In Depth – Page 49
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From silos to solutions
The announcement in mid-June that Barclays had accepted BlackRock’s offer for its asset management arm, Barclays Global Investors (BGI) – to be recommended to shareholders in August 2009 – set the media and industry analysts off on the challenging task of trying to find the pitfalls. All mergers present difficulties, particularly when they are on this scale, but it is difficult to imagine a better fit.
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Mending the buck
Martin Steward asks how investors might analyse money market funds after last year’s shock to the system
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The real carry trade
If you buy into the emerging-market growth and commodities stories, maritime investments could offer another way to diversify your exposure, writes Martin Steward
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IAM what IAM
It’s been an eventful few years for fund of hedge funds International Asset Management (IAM).
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InterviewsThe institutional path
SAM was founded in 1995 as Sustainable Asset Management. In the wake of the current financial crisis and the appointment of Sander van Eijkern as CEO in January, new ventures are on the horizon for the Swiss-based investment manager.
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Revolution for survival
Jan Straatman has chosen a quote from Charles Darwin as the motto for his plans to restructure €330bn Dutch investment management giant ING: “It is not the strongest of the species which survive, nor the most intelligent, but those most able to change.”
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Greeks bearing gifts
Volatility is one of the best diversifiers money can buy, and yet few pension funds recognise it as an asset class. Martin Steward explores the possibilities
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InterviewsBig in Japan – ready for Europe?
Having been through its own painful credit crunch during the ‘lost decade’ of the 1990s, Japan entered the current global version with government, corporate and household debt at relatively healthy levels.
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InterviewsKeeping it real
Ask pension fund managers what are the risks that keep them awake at night, and they will probably start with longevity.Close behind will be interest rates and inflation.
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Time to call a specialist?
The credit-market dislocation has opened up opportunities well beyond core corporate bonds. Martin Steward asks whether pension funds should get specialists onboard, or just loosen their existing bond mandates
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Euro-zone challenges
The massive rise in debt issuance is posing problems for European government bond markets, finds Joseph Mariathasan
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FeaturesThe market challenge of insurance
Sarah Dudney outlines success factors critical for asset managers operating in the insurance industry
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FeaturesOverlooked models for distressed plays
Shamillia Sivathambu argues that emerging market debt offers opportunities for institutions searching for undervalued opportunities
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FeaturesBanks hit the ‘sweet spot’
Unglamorous unleveraged bank loans are suddenly de rigueur for the long-term investor. David White investigates
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Storebrand goes ahead of the curve
In an absence of any interest from existing corporate pension plans or pension trusts, Norway’s life insurers have become the main protagonists of the new tax favoured DC schemes. The insurers already dominate the management of occupational DB plans in Norway. Some NOK 300bn (E41bn) of pension fund assets are ...
