In Depth – Page 26
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Berkshire: Straight talker
The UK’s Royal County of Berkshire pension fund has slashed long-only equities and hedged its longevity risk. The manager of the fund, Nick Greenwood, told Brendan Maton about his strategy
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Interviews
YouTube not yet the communication star
On The Record How do you communicate with members?
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FeaturesMilitary timing softens crisis blow
Reeta Paakkinen spoke to Caner Öner, senior adviser at Oyak, the €5.6bn Turkish military pension fund
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Follow your members
Social media is boosting communication between pension funds and members, and among members themselves, says Gail Moss
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PP Pension: Steady as she goes
The €796m PP Pension fund is known for consistently producing excellent returns. But after a recent dip in performance, the newly appointed CEO Viveka Ekberg (pictured) and CIO Cecelia Thomasson Blomquist aim to re-establish the fund’s good returns without compromising on its winning philosophy, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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Full speed ahead
A €2.6bn pension fund will look after CERN’s scientists long after they have finished their minute inspection of the universe using the Large Hadron Collider. Nina Röhrbein visited Christian Cuénoud, the fund’s retiring administrator
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Under my roof
If you manage money in-house you must ask yourself whether your aim is to add value or to save on fees. Now is also a good time to find talented staff, finds Gail Moss
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A Selective Focus
ABN AMRO’s Dutch pension fund believes its focus on all stakeholder interests has helped prevent it from dropping below its statutory funding level. Liam Kennedy spoke to Rob Meuter, chairman of the trustee board, and Geraldine Leegwater, head of investments for the fund’s in-house pension bureau
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Essential governance
Gail Moss presents IPE’s guide to pension fund governance and how to do it better
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Swaps are now an option
Gail Moss assesses approaches to longevity. Aside from raising the retirement age, pension funds now have a longevity swap market to add to their toolkit
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Risk separation
The 2008 asset allocation review of UBS’ Swiss Pensionskasse turned into a more extensive exercise than the fund had expected, but the fund kept faith with its strategic asset allocation. Nina Röhrbein was in conversation with Christoph Schenk, the funds CIO and recently appointed CIO and head of investments for UBS AG
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‘Perseverance is crucial’
Nina Röhrbein assesses this year’s cross-border fiduciary management deal between APG in the Netherlands and Italy’s PensPlan
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EU plans foundations statute
Foundations are a growing force in institutional investment but face obstacles to cross-border activities. Now the EU, supported by sector associations, is devising a statute. Gail Moss reports
