All Features articles – Page 245
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Living with uncertainty
The atmosphere surrounding Swedish pension funds has been positive over the past 12 months with good returns, especially from equities, boosting confidence. However, some see the impending implementation of the EU pensions directive as a cloud on the horizon. One fund that sees adjusting to the pensions directive as a ...
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Are managers up to speed?
There is increasing awareness among pension fund trustees that derivatives can benefit portfolio management – and some pressure from fund managers to permit the use of more types of derivative products in their portfolios. However, trustees should exercise some caution. Not all managers have the operational capability to support increasingly ...
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Case for active style allocation
Al though the existing literature seems to concur on the interest of hedge funds as valuable investment alternatives, there seem to be several shortcomings in current industry practice when it comes to fully capitalising on the advantages of including hedge funds in an investor’s asset allocation. So far, the only ...
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Involuntary acts of generosity
“We are the best value MPs in Europe,” says Gerhard Hess of the Swiss Democrats. Swiss parliamentarians – MPs and senators, are unique in Europe, if not the world, in that they do not receive a salary. This means that while Swiss workers as a whole are among the most ...
