All Features articles – Page 175
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Outsourcing for efficiency
Over the past few years, several pension funds in Europe have opted to spin off their administrative department into a separate pensions services company. But such moves are not about creating new profit centres - they are seen as freeing the operations up to focus on their main activity and ...
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In search of excellence
A good management team and an ability to operate in different market conditions are key indicators of a sound private equity firm, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Facing into the new world of OFPs
We asked a number of Belgian pension funds about their current strategies – Rachel Fixsen reports
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Fiscal facts
Pension Financeby David Blake ISBN 13 978 0-470-05843 Price: £34.99 484 pages hardback John Wiley & Sons dequate understanding of many key challenges and opportunities related to retirement security needs an understanding of pension finance. This book offers an up-to-date introduction to a wide range of topics in this area. ...
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Return of an old favourite
Neglected since the dot com debacle, venture capital is once more attracting attention on the private equity stage, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds
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For the many not the few
As the deadline for the amendment of the reform of the French retirement system approaches, Vincent Vandier outlines his plan to make pension funds more accessible
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Finding the right pitch
The value of the EU REIT is clear, but is the project achievable? It is, but progress at a national level is essential, Per-Åke Eriksson argues
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Survival of the fittest
New products and players are increasing pressures on investment consultants. Rachel Fixsen examines how they are coping in a more competitive market
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Where next for mega funds?
Despite the increased risks associated with mega funds, their popularity among private equity investors shows little sign of waning. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Minding the gap
As investors optimise their portfolios by combining listed and unlisted property investments, the performance of listed real estate is likely to edge closer to that of its unlisted peers, as Nick Brugman explains
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Getting into position
Flexibility is a key benefit of real estate securities and alpha is available, but beware the alternative market, Simon Martin reports
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The haves and the have-nots
The amount people are setting aside for their pensions varies enormously from country to country as Monika Queisser and Edward Whitehouse report
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Highway to heaven?
Motorway service stations offer a secure income stream but are at present being met with no more than cautious interest from investors. Lynn Strongin Dodds finds out why
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How do you know how well you are doing?
IPE asked three pension funds – in Iceland, Slovakia and the UK – the same question: ‘How do you measure performance?’ Here are their answers
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Keeping up the pace
Founded in 1979, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) has over 1,800 members, representing over 470 member firms across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Members include pension funds, property and investment managers and REITs. Its stated mission is to “serve and educate” its members and to act as a “steward for the industry”. PREA’s CEO, Gail Haynes, explains her view of the institutional market to Martin Hurst
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Looks like a soft landing for the US
Yield curve/duration The US economy may be heading for a soft landing after all, which is pretty much in line with the expectations of the policy makers themselves, namely the Federal Open Market Committee led by Chairman Bernanke. So far bond markets, led by US Treasuries, have been reasonably sanguine ...
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Wrestling with the leviathan
With €420bn under management, reserve funds are rapidly becoming the giants of European investment. But is their gargantuan size an asset or a hindrance? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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Love them or loathe them
While they play an active role in the UK and Ireland, consultants are far less influential in most other European countries, writes George Coats
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The perfect match?
In today’s high pressured world LDI is seen by many pension funds as a cure for the ills of declining and unpredictable returns. But can the LDI formula work with real estate? Julia Felce and Neil Turner investigate
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Measuring the measurers
Blacket – the firm that introduced metrics for investment consultants – folded at the end of last year. But did its demise kill demand for more transparent advice? asks Shayla Walmsley
