Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 450
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FeaturesTaking a leap in the dark
A reform of Greece’s first pillar leaves a lot still to be done, discovers George Coats
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FeaturesIndices
Index for Hong Kong stock market Index service provider China Securities Index (CSI) has developed what it claims is the first market-monitoring index tracking Hong Kong securities. The CSI HK 100 index is designed to reflect the performance of the Hong Kong stock market following the rapid economic integration of ...
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FeaturesAfter the turmoil
While many investors have been left with severe losses, the massive dislocations raise new opportunities for those brave enough to enter the marketplace, Joseph Mariathasan finds
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FeaturesThe contrarian: deflation
Inflationary fears are exaggerated according to veteran fixed income specialist Joop Bresser. He spoke to Miranda Schoutsen about his concerns over deflation
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FeaturesInflation buyers: using swaps
Use of inflation swaps as a hedging tool has grown as pension funds adopt LDI strategies, finds Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesDemystifying the outlook
The investment consultancy business is undergoing changes. Murat Ünal examines the landscape
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FeaturesShould private equity go public?
The development of a listed private equity market and the creation of private equity indices are changing a traditionally seen opaque, long-term asset class. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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Buying distressed financials
Current market turbulence is creating opportunities for private equity financial services acquisitions. But if the upside potential is huge, so is the downside, says Stephanie Schwartz Driver
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FeaturesHigh returns from private equity
Cyril Demaria argues that private equity is essential for secure pension investment management
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Special ReportOvercoming a blinkered mindset
Guy Fraser-Sampson argues that despite the attractions of private equity as an asset class, many pension funds will be tempted by sub-optimal strategies
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Special ReportPolling the placement agents
Iain Morse examines the role of placement agents in the private equity market
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FeaturesLooking for love and money in trying times
Now that the credit crunch has added to private equity’s usual challenges of political sniping, difficulties around valuations, illiquidity and manager selection, Joseph Mariathasan assesses the outlook for the mega-deal and mid-market players
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FeaturesRe-examining pensions guaranty insurance
The UK’s Pension Protection Fund is a good illustration of poor institutional design. Full cover insurance of pensions is both feasible and theoretically sound, argues Con Keating
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Varying value of the same promise
Charles Rodgers, a London-based pensions consultant at Watson Wyatt, has a problem: the long-awaited International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) due process discussion document on pensions accounting. His issue? The board’s new contribution-based promise definition and its proposal that the world’s bean counters should account for pension promises according to how ...
