All Features articles – Page 74
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
This year looks like it could be remembered as the Bund sell-off year, or perhaps even the Bund Blowback, with one of the intraday price falls larger than any recorded (by Bloomberg) in the past quarter century
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Bigger is not always better when it comes to pension funds
A recent working paper of the Dutch central bank on costs sheds light on a debate playing out in several European capitals over the size of retirement institutions
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Executive pay: Taking back control
Asset owners may now be able to challenge pay inequality more aggressively, using reports backed by staunchly pro-capitalist institutions, write Jonathan Williams
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Belgium’s pensions challenge
Belgium’s pension plan sponsors have struggled to adapt the International Accounting Standards (IAS) 19 accounting model
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Focus Group: From a board perspective
Just over half of the funds polled for this month’s Focus Group consider diversity on a pension fund board to be important
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Trade Finance Briefing: Doors open to trade
Greater liquidity and capital constraints have forced many banks to scale back or close down their trade finance operations, creating opportunities for non-bank lenders, says Luigi La Ferla
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China Briefing: Foreigners eye Chinese shares
Access to China A-shares, one of the largest equity markets, is becoming easier for overseas investors
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
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Investment Solutions Survey: A wide constellation
IPE’s 2015 investment solutions survey explained
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Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
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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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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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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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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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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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Fixed income: 2015 in sovereign bonds
The first four months of 2015 were characterised by a rally in sovereign bond markets, aided by accommodative central bank policy and mounting uncertainty over the sustainability of Greek debt.
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FeaturesEvent shortfall: Taking account of unmeasured opportunity costs
Investors should be aware of the costs incurred when reallocating assets within portfolios
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Ahead of the curve: Is there a bull in the China shop?
The rise in Chinese stocks up more than 60% since late 2014 has raised concerns about a bubble that might burst
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FeaturesAsset allocation: The big picture
Are strong equity markets signalling an optimistic outlook for economic growth? Possibly, although economic data – particularly from the US and China – has been pretty disappointing since the start of this year. This year’s strong equity performance may have more to do with the fact that money remains extremely easy and economic growth, although dull, remains steady.
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ECB should not allow funds to suffer ‘collateral damage’
The European pensions industry must not become collateral damage as the European Central Bank (ECB) rolls out its quantitative easing (QE) programme and increases pension deficits, PensionsEurope has urged
