How We Run Our Money – Page 8
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Indexation ambition
Nina Röhrbein interviews Bernard Walschots, CIO of Rabobank’s Dutch pension fund
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Which way to go?
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Eddie Dahlberg, who is responsible for Volvo’s pledge to provide pensions
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Different worlds
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Loit Linnupold, responsible for Swedbank’s Estonian pension fundsInfluenced by its linguistic ties with Finland, its financial links to the Baltic and Nordic regions, its Soviet past, its EU and euro membership, illiquid stock market and virtually no public debt, Estonia is a unique place in which to manage a pension portfolio.
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Worriless provision
Samuel Lisse tells Nina Röhrbein about Vita Sammelstiftung’s semi-autonomous model
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From ugly duckling to swan
Michael Kjeller of KPA Pension tells Nina Röhrbein about his fund’s transformation
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Investing in solar and student loans
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Hans Wilhelm Korfmacher, managing director at WPV about the pension fund’s highly diversified investment strategy.
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Steadying the ship
Andrew Waring of the UK Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund tells Nina Röhrbein how the 2008 financial crisis led to a fiduciary management structure
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Against the grain
Mike Weston of Daily Mail & General Trust Pension Scheme tells Nina Röhrbein about his fund’s forward-looking approach to investment decision making
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A safe harbour
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Cees Blokzijl, director of pensions at Vopak Pension Fund, about the interaction between the fund and its fiduciary manager
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Northern lights
Iceland’s Frjalsi is starting to feel the effects of economic recovery but capital controls weigh heavily over its investment policy. Nina Röhrbein spoke with Arnaldur Loftsson and Marinó Tryggvason
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Flyweight in benchmark knock-out
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Gregor Hirt, head of investment for the pension fund Vorsorgestiftung Schroder & Co Bank, who explains how it punches above its weight
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Alpha hunters
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Gediminas Milieska of SEB’s Lithuanian pension funds, who explains how his firm uses three types of open-ended funds to generate alpha
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Change without regret
Liam Kennedy spoke with Angelien Kemna, chief investment officer of APG, the Netherlands’ largest pension asset manager with AUM of €278bn, about her policies of ‘minimum regret’ and ‘controlled simplification’
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Shifting horizons
Timo Loyttyniemi, managing director of Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), tells Martin Steward why the Finnish buffer fund’s sure touch through the crisis means that the latest change to its targets might just be the last
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Alight for full funding
Markus Hübscher, CEO of the Swiss Federal Railways pension fund, told Nina Röhrbein about his fund’s restructuring and new internal governance structure
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Smart Finnish moves
Brendan Maton spoke with Staffan Sevón, chief investment officer at Veritas, about his fund’s hands-on approach to investing
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Central direction, local implementation
Liam Kennedy spoke with Benedikt Köster and Sven Rogge about Deutsche Post DHL’s pension risk management framework and its implementation
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Surprise tactics
Martin Steward spoke with Paul Haines, CIO of Trafalgar House Pension Trust, about its break with tradition to launch a pioneering investment strategy
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Keen on illiquidity
Peter Wallach of the UK’s Merseyside Pension Fund tells Nina Röhrbein how the scheme’s philosophy affects its investment strategy
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Scarcity value
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Vincent Ribuot, chief investment officer of UMR Corem, one of France’s few pension funds about working within a life insurance dominated market and the limitations it can cause







