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Features
Lure of sound regulation
Rightly or wrongly, offshore jurisdictions are associated with light regulation, and the main job of offshore regulators is perceived to be placing as few obstacles as possible in the way of multinational companies wishing to set up pension schemes for their employees. Guernsey, for example, has specifically exempted international pensions ...
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Philips focuses on the possible
Though the Philips Group as a worldwide electronics company operating in over 60 countries worldwide has a total workforce of 166,500 employees, it currently does not have any multinational pension plans. The pension plans the group has across the globe were established as the company grew its activities over the ...
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Dedicated follower of market trends
When mad cow disease was discovered in Washington state last December, cattle futures collapsed. However, the US dollar also continued its downward slide. As a result, the Mulvaney Capital Management Global Diversified programme, which invests in a mixture of commodities and financials, ended the month 5.35% up. Managed futures is ...
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Special Report
One manager's crusade
Corporate governance and better investor relations have become some of the main buzzwords for listed companies and investors in continental Europe. But there is much discussion without coming to the point. Commissions hold dozens of meetings and statements are made without any commitments. Especially in Germany, the concept that the ...
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Getting the best from custodians
Has your custodian ever lost any of your assets? Probably not. Should you worry about such risks? Surely yes. But how much should pension fund directors get involved in custody issues? In fact, there are normally no major problems that would require the attention of pension fund boards. Custody seems ...
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Features
New CFE to launch volatility index future
The Chicago Board Options Exchange has had to open a futures trading market in order to launch the VIX Futures based on its VIX Volatility Index product. It is due be launched in March as the first product listed on the new Chicago Future Exchange electronic market. Up to now ...
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S&P broadens out
Eudald Canadell, who runs the European index operation for Standard & Poor’s has decided views on many things, including the recent purchase after protracted negotiations of the equity indices business of Citigroup, the former Salomon Smith Barney products. In one swoop, S&P broadened its offering from a being a major ...
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Key area of fund focus
Managing risk has shot to the top of the agenda for most pension funds this decade. While some capital erosion was unavoidable in the years of tumbling market values, trustees are demanding that everything be done to see that funds are better prepared the next time stocks take a dive. ...
