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FeaturesInterview: The view from Copenhagen
Rachel Fixsen spoke to Carsten Stendevad about his vision for Denmark’s labour market pension fund, ATP, and his first two years as CEO
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Defined Contribution: Going the distance
In Australia and the US, best practice in the DC sector is to ensure participants have sufficient income throughout retirement, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Focus Group: Contribution to the future
Two-thirds of the funds polled for this month’s Focus Group said defined contribution (DC) represents the future for pension provision
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China’s importance still underplayed
The turmoil in China is both less serious and more serious than generally assumed.
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Reviving the Celtic tiger
The biggest challenge facing Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, is how to avoid pricing himself out of a recovering Irish market
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Research: Caution on the equity risk premium
In this second article in a series on a new study, Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan argue that artificially low interest rates have dragged the predictive power of the equity risk premium to near zero
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Briefing: Growing importance of the renminbi
Despite recent volatility, the Chinese currency’s role in international trade is growing fast
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ESG: Women on boards
Countries across the world are taking differing approaches to boosting female participation on company boards. But is progress being made?
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Smart beta bonds: Not so fast
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the reasons behind the dearth of smart beta fixed-income products
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An asset class gaining currency
Currency weakness in emerging markets against a strong US dollar has tended to give a misleading picture of the potential opportunities in the asset class
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
The plunge in China’s stock market in July was dramatic. There is still debate about how worried global investors ought to be
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Ahead of the Curve: Japan’s best is yet to come
A genuine change in corporate governance culture at Japanese companies will underpin good economic fundamentals
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Don’t miss out on class action payouts
Class action activity is on the rise in the US where some European institutions have received big payouts
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Accounting Standards: Prudence redux
The International Accounting Standards Board says it has listened to long-term investors and is considering the reintroduction of the concept of prudence into its conceptual framework
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Turkey: Private fund growth on track
The Turkish government is reforming its private pensions system in a bid to boost the country’s savings rate
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Time to focus
Few would see an immediate parallel between the pension fund world and that of commercial aviation. Yet the story of the Douglas Corporation is interesting
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US Equities: Elephant in the room
The US equity market is the elephant in the room for any institutional investor. It has also been a very excitable elephant with the S&P500 reaching all-time highs in the first half of 2015
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The political dimension of Italy's pensions
Pensions and politics are seldom friends. Politicians, more often than not, seek short-term policy impact; pension systems take time and patience to develop. This tension is unravelling in Italy
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Diary of an Investor: How much?
I know that almost everyone thinks they are underpaid. Unfortunately, that group of people includes some members of our team
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Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
