Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 293
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Features
The Canada factor
If only our pension funds could be more Canadian – which is to say, large, well-governed institutions that are prominent and successful investors. Canada has these in spades, counting among its ranks four of the top 20 biggest global real estate investors and also four of the top 20 infrastructure investors respectively.
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Features
Better governance – to what end?
Before Gordon Gekko launches into his “Greed is good” speech, the CEO of Teldar Paper harangues him as the face of the “short-term profit, slot machine mentality of Wall Street”. But Gekko isn’t like the high-frequency traders or quarterly earnings-obsessed benchmark huggers whom we tar with that brush.
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Features
Spread wealth with caution
Back in the days when the roar of Ireland’s Celtic tiger economy echoed across Europe and the wider world, the country was widely praised for its foresight in 2001 when it created a sovereign fund, the National Pension Reserve Fund, with the proceeds of the sale of Telecom Eireann.
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Features
De-risking poised for growth but risks remain
Consultants’ hopes that the UK de-risking market would rebound in 2013 appear to have been fulfilled. This follows an underwhelming 2012 during which transaction volumes fell by a half.
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Features
ATP challenges sales tax rules at ECJ
The debate over whether services to occupational pension schemes should be subject to value added tax (VAT) is a familiar one within the industry. Three cases have now found their way to the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
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Features
On the horizon
In the first of a two-part round-up, Stephen Bouvier asks leading pensions accounting experts to identify the IAS 19 issues to watch in the year ahead
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Opinion Pieces
Jerry Moriaty, CEO and Director of Policy at the Irish Association of Pension Funds
“While Ireland begins to show signs of economic improvement, it is clear there are still a lot of unresolved issues in the pensions sector”
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Features
National benefit calculation
When they came under criticism, Canada’s top 10 pension funds hired blue-chip consultants to find out what they contributed to the national economy, Christopher O’Dea writes
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Features
Double bottom line
Eugene O’Callaghan, investment director of the National Pensions Reserve Fund, tells Liam Kennedy about the business plan for the new Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and progress so far in transitioning the portfolio into one with a dual mandate for returns and economic impact
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Country Report
Ireland: The long grass
Ten months after an OCED report on Ireland’s pension system, Christine Senior outlines faltering progress towards increasing pension coverage
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Country Report
Ireland: Robbing Paul to pay Peter
Ireland’s wind-up order has finally been amended, addressing some of the inequities that saw actives lose out to fund the benefits of those already retired, writes Jonathan Williams
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Country Report
Ireland: Economies of scale
Rachel Fixsen outlines progress on the Irish Pension Board’s review of DC pension provision
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Country Report
Ireland: Be a pro-active trustee
James Kavanagh outlines a six-step approach for trustees of Irish pension funds
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Country Report
Ireland: Deficits persist
Conor Daly and Fergus Collis provide an update on the deficits in Irish DB pension schemes
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Special Report
Corporate Governance: A little less conversation
List all of the fora, working groups, initiatives, statements of principles, codes and associations dedicated to pursuing better corporate governance and other sustainable business and investment goals, and you would think that this was a hive of world-changing activity.
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Special Report
Corporate Governance: Cultural shift
The UK Stewardship Code, now three years old, was re-visited in the wake of an influential review of UK markets. But Mike Scott finds that there is still a long way to go before the spirit of the Code is embedded in asset management culture
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Special Report
Corporate Governance: Of carrots and sticks
The executive remuneration debate has evolved considerably since 2012’s Shareholder Spring, writes Nina Röhrbein. But there is considerable disagreement on the right balance between regulation and a voluntary approach
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Special Report
Corporate Governance: Cash in hand
Cash mountains and share buybacks are a prominent feature of the new corporate environment. Is this investor short-termism constraining productive investment, or good corporate discipline rejecting unproductive spending? Mike Scott investigates
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Special Report
Corporate Governance: Can’t we all just get along?
Corporate governance thinkers believe peaceful co-existence between activist investors and company boards and management is at hand. Christopher O’Dea finds activism lauded as a valuable corrective mechanism that can improve performance
