All Features articles – Page 396
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Multi-employer move by Verbund
The fund of Verbund is certainly testing the structure of the Austrian pensions industry. In November, it announced that it was no longer going to be a single company scheme, but was going to join the ranks of those in multi-employer schemes, nominating one of the largest ÖPAG, as its ...
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Performance record rivalling the US
Europe today offers a real alternative to the US in private equity. The industry has at last gained status as a true asset class and, at only 0.383% of European GDP, private equity still has considerable room for further growth. However, with the technology sector mired in trouble and a ...
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Wise men to advise parliament
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is to set up a panel of financial services experts to advise it on the package of measures outlined in the Financial Services Action Plan, which includes the European pensions directive and the Lamfalussy report. The panel will be composed of ...
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Alternatives join the mainstream
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to alternative investments in an attempt to boost returns, claims joint research undertaken by Goldman Sachs and Frank Russell. The report finds that since the last survey in 1999, the amount of funds committed by European investment houses to private equity has almost doubled from ...
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The dice are rolling in Asia
Once again last year, the Asian region provided some of the most rewarding returns for foreign investors. And if 2001 was an important year for Asia, with China and Taiwan entering the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the markets of South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand giving investors a boost, then ...
