All Features articles – Page 190
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Hitting the ceiling
Lithuania after much delay implemented its successful pensions system in 2004. Now the debate is where to go from here, as George Coats reports
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Danes ready for next challenges
The Danish open door policy ensures a competitive environment for managers. George Coats reports
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Contradictions at heart of IFRS
Are the IFRS at odds with the Solvency II recommendations on good risk management practices in insurance companies, Philippe Foulquier asks
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Co-operation is the way forward
As accounting rules tighten, more legislation is introduced and investment becomes more complex, a growing number of Dutch pension funds are contracting out their asset management and administration. Two leading providers of pension fund management services – Cordares and Mn Services – have responded to these developments by pooling their expertise. Leen Preesman and David White talk to the architects of this alliance
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Large funds equals lower costs
Jacob Bikker and Jan de Dreu find evidence that the bigger a pension fund, the lower its administrative costs are likely to be, reinforcing the case for mergers between Dutch funds and a move towards industry-wide schemes
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Dedicated leaders of investment fashion
While funds of hedge funds offer advantages to their traditional hedge counterparts they are now under threat. Stephen Oxley reports
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Opening doors to performers
Thematic investment enables an investor to take a complex world of more than 2,000 stocks and, through a disciplined process, turn it into a manageable, investable portfolio. This is how Guy Monson, chief investment officer of Sarasin Chiswell, explains the appeal of thematic investment. Monson pioneered the use of thematic ...
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Encompassing a multitude
To regard EMD as a single asset class is wrong, particularly now the rise of local currency debt is now such a major factor when investing. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Rise and rise of private equity fees
Partnership structures fees and other compensation systems may have to be reviewed given the rapid expansion of private equity in recent years. John Barber reports
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Euro-swapping to be optimised
Swedish insurers can benchmark more effectively by using euro swaps, argue Mark van Maaren and Jan-Willem Wijkmans
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Flat period for FoFs
The Eurekahedge fund of funds index was virtually flat in September (+0.02% returns). But there was a major hedge-fund-industry-specific market event during the month: Amaranth Advisors, a $10bn (€7.9bn) Connecticut-based multi-strategy fund, lost 35% of its assets in natural gas positions (natural gas prices fell over 30% during the month) ...
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Securities show Swift growth
Securities and securities related payments traffic sent over the Swift network now represent 45% of volumes, making the securities industry the fastest growing sector of the Brussels-based financial messaging co-operative. As a result, securities issues are high on the agenda during Swift’s annual conference, Sibos, attended by nearly 5,000 people ...
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Over the hill?
US real estate is riding the crest of the wave now – the question is, how long will that crest last? This was the question being discussed at PREA’s annual conference in Washington DC in October. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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How the indexation label works
Parliament has decided that a new indexation label will be added to all pensions statements in the Netherlands to tell scheme participants about the purchasing power of their entitlements. Theo Nijman, Bas Werker and Peter de Goeij consider the draft version
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Looking for improvement
The circus came to Hong Kong in September. MIPIM, the real estate industry’s annual French Riviera jamboree, put down its first mark in Asia. How did the idea translate from Cannes to Wanchai? Richard Newell reports
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The long and short of it
Are real estate securities a reflection of the real estate market or more representative of equities? John Glascock and Shaun Bond report
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Pensions open for outsourcing
In the current regulatory and accounting environment in Holland, outsourcing is an idea whose time has come. AZL, a leading Dutch provider of pension fund management services, explains its plans to Cyril Widdershoven
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The politics of portability
At a recent EPPF meeting, the EC’s portability proposals drew fire from almost all quarters, Daniel Brooksbank reports
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A question of priority
New private REITs are good for long-term investment, but there are also good reasons for investors take the public route, says Mark Lindeis
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On the prowl for themes
Themes for Sarasin’s thematic investment are devised by a theme origination committee, headed by its chief economist Subitha Subramaniam who joined Sarasin from the World Bank. Subramaniam is responsible for translating global macro trends into the thematic process. ” We basically try to identify long term trends that are taking ...
