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Features
Clearing the way for cross-border settlement
Ahead of a final decision, expected in June, regarding approval of the Target2 Securities (T2S) initiative of the European Central Bank (ECB), European clearing and settlement organisations appear to accept it as a reality. T2S is a securities settlement system based on the Target2 real time gross settlement system for ...
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Special ReportInvestors in people
Nina Röhrbein examines a fund that sees a strong correlation between human capital management, productivity, financial results and stock performance
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Special ReportChanges in security services
Outsourcing has become an important issue for master KAGs but, as Heather McKenzie finds, it works both ways
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FeaturesMoving towards specialisation
As the ETF market becomes more mature and efficient providers are looking for opportunities elsewhere. Nina Röhrbein examines the evolution
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FeaturesGrowing demand for thematic ETFs
As the ETF market moves towards more specialist products, Nina Röhrbein looks at fixed income, leveraged and style funds
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FeaturesHedging against inflation risk
Inflation-linked ETFs can play an important part in protecting the value of a portfolio. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Features
Bricks and mortar
The future looks challenging for private equity real estate funds. Lynn Strongin Dodds reviews the outlook and highlights some of the brighter spots
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FeaturesCase study: AP6
Sweden’s private equity national buffer fund AP6 has posted stellar returns over the past five years and its domestic investment remit was recently liberalised, reports Maha Khan Phillips
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FeaturesThe COR of the issue
Selma Mahfouz and Marco Geraci discuss the work of France’s Conseil d’Orientation des Retraites, which will play a crucial role in this year’s Rendezvous with Pensions
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Special Report
Taking a view on the PERCO
France’s strong tradition of state-delivered pensions provision means the PERCO occupational pension saving approach will require a change in attitudes, say Jean Canel and Thierry de la Noue
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FeaturesGoing the funded route
Voluntary pension funds are growing in importance as a hedge against a decline in the mandatory pension and as an employee retention tool, says Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesRedefining DC
Moving away from DC may not involve shifting all the risk to the individual. Maha Khan Phillips examines some of the other options that pension funds, particularly Dutch ones, are coming up with
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What price fair value?
It is a given that any change to pensions accounting will inevitably produce earnings volatility. A Georgia Tech research team led by Dr Charles W. Mulford has recently attempted to answer the question: by how much? Starting with an analysis of “changes to the balance sheet and its effects on ...
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FeaturesOn a steep learning curve
Momentous changes are taking place in the staid world of cash management. “The euro-zone single euro payment area (SEPA) took effect from 28 January this year,” says Andy Reid, head of northern European treasury for Deutsche Bank. This obliges banks to treat cross-border cash transfers as those within one country, ...
