All IPE articles in June 2002 (Magazine) – Page 4
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Features
Making pensions popular
Simplification was the topic firmly on the agenda at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) annual conference in Brighton. “The pendulum has swung too far in favour of regulation and complexity”, Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions told the conference. Hardly a day goes by without ...
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Market stuck in a rut
Hopes for a significant recovery in the UK equity markets this year have all but disappeared. Investor responses to negative news in the telecommunications sector have been surprisingly bearish, say strategists. If this attitude persists, market levels are bound to stay depressed, they say. Shares of companies in old economy ...
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Taking the slow road to reform
The development of the Italian pension fund industry has slowed down. Political discussions regarding the reform of the system, changes in the labour market and the never-ending negotiations about the transfer of the TFR into pensions, have increased uncertainty about the future growth of the industry. According to a recent ...
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Why tri-party repo
The case for investors conducting business on an increasingly secured or collateralised basis only appears to grow stronger and more compelling with each mounting crisis or default in the market. Earlier this year we had AIB and large FX losses. This was followed swiftly by the Enron default. Traditionally legislation ...
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Technology turns the tables
Is big becoming a problem in the custodian world? This article explores the issues that big custodians are having to contend with in an environment of more rapid change and fierce competition. The catchword of the large custodian banks has traditionally been that size matters. To make money, develop technology ...
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