All Features articles – Page 189
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Hedge funds as risk reducers
Recently, the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites published its decision to exclude hedge funds from its portfolio. Felix Goltz questions the FRR's logic
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How fund of funds are embracing change
The next generation of funds of hedge funds will have better due diligence and embrace a broader global universe, as Chris Bouckley argues
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Finnish pension sector in united front
TyEL will soon make it easier to manage pensions earnings across the private sector. Jari-Pekka Törrönen reports
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Time to take the commodities plunge?
With the bull market now at an end many fund managers are considering a move into commodities, but there are risks attached, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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The return of beta
Much maligned in the early 2000s, beta is now back in vogue with asset managers keen to embrace a wider universe. Georg Inderst reports
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Return of the absolute
Swedish managers are coming to terms with the new environment. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Factoring ageing into pensions
Pension funds have already taken account of the problems of ageing, according to the Netherlands’ largest pension fund. Yet policymakers are arguing for later retirement or taxes on pensioners. Leen Preesman reports on the growing controversy
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Using as many alpha sources as you can
Knut Kjaer explains why the giant Norwegian global fund takes as many independent bets as possible to David White
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Putting the case for alternatives
While bonds and cash may have more liquidity than alternatives, the latter can produce higher long-term yields. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Alternatives receive enthusiastic response
While Sweden is particularly experienced in hedge fund investments, Norway and Finland are renowned for their private equity acumen, as Gail Moss reports
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Swiss learn to love alternatives
The pension funds in Switzerland have overcome their natural reserve and are taking to the new opportunities – still with some reservations, says Gail Moss
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Trade unions try another tactic
With solidarity weakening, and the young growing suspicious of the pensions wealth of the old, Dutch trade unions are adopting new tactics to win new members, says Alfred Kool
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Norway anticipates wave of low cost plans
Most new pension plans in Norway are likely to be DC products rather than the DB schemes traditionally favoured. Caspar Holter reports
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Taking different approaches to the management of assets
Large Dutch pension funds are more active on financial markets in managing their financial position, whereas smaller institutions and company-linked funds are more likely to adjust the level of pension contributions to prevent under funding, Jan Kakes reveals
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Hedge funds - assets or asset strippers?
Are hedge funds really locusts stripping Dutch companies of their assets or are they a source of rich returns to the pension funds that invest in them. Leen Preesman reports on an increasingly acrimonious debate between Dutch unions and pension funds
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Back to school
It is residential that is closer to commercial posing as hospitality. No wonder student accommodation is attracting so much attention. But pension funds are reticent, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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A big opportunity for small pension funds
With access to real estate improving for Europe’s smaller funds Kathleen Jung considers the best approaches for those with around €100m to spend
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Bricks and mortar boards
The idea of a student accommodation REIT sounds appealing. But to assess its prospects, we have to consider the benefits for the universities and colleges themselves. Roger Blears and Brian Lee explain
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Time to call in the professionals
The Bureau Bosch survey of Dutch investment managers reveals a dramatic move towards the external management of pension funds assets, largely as a result of the new financial assessment framework. Frits Bosch analyses the findings of the survey
