Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 393
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FeaturesIreland: Correcting the balance
Martin Delaney finds Ireland moving to relieve the burden created by an ageing working population and a faltering economy
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FeaturesIceland: Post-eruption controls remain in place
Pension funds remain in a precarious situation, prevented from investing abroad by controls brought in at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, reports Nina Roerhrbein
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FeaturesNorway: Reform of state scheme sets the pace for change
Pirkko Juntunen finds that increased flexibility and working for longer are on the cards
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FeaturesSweden: Pushing for simplicity
A new pensions agency and an overhaul of the AP7 default option aim for greater transparency and accessiblity, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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FeaturesUK: All change
Following the market recovery, the UK has a new government eager to implement change and a pensions regulator keen to protect scheme members, finds Jonathan Williams
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FeaturesSwitzerland: Second pillar in transition
New investment rules are being implemented, the supervisory structure is up for reform and the financial crisis prompted an investigation into admin costs, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Features
Europe and pensions on a world stage
EFRP secretary general Chris Verhaegen explains the importance of the growing debate on how far Europe can and should go on driving pensions reform
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Features
Legal battle with Henderson on cards
The dispute between a group of 30 pensions funds and Henderson over the management of two private finance initiative (PFI) funds is a salutary reminder of the need for pension funds and their advisers to minutely scrutinise complex investment agreements. PFI was developed in the UK in the 1990s as ...
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Features
Here comes the nudge
Saving and a frugal approach to life is easily preached. But as decades of ever-increasing loans and credit card debt have shown, the British have never been good at living within their own means, or putting aside money for a downturn. In fact, figures showed a marked increase in credit ...
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Opinion Pieces
Damian Handzy, chairman and CEO, Investor Analytics
Never mind what went wrong in the financial crisis, what went right?
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Features
Unrewarded risk
Three-quarters of respondents to this month’s Off The Record poll use currency management. Of these, 83.4% did so for currency exposure hedging, 8.3% for returns and 8.3% for both reasons.
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Features
Sweetening the coffee
I meet with my old colleague Ronald, who is now CEO of the pension fund for forklift truck drivers – Pensioenfonds Vorkhef. Ronald and I used to work together at Wasserdicht, before he went to the forklift truck drivers and we often meet for a coffee when I am passing ...
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Special Report
Who governs the agenda?
The UK’s Stewardship Code leaves something to be desired. For example, what exactly is good stewardship? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Interviews
Facing forward, facing outward
Janus was the Roman god of doorways, and by extension of beginnings and endings. Double-faced, he looked both forward and backward, which is why he lent his name to the month of January. Janus Capital Group also takes its name from this god, but rather than facing forward and backward, ...
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Special Report
Currency: Keep an eye on your weighting
The Big Mac index tells you nothing about your need to diet, but might help to value currencies. Matthew Craig looks at the more technical version, ‘PPP’
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Special Report
Currency: Steering for safety
Has the financial crisis changed investor perceptions about safe havens? Christine Senior looks at the question in the FX context
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Special ReportCurrency: Common currency
Portfolio engineering with FX exposures would be much simpler if we could identify its beta. Martin Steward looks at the range of candidates
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FeaturesThe truly balanced portfolio
Martin Steward spoke with the pioneer of alpha/beta separation and ‘risk parity’ about strategic diversified beta portfolios
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Asset Class Reports
Sovereign Bonds: Calling in the plumbers
Joseph Mariathasan takes a look at proposals to unblock the pipes of Europe’s repo market
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Asset Class ReportsSovereign Bonds: Macro madness
Emerging market strength versus developed market weakness, European core versus periphery, inflation versus deflation – Joseph Mariathasan finds a market rapidly rediscovering its complexity
