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FeaturesLänsförsäkringar’s fruit leaves sour note
Many institutional investors shun hedge funds as opaque in process and therefore difficult to comprehend. Such investors can always fall back on the Warren Buffett adage that if you do not understand something, you should not invest in it. Far rarer are those institutions that have tasted the fruits of ...
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FeaturesDodging the sub-prime bullet
It is 10 years since PIMCO, the fixed income manager based in the US, began operations in Europe as PIMCO Europe. Since then, it has grown from an operation with a fingernail hold on the European market to one with a substantial presence in Europe. PIMCO Europe’s London headquarters, set ...
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FeaturesUK asset managers equipped to survive storm?
An emphasis on diversified investment strategies over the past few years could help guide the UK pension industry through the current volatile financial climate. Gill Wadsworth reports
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Shot in the arm for pooling
Shell Asset Management Company’s decision to award a multinational pooling mandate to JPMorgan is expected to trigger more big deals. But Iain Morse finds there may be hurdles in the way
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EU settlement target closer
The ECB pushes on with its Target2 Securities project after most of the euro central securities depositories agree to embrace the settlement platform when it launches. Helen McKenzie reports
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FeaturesUnclear on clearing
As new pan-European trading platforms get ready for launch, Heather McKenzie reports on the lack of coherence in European clearing
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Special ReportStill a need to stick to principles
The pensions landscape might have changed greatly since the Myners principles were set out seven years ago, but David White finds that they are as relevant as ever
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FeaturesIs Solvency II incompatible?
While the UK’s pension provision regime embraces some objectives of the Solvency II framework, it is not appropriate for the country’s schemes, argues Sam Hall
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FeaturesPPF lifeboat has tough journey ahead
Any changes the Pension Protection Fund makes to its levy when it consults later this year are certain to produce both winners and losers. Kevin Burgess explains why
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FeaturesRegulatory response to market turmoil
IPE asked three pension funds – in the Netherlands, the UK and Sweden – ‘Do you think the authorities will respond to the current market turmoil with new regulation?’ Here are their answers:
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FeaturesOld wine in new bottles?
Felix Goltz reports on a recent EDHEC study* into characteristics-based indices versus market cap-weighted indices
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FeaturesSomething old, something new
Some years back the Bank of Ireland set itself the challenge of creating a new pension scheme providing a more homogenous investment approach for employees across the whole group. Nina Röhrbein spoke to the bank’s head of pensions, Michelle Roche, to learn more about this young scheme’s progress
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The road ahead
Giles Drury and Tom Brown discuss how fund managers can move on after the credit crisis
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Collective power lift for DC plans
Jorrit de Jong, Joeri Potter and Alwin Oerlemans argue that a collective approach can improve the outcome of DC pension plans for both employers and employees
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Special ReportSource of support and influence
With the burden of regulation growing and problems around issues like Solvency II, Martin Delaney asks how pension associations are tackling these issues on behalf of members
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