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FeaturesFeeling comfortable with shorts
In 2003 the two biggest Dutch pension funds pulled out of stocklending because they feared that short selling was contributing to market instability. Five years on, some are suggesting that European pension funds should do likewise
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FeaturesGoing Dutch on risk sharing
The search for a way to share risk between employers and employees continues in the UK with the recent publication of a consultation document. Gail Moss explores its proposals
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FeaturesRipe for fiduciary management growth?
With trustees facing an increasingly complex task in today’s tougher environment will fiduciary management take off in the UK as it has in Holland? David White reports
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FeaturesBuy-out market shows dramatic surge
New players have entered a market of over €3bn in the past couple of years, finds Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesImplementing personal accounts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Paul Myners, chairman of PADA, about default options, charges and implementing best practice for the new personal accounts system
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Special ReportReporting extra-financial returns
A research paper entitled ‘The SRI Performance Paradox - How to Gauge and Measure the Extra-Financial Performance of Socially Responsible Investment’ by Christoph Butz (pictured right) and Olivier Pictet of Pictet Asset Management (PAM), suggests that extra-financial returns should be taken into account by investors after quantifying environmental and social ...
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FeaturesOn the offensive when times are tough
When Yves Perrier (pictured right) took over the tiller of Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) last September, his immediate objective was to ensure that the company had not sprung any serious leaks in the financial storm that had broken the month before. “My first objective was to ...
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A new world for the brave
The European asset-backed securities market now appears to be in tatters after a period of rapid growth that lasted until just over a year ago. Joseph Mariathasan investigates whether there is still life ahead for the market
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Special ReportLarge caps risk from climate change
Many of the world’s largest companies are at risk from the threats presented by climate change. A study by global responsible investment specialists EIRIS of some of the 300 largest cap global companies listed on the FTSE All World Index showed that 35.6% of the companies, representing over $6.8trn (€4.36trn) ...
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FeaturesA bubble in the making?
Commodity prices have risen dramatically as institutional investors seek security and diversification. Joseph Mariathasan questions the rationale for investing in commodities now
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FeaturesWhich index?
Iain Morse takes a look at the index choices available to investors taking a passive approach to commodities
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FeaturesThe cash of last resort
Gold could be the asset class that puts the long-term shine back in pension fund investments, says Pirkko Juntunen
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Launching a $450m pilot
CalPERS has included direct investments in commodities in its new programme. Gail Moss examines how and why
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Moving from passive to active
Pension funds are looking to commodities to generate alpha returns, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Special Report
The risk sharing revolution
Risk sharing pension schemes offer the ability for employers to control their pension costs while providing a better deal for members than defined contribution arrangements. But have too many corporate fingers been burnt by the cost and liabilities involved in offering defined benefit plans? Ian Farr asks whether compnaies can ...
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FeaturesUnderstanding Asia’s impact
Joseph Mariathasan explains the rationale for Stena’s move to invest in Asia, and why pension funds should be seeking to emulate the approach of its CIO, Björn Linder
