All Features articles – Page 66
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FeaturesCross-Border Pensions: Dutch in first Malta DC set-up
Plegt-Vos is the first Dutch company to relocate a defined contribution plan to Malta.Maarten van Wijk reports
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Investment: Convex protection
With record-low corporate spreads and volatile equity markets, is it time to take a closer look at convertible bonds?
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Focus Group: Risk-factor investing concepts
Just over half of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group currently allocate assets to strategies that employ risk-factor investing concepts
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FeaturesUK Local Government Pensions: Choose your partner
After years of debate, concrete details regarding the future of the UK local authority pensions sector are emerging
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The ceiling has no fans
The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has proposed potentially far-reaching changes to its asset-ceiling guidance. The proposals have their fair share of critics
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CEE equities – Middle ground promise
David Turner assesses why Central and Eastern European equities are catching the eye of many investors
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Breaking Germany’s mould
Federal civil servants at two government ministries are searching for a workable policy to promote occupational pensions
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Diary of an Investor: Muddy boots on
We pension funds at least have the luxury of not being stuck behind our screens all the time, trading or monitoring our portfolio
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Commodity Prices: If only we could blame China
Niels Jensen argues that the strong dollar and rising debt levels among emerging market corporates bear some of responsibility for the slump in global commodity prices
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FeaturesBanks and LDI
The rise of liability-driven investments (LDI), pairing cashflow-matching assets with forecast liability streams, has developed in tandem with a broad, overall maturing of the liabilities of the European occupational pension sector
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PLSA Investment Conference: Industry embraces FCA asset management review
The question of whether the asset management market is working for pension funds and other investors, as the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking, was a theme at the UK pension fund association’s conference in Edinburgh.
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Appeasing the gatekeeper
Last year I attended a drinks reception organised by a UK consultancy. The event was arranged specifically to allow the firm’s staff to meet with the asset management community. The theme running through the opening remarks was simple: “We have no current or future plans to offer fiduciary management, therefore we will never compete with you.”
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
Although there were significant bounces during February and March in Chinese stocks, commodities, and emerging market assets, there is still a nervous pall hanging over markets
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Ahead of the Curve: The deflationary impacts of web 2.0
Edward Shing examines the deflationary effects of the emerging ‘sharing economy’ on traditional companies
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Sector underwhelmed by stress-test results
The first-ever sector-wide stress test of European occupational pension funds by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) concludes that they are most unlikely to transmit financial shocks to other market participants, even though these would entail significant deficits.
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Opportunities in Solvency II
What kind of opportunities and challenges does Solvency II, the new regulatory regime for insurance companies, create for pension schemes?
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Pensioenfonds Metaal OFP
Belgium’s Pensioenfonds Metaal OF has recently turned 15 but already behaves like a seasoned investor. Greet Grauls, finance manager, and Jan Frederickx, operations manager, talk about the fund’s strategy
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FeaturesESG: The taxing issue of tax
As Google, Amazon and other multinationals face scrutiny over their tax affairs, we assess the case for asset owners to engage on the issue
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Regulation Roundup: Pension developments in Europe
IPE’s overview of regulatory and legislative changes in the pensions landscape in key European countries
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Research: The rise of private debt
Asset classes once considered too esoteric can be seen as safe havens when the market environment changes, argues Amin Rajan
