All Features articles – Page 333
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Feeling the squeeze
This relatively comfortable world of Swiss pensions with its world renowned three pillar system has been put under the microscope in the last year with Swiss pension scheme funding levels hit dramatically by the continued fall of stock markets. A report in June this year by ASIP, the Association of ...
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Safe in the forest
Forestry investment has attracted increasing attention in recent years from pension fund managers looking for alternatives to the uncertainty and lower returns experienced with the major asset classes. A key feature of Irish forestry investments has been the steady positive real rate of return, with the lowest volatility of any ...
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Shedding light on funds
The fund market information service, FERI FMI is making further strides in its coverage of cross-border funds distribution. The firm already offers a directory, a growing number of in-depth single market reports and various sales analysis tools. Its latest product, FundFile, is the culmination of many months of research and ...
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Waiting game
For three years in a row, Belgian pension funds have started the year with news of disappointing investment returns and discussions regarding the future of the country’s pension industry. Added to this the debate regarding the introduction of the European Pensions Directive hasn’t gone unnoticed, although all agree that the ...
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Taking a shine to gold
A liquid asset with low correlation with equities and fixed income and negative correlation with the dollar should be relatively easy to sell. Yet funds have shown an almost complete aversion to gold. A raft of new investment products and a sustained educational campaign by the World Gold Council (WGC), ...
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How investors play the markets
With the dire performance of equities over the last few years universally-acknowledged, is it time to consider alternative assets more carefully? This article briefly examines the composition of European property markets, the returns delivered by these investments, and investors’ recent allocation decisions within the property sector. It concludes with a ...
