All Features articles – Page 179
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Taking the LDI medicine
When the LPFA went in to deficit, it decided LDI was the route to go. Paul Kessell explains how the fund went about this major change
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Doing the business
While LDI means different things to different people, across Europe funds are reviewing investment strategy in the light of their liabilities. Georg Inderst examines the choices they face
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Changing face of LDI strategies
In the few years since it appeared, LDI and those offering it have seen the market evolve as investors become more aware. Gail Moss talks to market providers
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What a difference three years make
LDI has overnight in pensions terms become a mainstream activity for those managing liabilities. Lynn Strongin Dodds catches up on its breakneck arrival
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Pensions gap set to widen
The past decade has seen the rise of European pensions and demise of the Anglo-American centric model. The next 10 years is likely to see this trend continue, says Gordon L Clark
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Fit for purpose and ready for the future
The pensions industry has emerged from the past 10 years stronger and in good shape world-wide to tackle the challenges ahead, writes Daniel Brooksbank
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The need for timely, reliable intelligence
Nobody can precisely predict the future shape of occupational pensions, but there are certain ‘knowns’ such as globalisation and ageing populations, write Jaap Maassen and Chris Verhaegen
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EU focuses on later retirement
How to encourage people to work longer was a dominant theme of a recent pensions study published by the EC, as Jeremy Woolf reports
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Looking into the actuarial crystal ball
The mortality debate is set to run and run over the next decade as scientific advance is likely to be offset by emerging new diseases, writes Philip Shier
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Golden ages and the perfect pension plan
The Golden Age of pensions ended with the bursting of the tech bubble but still the ideal pension these days is a well-funded DB scheme, writes Trevor Cook
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Positive funding trends discernible
There are encouraging signs on the growth of funded pensions in Europe, says E Philip Davis who cites reforms, shift to equities and development of capital markets
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Don't think you have 2007 worked out
Yield curve/duration n exciting start to the year, with the latest US jobs number making sure that no investors get lazy and assume that they have already got the macro-trends for 2007 sussed out. The 167,000 net creation of jobs was significantly higher than most forecasts predicted and certainly highlights ...
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Punching well above its weight
Switzerland’s PK for freelance journalists is an unusual pension plan, which was founded by a union, has employers’ contributions and a competitor. David White learns how it all comes together
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Bringing it all together
When Mick Sweeney took over as chief executive of Bank of Ireland Asset Management (BIAM) at the beginning of last year morale was understandably low. What had once been Ireland’s best-performing international asset manager had seen a dispiriting outflow of institutional business, particularly its North American business where there was ...
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Putting youth appeal into pensions
How can pension funds persuade the young that pensions are important and should be taken seriously? Gerda Smits and Wieke Everts report on an initiative to involve young people in workplace pensions
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Breaking with tradition
Institutional investors in France are increasingly widening their net as they hunt for greater performance and diversity. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Capital flowing?
Following INREV’s Investment Intentions Survey a roundtable was convened to discuss the results and develop themes arising from them
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Market report: compelling case
Allthough small, at only 1% of Europe’s real estate in value terms, Finland is undergoing one of the most profound changes of all European markets. On the one hand, there has been a surge of demand to invest in the market over the past two or three years. Domestic institutions ...
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Irish funds lead the chasing pack
‘How was it for you, darling?’ is the question being asked by pension funds across Europe. Having had a peek at their own performance, they are wondering how it was for others - that is their returns for 2006. The early results are of course inconclusive by their nature. But ...
