All Features articles – Page 273
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Emerging markets deliver goods
Absolute Return Funds (ARFs) returned on average 3.2% for the month of November and an impressive 9.5% for eleven months of the year. Within the Absolute Return universe, Eurekahedge has categorised funds into bottom up, top down, dual approach, and diversified debt, of which over 150 are listed in its ...
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Dipping your toe in the pool
With computer giant IBM now apparently re-thinking the idea of pooling its European pension assets because of uncertainty over tax harmonisation, where exactly does that leave the whole pooling and pan-European pensions debate? In short, can pooling deliver on the hype? The company is understood to be unwilling to commit ...
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Doubts over European long-only equity
European institutions including pension funds have expressed doubt about asset managers’ long-only equity returns in the future, according to a new survey organised by alternative investment groups. Thirty-percent of respondents to a survey organised by the Alternative Investment Management Association and IPM Informed Portfolio Management said their expectations of external ...
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The 'shadow' ECB
At the end of 2002 the editor of the German daily Handelsblatt decided it might be an interesting idea to get together a group of leading European economists and strategists and let them shadow the European Central Bank’s decisions and actions on European monetary policy. Today that group of 18, ...
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Global plans' elusive results
At least three issues are raising the stakes for better management of retirement plans across borders: plans are more likely to be in deficit, accounting standards are driving increased transparency and there is a greater focus on corporate governance worldwide. But success is elusive for many. Most multinationals encounter significant ...
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First time for Europe index
The first pan-European index for unlisted real estate funds is set to hit the market next year. Unfortunately, it will not give investors everything they need. One of the major barriers to entry for institutions looking at the private real estate funds market has been the lack of benchmarks. In ...
