Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 447
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FeaturesBack to the drawing board?
The plan to co-opt the TFR to boost contributions into anaemic pension funds has failed to meet its target. George Coats examines why, and assesses what comes next
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EIAMS casts its net wider in 2008
The eighth European institutional asset management survey reveals that real estate is the alternative of choice and that equities are increasingly popular. Fennell Betson and Tony Pryce outline the key findings
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FeaturesAssessing 130/30 strategies
IPE asked three pension services – in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK – the same question: ‘What is your approach to 130/30 strategies?’ Here are their answers:
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Special ReportSqueezing the life out of DB pensions
Are tightening pension funding regulations throttling Europe’s defined benefit (DB)pension plans? Is a threat to extend Solvency II to pension funds the final nail in their coffin? IPE readers give their verdict.
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Special ReportTrying to play a longer game
Two asset managers and a pension fund discuss their priorities with Charles Neilan and explain their views on longer term asset management mandates
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FeaturesMixed messages at a time of crisis
While the asset management industry is opening to foreign investors and independence is increasingly valued, the general outlook is still conservative, finds Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesIORP II: towards a new solvency framework?
Jacqueline Lommen reviews the two recent CEIOPS papers and calls on the pensions industry to make an active contribution to the upcoming IORP II public consultation
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Tackling the technicalities
After years of neglect Poland’s new government now needs to push on with the reforms to its pension system which it began in 1999
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FeaturesReviewing the Rendezvous
France’s review of its 2003 pension reform is underway. George Coats looks at the story so far
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Special ReportWorking in an unwelcoming environment
Although the pension consulting market is still very small, competition is fierce, Charles Neilan finds
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Assessing the key factors
Michael Atzwanger explains the current issues affecting the Italian pension fund industry
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End of the line for quants?
After facing pressure during the 2007 sub-prime crisis, David White reports on the future for the quantative approach to investing
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Special ReportThe inexorable shift to DC
The move away from DB is a trend throughout Europe but the speed at which it occurs and the models adopted differ from country to country, Rachel Fixsen finds
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FeaturesSlow progress expected
A long-time insider outlines the options available to the new pensions minister to Maria Teresa Cometto
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Measuring a carbon footprint
Environmental information about investments is being used in portfolio analysis, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Signing up to carbon disclosure
The Carbon Disclosure Project is striving to make all pension funds aware of carbon issues. Nina Röhrbein reports
