Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 341
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Features
Vision to reality
Who’s ahead in the race for cross-border pension assets? Gail Moss reports on factors behind the choice of domicile
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Features
Back to 4%?
Mariska van der Westen outlines the Netherlands’ proposed ‘ultimate forward rate’ within the new framework for pension funds, which aims to marry real and nominal objectives
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Defined ambition and supervision
The Dutch pension sector is working on new pension contracts, with softer benefits as the expected outcome. Meanwhile, the European Commission has planned to revise the IORP Directive and European supervision of pension funds. Dick Boeijen, Niels Kortleve and Jan-Willem Wijckmans ask if these processes are compatible
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Against the grain
Mike Weston of Daily Mail & General Trust Pension Scheme tells Nina Röhrbein about his fund’s forward-looking approach to investment decision making
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Toxic assets, or toxic prices?
Charlotte Moore finds that the anticipated flow of bank assets is more likely to be a trickle – thanks to the very regulation that was supposed to open the floodgates
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Over-funded, over 2008… and over here
US players are set to rule distressed Europe, writes Jennifer Bollen, but local players could offer crucial cultural advantages
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Features
Unconventional wisdom
The search for yield is leading investors to hunt down illiquidity premia. Florian de Sigy and Benjamin Keefe make the case for secondary hedge fund interests
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Special Report
The trouble with fracking
The full environmental impact of shale gas extraction is not known, so investors must engage with companies to make sure they are acting responsibly, says Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Commodities: Puffed-out dragon?
China’s slowing economy – and its longer-term transition away from investment-led growth – is raising questions about ongoing demand for commodities. But Martin Steward suggests that it’s too early to call time on the ‘supercycle’
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Special Report
Commodities: Equities suffer from dematerialisation
Is recent share-price disappointment a sign of things to come in the extractive industries? Lynn Strongin Dodds finds mining becoming more expensive just as China, one of the biggest commodity markets, begins to reduce its demand
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Asset Class Reports
Structured Credit & Loans: Don’t go it a-loan
Jim Cass outlines the operational challenges involved in investing in leveraged loans – and why outsourcing could be the solution
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Interviews
The implementation game
Russell’s recent move to Seattle from its historic location in Tacoma, Washington, just a few miles to the south, had the inevitable effect of pleasing urbanite employees happy to work and live in the bigger city and inconveniencing others who liked the old panoramic view over Commencement Bay and who faced a longer commute or higher real estate prices.
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Interviews
Practising what it preaches
As one of the world’s leading mezzanine and credit managers, Intermediate Capital Group spends every waking hour analysing, interrogating – and worrying over – the way companies manage their balance sheets. So it should come as no surprise that the firm is pretty handy at managing its own.
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Back to the future
A few weeks ago I phoned an old colleague of mine from years back. Jean-Pierre is from Paris.
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Features
Focus Group: Still life in the ‘supercycle’
Eighteen respondents (56%) to this month’s Off The Record survey had commodities or commodity futures in their portfolio.
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Special Report
Dc in Europe: Choice is not an easy option
It’s not enough to simply offer pension fund members a range of investment choices, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Special Report
DC in Europe: Look forward to payout time
UK pension schemes could offer members an enhanced payout phase experience through greater forward planning and tapping into the range of options available, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Country Report
Italy: A mixed picture
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines the disappointing membership figures in COVIP’s latest annual report, which overshadow a healthy 9% increase in overall pension AUM
