All Features articles – Page 55
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British Steel Pension Scheme: A pensions paradox
The £15bn (€17.6bn) British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) presents a paradox for the authorities in the UK
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Pension fund consolidation brings risk
Pension fund consolidation remains among the most significant trends in the UK and the Netherlands
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
While politics will always have some sway over capital markets, 2017 looks like being one of those years in which unpredictable political influence is the dominant theme throughout
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Ahead of the Curve: The diversification conundrum
Francesco Sandrini says that as the global economy emerges from a period of low growth and low inflation, investors appear to be ignoring risk in their diversification choices
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ESG: Antibiotics on the agenda
There is growing concern that the overuse of antibiotics could have great human and financial costs
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Netherlands: Actors take centre stage at pensions debate
Dutch pensions experts and the actors Gijs Scholten van Aschat and Jacqueline Blom shared the stage of theatre Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam for a theatrical debate about pensions last month
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Active Fixed Income: Battle for the edge in bond markets
Active bond managers are having to work hard to convince investors that they can provide better value for money than passive strategies
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Pensions Accounting: Stakeholder values
The year got off to an unexpectedly entertaining start with the eruption of a heated corporate-reporting row. The UK’s Financial Reporting Council finds itself facing its old adversary, Pensions & Investment Research Consultants
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator March 2017
When a shift in sentiment begins, the euphoria does not dull universally; rather, the centre remains lustrous, while the edges are the first to fade
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Features2016 Returns: Bounce-back time for European pension funds
European pension providers have begun reporting full-year returns for 2016, with several having fared better with their investments than the year before.
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World Trade: Is protectionism on the rise?
Developments in the US and Europe presage a substantial change in the conduct of international trade
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FeaturesFrom Our Perspective: Packaging pensions ‘just right’
In 2001, the Myners report raised the issue of the investment value chain and how pension funds could improve outcomes through their governance structure. It also highlighted market inefficiencies in areas like peer-group herding and investment consulting. The interaction between fiduciary duty and the provision of institutional investment services had not been explored so extensively before and the report resonated widely outside the UK.
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Re-defining hedge fund fees
Hedge fund fees are just one part of the cost equation. The real discussion should be about value for money and not headline fees
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Pension Investing: Distortions hasten innovation
In this third article on a new survey, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan show that as old methods of investing have lost relevance in a landscape distorted by quantitative easing, a search for new ways has intensified
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Germany: A disappointing revolution
The government is opening the door to pension plans that will lighten the burden on companies, yet the pensions industry is still dissatisfied, Barbara Ottawa reports
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Diary of an Investor: Political perils
Last month I met with my old friend Thijs, who is CIO of a large UK corporate pension scheme, working in a small investment office in the UK with an enlightened CEO
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Costs really matter
Lay representation on pension fund trustee boards is one of the hallmarks of occupational pensions in Europe and other parts of the world
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Compenswiss
Frank Juliano, head of asset management at Compenswiss, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo what lies ahead for Switzerland’s social security funds
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FeaturesESG: UN goals strike a chord
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, agreed by world leaders in September 2015, have captured the imagination of many in the European institutional investment community
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Focus Group: A changing climate
The average listed equities allocation in the portfolios of funds polled for this month’s Focus Group is 31%, with the level of respondents’ allocation ranging from 10% to 59%
