Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 300
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Features
IASB: Plans on disclosure
The International Accounting Standards Board has always had a problem with disclosure
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Features
IORP II: Keep it proportional
PensionsEurope gives a general thumbs-up to Brussels’ planned improvements to governance standards for occupational pensions
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Features
Actuaries in business
Liam Kennedy asked Jonathan Punter and Stuart Southall about their careers as actuaries, entrepreneurs and dealmakers in the world of UK pensions
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Opinion Pieces
Per Linnemann - Independent consulting actuary
“Smoothed income annuities could revive the pension fund industry”
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Interviews
Do you invest in real assets?
Nina Röhrbein speaks with France’s ERAFP, Denmark’s PFA and the Netherlands’ PGGM
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Features
Command, control and organisation
Gail Moss outlines the duties of the investment committee chair – one of the most influential positions in a pension fund
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Features
Phoenix from the ashes
Antoni Canals tells Nina Roehrbein about his views on diversification at Pensions Caixa 30, one of Spain’s most diversified occupational pension funds
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Country Report
Spain: A flight to the known
Spanish pension funds have increased their domestic government bond holdings as economic confidence slowly returns. Gail Moss reports
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Country Report
Spain: Crisis prompts overhaul
Social partners are set to agree changes to state pensions, according to Gail Moss, while the industry awaits detailed proposals aimed to boost supplementary pensions
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Special Report
German Asset Management: Seeking urgent clarification
New regulations on credit ratings due diligence could prove challenging for investors and asset managers alike, according to Nina Roehrbein
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Special Report
German Asset Management: One step at a time
Nina Roehrbein outlines institutional investors’ asset allocation intentions and behaviour
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Special Report
German Asset Management: Defiant growth in the face of hostile legislation
Germany’s Spezialfonds have survived the latest legislative challenge of incorporation within the legislation implementing AIFMD, writes Till Entzian. They remain institutional investors’ preferred vehicle with record inflows in 2012 and AUM that should soon cross the €1trn mark
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Special Report
German Asset Management: Stepping out in new shoes
Nina Roehrbein asked Michael Fuss about the latest reorganisation of Deutsche Bank’s asset management activities
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Special Report
Real Assets: The real risk from real assets
What is a ‘real asset’? And why would an investor want it?
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Special Report
Real Assets: Sheltering under a roof
Property is limited in its ability to hedge inflation but it can certainly play a role. Rachel Fixsen and Lynn Strongin Dodds report on the diverse strategies to consider
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Special Report
Real Assets: Pricing powers
Jennifer Bollen explores claims that infrastructure can offset inflation and asks if infrastructure portfolios can be optimised to protect against inflation
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Special Report
Real Assets: Seeing the forest for the trees
A slow housing market during the financial crisis certainly hacked away some of timber’s appeal. But Joel Kranc finds that the long-term potential remains strong
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Special Report
Real Assets: Performing in the real world
How well have direct investments in real assets performed over the long term? Martijn Cremers outlines the latest research, and challenges some assumptions about inflation protection and diversification
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Special Report
Real Assets: A raw deal from raw materials?
Poor performance is causing some investors to question why they got involved in commodities. But Martin Steward finds that now could be just the wrong time to sell
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Special Report
Real Assets: Staying tuned
Martin Steward found a different take on recent investor mood music around the asset class and a robust case for allocation when he spoke to one of the largest commodities managers
