All articles by IPE staff – Page 26
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Bullish on commodities
IPE asked three pension funds in three countries – the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland – the same question: ‘Do you agree with investment guru Jim Rogers that commodities are the only pure bull market in the world?’ Here are their answers: Vera Kupper Staub, CIO of Pensionskasse der Stadt ...
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Carried away with alpha
Although enhanced indexing is a strategy for generating limited levels of outperformance, portable alpha is another technique for adding value, and one which has the huge potential advantage in that it can be used to boost returns in an unconnected part of the portfolio. Portable alpha is generated using ...
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Coping with era of low returns
IPE asked three pension funds in three countries – in Finland, Ireland and Slovenia – the same question: ‘How are you meeting the challenge of what looks like a more-than-temporary low in long-term interest rates?’ Here are their answers: Jari Eskelinen is head of fixed income at Ilmarinen, Finland’s ...
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Heading for a crowded retirement
Bent Nyløkke Jørgensen stood down as chief executive of PKA in Denmark at the end of 2001 and has since carried out a number of tasks, including chairing the Jørgensen committee, a working party to draw up recommendations on pension fund governance for the Danish government What was your ...
