Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 216
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Features
US Pension Governance: Upgrading for the 21st century
US public pension scheme trustees are having to develop the expertise and structures to deal with increasingly complex operations and demands of the sector. Christopher O’Dea reports
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Asian Pension Funds: Strength in numbers
Partnerships, co-investments and asset pooling are on the rise as Asian institutions take a more collaborative approach towards investment
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Nationwide Pension Fund
Mark Hedges, CIO of the UK’s Nationwide Pension Fund, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s alternative assets portfolio
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Country Report
LGPS: Straight in at the deep end
Gail Moss assesses progress so far as the eight local government asset pools of England and Wales test the water
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: The constants amid the flux
Dominic Wallington says investors need not fear new disruptive technology or turbulent times if they seek out companies with the qualities to survive and flourish
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
Uninspiring macro economic data releases are accepted as the norm, often with less bad economic news received positively because it was not as dire as the consensus had expected
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Focus Group: The fall-out from Brexit
Thirteen (62%) of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group expect the European economy will be worse off once Britain leaves the European Union
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Project Waffle
For some months now, the powers that be here at Wasserdicht headquarters have been looking at moving our Dutch pension fund over the border to Belgium
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Special ReportIceland: Back from the cold as funds diversify abroad
Iceland’s central bank is relaxing capital controls and encouraging the pension sector to look to a future without restriction
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Features
Italy: The Atlante 2 impasse
A series of forthright announcements from Italy’s professional sector pension funds might have disappointed government hopes for money to prop up ailing banks but have served to reassert the sector’s commitment to fiduciary duty
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Ros Altmann - Former UK pensions minister
“It is time the authorities addressed the serious side effects of monetary policy on UK pensions”
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Pensions dreamland?
The two presidential candidates disagree on everything except on Social Security, the US federal programme that guarantees basic pension benefits
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Weighty in-tray for new CMU commissioner
Valdis Dombrovskis has assumed responsibility as commissioner in charge of the flagship Capital Markets Union project. But he has also assumed the added complication of the withdrawal of the UK
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Special Report
Ireland: Desire for progress, lack of action
Ireland is on the verge of radical pension reform, with the government and regulator laying the groundwork for a defined contribution future
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Special Report
Italy: Early retirement tops the agenda
Italy’s government responds to calls to increase flexibility in accessing the state pension, while second-pillar schemes search for solutions of their own
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Special ReportThe Netherlands: On the way to a new system
The Dutch cabinet is weighing up proposals for a new sustainable pension system that retains the support of younger workers and is fair to all generations
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Special Report
Norway: Simplified Solvency II rules are on the cards
Pension funds will continue to operate under Solvency I rules this year, but there are plans for Solvency II-type requirements by 2018
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Special ReportPortugal: Back on the right track
After lawmakers stabilised the public pension system, Portuguese private pension funds are poised to grow their participation in the country’s economic system
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Special Report
Spain: Political standstill halts reform
The Spanish pension system needs significant adjustment to ensure its sustainability, but politics has got in the way
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Special Report
Sweden: AP fund project runs out of steam
Sweden’s government has abandoned its long-held ambition to reform the AP Fund system and faces an industry opposed to the introduction of Solvency II
