 countries. The deal, which gives Wachovia a ...
