In Depth – Page 17
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How we run our money: Aisle four - asset management
Steven Daniels, chief investment officer at Tesco Pension Investment, tells Taha Lokhandwala about his role as Tesco’s in-house asset manager
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Time to come together
M&A activity is expected to increase as the global economy recovers. Gail Moss looks at the implications for pension funds that sponsors and trustees should consider
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On the growth path
Turkey’s supplementary pension assets should reach €11bn this year, finds Reeta Ilona Paakkinen. Auto-enrolment and reform of severance payments would boost growth but remain controversial
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How we run our money: My door is always open
Alfredo Granata and Paola Muratorio tell Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about their fund’s drive to invest in the real economy and its openness to new ideas
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Counting on the krona
Erik Callert, chief investment officer of SPP Livförsäkring, tells Jonathan Williams how an overhaul of its portfolio left it better equipped to deal with Solvency II
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Creativity in captivity
After Iceland’s banking collapse, capital restrictions meant pension funds had to invest significant assets in the domestic market. Gylfi Jónasson, CEO of the Festa Pension Fund tells Jonathan Williams that being captive does not have to breed contempt
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Can small still be beautiful?
Despite the well-documented benefits of consolidation, there are still thousands of pension funds with assets under €1bn. Given that most of them cannot gain scale efficiencies, what can they do to make the best of their situation?
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Sailing towards sustainability
Antony Barker, of the UK Santander Group Pension Scheme, tells Jonathan Williams how his fund is on a path towards sustainability, and how property and consumer disposable income play a key role in the new asset allocation
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Investment therapy
René van Pommeren and Ada Wouters-Brongers of the Dutch physiotherapists’ pension fund tell Nina Röhrbein why their fund is unusual in the Netherlands
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Hot topics
IPE’s overview of the main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions in key European countries
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Let’s be clear on solutions
The growing number of services marketed to UK DB pension funds as ‘solutions’ means it is time for clear definitions, believes Magnus Spence
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National benefit calculation
When they came under criticism, Canada’s top 10 pension funds hired blue-chip consultants to find out what they contributed to the national economy, Christopher O’Dea writes
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Double bottom line
Eugene O’Callaghan, investment director of the National Pensions Reserve Fund, tells Liam Kennedy about the business plan for the new Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and progress so far in transitioning the portfolio into one with a dual mandate for returns and economic impact
