Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 403
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Special Report
Thematic Investing: Specialists or generalists?
There is more to sector specialist long/short equity funds than systematic sector risk, finds Stephane Macresy
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Country Report
Norway: Active enquiry
The €346bn Norwegian Global Pension Fund lost more than 23% in 2008 but went on to book a stellar 2009 with returns of over 25%. However, transparency also means scrutiny, and an enquiry into active the benefits of active management followed, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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FeaturesDC: Lessons from around the world
Gail Moss asks whether Europe can learn lessons from the DC systems in countries such as Australia, Chile and the US
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Country Report
France: Showing the way on ESG
ERAFP and FRR are two of the most socially and environmentally aware pension funds in France, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Country ReportSweden: Liabilities rule
Pirkko Juntunen reviews the activities and performance of Swedish pension funds and companies
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Features
EFRP surveys workplace pensions
Julie Henderson reports on the results of EFRP research into the state of workplace defined contribution schemes across Europe
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Features
Keeping the global engine cool
Emerging markets might not have suffered the same financial pains as developed markets during the credit crisis, but Maha Khan Phillips finds they have a host of fiscal and monetary decisions to make as things get back to normal
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Features
BVK’s new risk criteria
Liquidity is now a key issue for the €43.2bn Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest institutional investor, but the fund is not shying away from diversification.
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Features
On the comeback trail
This month’s Off The Record survey focuses on pension fund investment in private equity. Of the 34 funds that completed the survey, 70% stated they currently invest in private equity, while 30% did not.
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Understand everything
Apologies for returning to an important theme that is still running in Holland – that the definition of good governance is one where the pension fund boards must only approve investment in strategies they completely understand. Think about that for a moment. Now picture this
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Features
Swiss custodians rule at home
Iain Morse finds that local custodians dominate the Swiss market
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InterviewsNew birth for Neuberger
I first met Dik van Lomwel high up on a deserted floor of 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, almost exactly one year ago. The employees of Neuberger Berman, bought by Lehman Brothers in 2000, were the only people left, and the place had a melancholy air. “It’s a tragedy, what happened here,” he said. “Lehman was a genuinely nice place to work – how many firms on the Street had senior people who stuck around for so long? But now we have the opportunity to take that forward into the new firm.”
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Features
Untapped potential
Charlotte Adlung makes the case for Africa, warning that poor governance and infrastructure is the main stumbling block to investment
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Special Report
Thematic Investing: Nothing gained?
Venture capital has limited capacity, lacklustre returns and a mysterious risk profile that does not reward diversification. Martin Steward tries to find a place for it in pension fund portfolios
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Country Report
Finland: Temporary rules extend helping hand to long-term plans
An extension of temporary solvency and investment rules has helped pension funds to hold on to their long-term strategies, finds Reeta Paakkinen
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Country Report
Denmark: Where ATP leads...
The Danish pensions giant is renowned for cutting-edge work in liability-driven investment and separation of alpha and beta. But Martin Steward finds that the reality is different from what the buzzwords imply – and even more pioneering
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Country Report
France: Morning of a long day of mergers
Pirkko Juntunen assesses the changes in the French asset management landscape
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Country ReportFrance: Reforms on the starting line
Reform to the French social system is less politically unacceptable than it was a few years ago, writes Alain Lemoine
