Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 452
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FeaturesWhat’s the benefit?
IPE asked three pension services – in Denmark, the UK and the Netherlands – the same question: ‘What are the merits and pitfalls of your benefits models?’ Here are their answers:
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FeaturesWaiting for a breakthrough
Investment consultants has seen little change since the 2003 reforms but actuaries find business is booming, says Rachel Fixsen
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FeaturesOn the acquisition trail
Banks dominate the French securities services scene and they are taking their home market expertise abroad, reports Heather McKenzie
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FeaturesLooking for more diversification
The civil servants’ scheme is searching for both an investment consultant and a new CEO to lead a diversification of its investment universe. George Coats reports
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FeaturesChoosing the right path
This year’s Rendezvous With Pensions will set the agenda for the next five years and beyond. George Coats assesses the options
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Staff thin on the ground
The scarcity of experienced back office staff is a major driver of the uptake outsourcing services by both buy side and sell side institutions. With investment managers and pension funds becoming ever more sophisticated in their investment strategies, back offices are struggling to cope with the added processing burdens being ...
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FeaturesThe sleeping giant of Valley Forge
A triumvirate of US asset managers dominate passive investment. Between them, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), Vanguard and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) manage over $3.5trn (€2.3trn). But while BGI and SSgA have built hedge fund and active management businesses, and have swept up business in European pension markets, Vanguard has ...
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Special ReportDefining your portfolio’s values
Pressure from members and media reporting is encouraging funds to review their ESG policies. But the choices are not clear cut. Nina Röhrbein reports
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FeaturesTurning the supertanker
Agirc and Arrco have been seen as the backbone of the French pension system for years. But how will they fair in the future? Alain Lemoine examines the options
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FeaturesRefocusing on risk
After five years of growth the recent market turmoil is leading to a strategic reassessment on the part of asset managers in France. Nina Röhrbein examines the emerging trends
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Freedom to choose
Most Icelandic pension funds are based on collective agreement, but Frjalsi is different. David White speaks to Arnaldur Loftsson, Frjalsi’s managing director, about his fund’s innovative benefits and investment structures
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Institutions stem net outflows
Investment management companies with business in Germany managed around €1.4trn as of December 2007, a record volume in investment funds. This sum is divided roughly equally into (retail) mutual fund business and institutional Spezialfonds business. Equity funds are still the predominant category in the area of mutual funds, despite massive ...
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FeaturesFI and multi-strategy lose out
Funds of Funds, like hedge funds, got off to a rough start to 2008, and the Eurekahedge Fund of Funds index had its worst month since inception, losing 2.9 %.
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CTAs are sole performer
January was characterised by a strong decline in stock markets, with an S&P500 return of -6.12%. This index, which fell for the third month in a row, finished the month at its level of October 2006.
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Market crisis hits 2007 results
The financial markets turbu-lence seen in the last five months of 2007 had a major impact on pension fund performance across Europe.
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FeaturesEU warning over tax discrimination
Germany and Estonia received formal notices from the European Commission requesting information concerning different tax treatment of foreign pension funds on dividends and interest.
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New Jersey buys financials cheaply
These days the most talked about pension fund in the US is New Jersey State’s Retirement System. With $81bn (€54.7bn) in assets, it is the ninth largest US public pension fund. It is also the instigator of a highly innovative attempt to team with other large institutional investors, including foreign ...
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Special ReportFilling a gap in the public sector
Contractual workers in the public sector lack the pension rights of their full time colleagues. George Coats finds a man on a mission to redress this imbalance
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FeaturesIndustry-wide get together
Sector funds were intended to expand second pillar provision but they have been slow to take off. George Coats examines why
