Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 349
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Country Report
Belgium: Change on the way
Challenges in the form of regulation and lower expected returns mean Belgian pension funds must seek economies of scale and improved governance, writes Karel Stroobants
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Belgium: Working longer
An Van Damme analyses Belgium’s attempt to raise the age of retirement through incentives rather than legislative decree
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The Netherlands: Big is beautiful – up to a point
Mariska van der Westen and Miranda Schoutsen report on the growing trend of Dutch pension fund consolidation. What is the optimum size for a pension scheme?
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The Netherlands: The bigger, the better?
Pension fund consolidation is generally welcomed in the belief that big equals beautiful. Our sister publication, IPNederland conducted an in-depth analysis based on comprehensive data on Dutch pension funds
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The Netherlands: Reforms on track
With as much as 40% of the Dutch population likely to face retirement benefit cuts of 1-3% from next year, the issue of pension provision has become a top priority in the portfolio of Minister Henk Kamp. He presides over the department of social affairs and labour, “but from the ...
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The Netherlands: Pensions turmoil
Changes to Dutch pensions could mean greater interest in DC structures, such as premium pension institutions (PPIs), argue Gerard Roelofs and Michel Iglesias del Sol
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The Netherlands: Sustainable after the crisis?
Pierre Akkermans outlines recent pension developments in the Dutch pension system
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The Netherlands: ‘Modular’ management gains ground
In the Netherlands, the classic model of fiduciary management has been losing ground since the crisis of 2008. Trustee boards are taking back control. André de Vos reports
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Special Report
Europe's Pension Consultants: Playing the long game
With so many pressures to focus on the short term, consultants are having to craft more sophisticated investment advice – and in some cases, re-think business models – to help clients attain their long-term objectives. Gill Wadsworth reports
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Europe's Pension Consultants: The professionals
Gill Wadsworth looks at the success of independent trustees in the UK and plans to promote them in the Netherlands, and examines their working relationship with pension consultants
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Europe's Pension Consultants: Firmly in the advisory camp
Chris Ford tells Liam Kennedy why Towers Watson isn’t about to pitch itself as a fiduciary manager
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Asset Class Reports
European Equities: Staying in style
Surprisingly, Martin Steward finds that it was just about possible for pan-European contrarian value to hang in there during 2011’s quality-growth world
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Asset Class Reports
European Equities: ‘You can’t handle the truth’
Martin Steward considers a contrarian strategy that is not afraid to go neutral when the market is not in contrarian mood
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Asset Class Reports
European Equities: Stock prices follow earnings? Sometimes...
Frédéric Dodard looks at European stocks through the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s and finds that the market will often pay much less for companies – or much more – than the fair price suggested by their earnings
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IP Asia
Taiwan's pension funds pursue passive-aggressive strategies
Orlando Bowie looks at pending reforms in Taiwan’s pension system and their evolving asset management approach
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IP Asia
Family offices set to boom in Asia, survey shows
Asia will likely see a “boom” in the numbers of new family offices over the next few years, according to a study by UBS and Campden. Wing-Gar Cheng reports.
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IP Asia
Asia’s dynamism in scheme administration
As pension funds across Asia grow in size they are also taking a step up in sophistication, complexity and aggressiveness. Cameron Dueck explores the issues.
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IP Asia
Vietnam: Always the bridesmaid...
With BRIC growth rates looking to have peaked, investors are seeking new high-growth plays in smaller emerging markets. Iain Mills reports.
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IP Asia
How words can lose their meaning
Many Japanese pension funds are appreciating that a large part of their solvency risk lies with them having an investment portfolio that deviates from the portfolio of GPIF.
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IP Asia
Super funds seek extension for MySuper
The A$1.3trn ($1.4trn) Australian pension industry is lobbying the federal government to extend key components of the timetable for the industry-wide implementation of MySuper. Brendan Swift examines the issues.
