Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 439
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FeaturesViews on the year to come
We asked ten CIOs and other senior figures at international assset management firms: ‘Where will investment opportunities lie in 2009?’
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Special ReportGet the risks right
Tony Freeman addresses the increasing importance of operational issues for asset managers
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FeaturesA Christian institutional investor
A year ago the Church of Sweden implemented a new investment policy which includes a more sophisticated, layered approach to its ethical investing. Brendan Maton spoke with CIO Anders Thorendal
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FeaturesBanks hit the ‘sweet spot’
Unglamorous unleveraged bank loans are suddenly de rigueur for the long-term investor. David White investigates
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InterviewsChallenges and opportunities ahead
IPE asked three pension funds: ‘What challenges and opportunities will you face in 2009?’
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Special ReportA guide to counterparty risk
Mark Petit and Jeroen van der Hoek of Cardano explain the nature of counterparty risk in some of the most common over the counter (OTC) transactions and discuss how investors in OTC markets have fared in these testing times
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Special Report
NPRF separates commodity risks
The default of swaps provider Lehman Brothers in October 2008 sent shockwaves through the investment community and made some investors re-examine their commodity swaps positions. One of those affected was Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). With a benchmark allocation of 2% to commodities and forestry, it currently has all ...
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Features
BVK keeps long and short strategy
The pension fund of the Canton of Zurich (BVK) has been investing in commodities since August 2006 when it decided to allocate 4% of its portfolio to commodities. Its strategic exposure consists of seven individual commodity investments in three sub-categories. At end-June 2008 a collateralised commodity index note accounted ...
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IP Asia
Crunch will change the landscape for investors
Richard’s leader article, written in the teeth of the worst period for world markets in 70 years.
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Special ReportLong on intentions but short on deliverables
In the first of a series of articles on a new study, Amin Rajan argues that Europe’s pension landscape is not fit for purpose post the credit crisis
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Special Report
Remuneration in the spotlight
The current market downturn has thrown the apparent mismatch between executive performance and pay into sharp focus. Nina Röhrbein reports
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FeaturesThe fetters come off
Until now, Sweden’s AP7 has not had the benefit of a level playing field. That is about to change, finds George Coats
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Features
Tempered optimism across Europe
IPE asked six pension organisations across Europe: ‘How have you been affected by the recent market turmoil?’ Interviews conducted by Nina Röhrbein/Liam Kennedy/George Coats
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FeaturesTemperature gauge
One of the many consequences of Lehman Brothers’ collapse just a few long weeks ago was that it highlighted the various counterparty risks to which pension funds and managers are exposed.
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FeaturesRiding out the tempest
Although small and new, SEB’s Lithuanian pension fund operation is confident that it will survive the turmoil that is convulsing the financial world. CIO Marijus Kalesinskas tells George Coats why
