Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 367
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Country Report
UK: PPF: Protector of the UK system
Nina Röhrbein assesses the Pension Protection Fund’s investment strategy
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Country Report
UK: Not so gold plated
Brendan Maton considers the policy and operational challenges faced by local government pension funds – whose benefits are often described as ‘gold plated’
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Country Report
UK: Risk takers
Nina Röhrbein outlines investment strategies of funds in the local government sector Reaching full funding is a concern to local authority pension funds. As the funding level for most larger local authority pension funds implies that a significant allocation to growth assets is required, there has been only a moderate ...
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Country Report
UK: Bucking the governance trend
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Paul Myners, chairman and partner at Cevian Capital, and Harlan Zimmerman
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Country Report
UK: NEST and the competition
Next year NEST opens for contributions. But competitors are also hunting on the same turf, writes Kalpana Fitzpatrick
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Country Report
UK: Re-thinking fiduciary duty
John Dickson argues that with a little introspection, trustees can show the true power of the trustee model
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Country Report
UK: A breakdown in communication
Sarah Dudney sees frustration in the way asset managers communicate with tustees
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Asset Class Reports
Emerging Market Debt: Ugly duckling no more
Emerging market debt is a fast-maturing asset class that is converging with the global bond universe. But Joseph Mariathasan finds managers struggling to break out of top-down country-risk constraints
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Asset Class Reports
Emerging Market Debt: Perfect timing?
Peter Marber re-explores averaging strategies for entry into emerging markets
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Special Report
Securities Services: Fund administrators gear up for change
In a nascent market where there is everything to play for, private equity fund administrators are gearing up for a host of regulatory and market changes, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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Special Report
Securities Services: Big is becoming beautiful
The traditional, independent boutique hedge fund administrator will feel the pressure of progressive onshoring and regulation, reports Iain Morse
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Special Report
Securities Services: Security threat
Iain Morse reports on the avalanche of regulation heading the way of securities lending
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Special Report
Securities Services: Light me up
The ‘trade at’ rule sparks heated debate about ‘best price’ concepts and the road that equity market trading reforms should take, reports Richard Hemming
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Special Report
Securities Services: Sourcing global equity liquidity
Equity market fragmentation is a significant challenge to executing large blocks of stock with minimal market impact, writes Edward Pennings. At the same time, it provides an opportunity for those with a firm grasp on navigating this new landscape
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Special Report
Securities Services: The lowest ebb
Greece’s financial services markets are at rock bottom. Iain Morse assesses the domestic custody market in the face of current tribulations
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Opinion Pieces
Plenty on the horizon
Even without fears of a double-dip recession, the wake of the 2008 crisis is keeping European Commission financial law drafters working hard at the legislative coalface. And that was before European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, warned, early in August, that the sovereign debt crisis was spreading beyond the periphery ...
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Opinion Pieces
Bonds defy downgrade
US pension funds are reassessing their fixed income investment policies after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US rating from AAA, despite the fact that the new AA+ rating did not force them immediately to sell Treasury bonds.
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IP Asia
Investors drive the expansion of securities servicing
There is a wave of change sweeping across the global custody market, according to two of Asia’s top practitioners.
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IP Asia
Widening the scope for Islamic investment
Institutional asset owners customarily receive a surfeit of investment ideas and proposals, but Islamic institutions experience quite the opposite—a dearth of suitable assets. Bee Ong reports on the available investment options and where demand is coming from.
