Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 457
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Features
Winners and losers in 2007
While all group pension managed funds in Ireland were posting negative returns late last year, figures from Rubicon Investment Consulting show that some were doing less badly than others during the worst of the rout.
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Pass the hat to whom it fits best
The impact on pension funds of long-term funding issues means that actuaries will have to be particularly vigilant when it comes to managing conflicts of interest, says Gerry O’Carroll
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Seeing with new eyes
In the final article on a new study, Amin Rajan and Neeraj Sahai conclude that there are no short-cuts to any place worth going
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CPP IB: Heed our cry
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is concerned about protectionist legislation directed at sovereign wealth funds. Gail Cook-Bennett, chair of CPP IB, outlined her vision of governance and transparency to Liam Kennedy
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Turkey: Focus on ... derivatives
Founded two and a half years ago by the Turkish Chambers of Commerce, the ISE, the Izmir Mercantile Exchange and the banks Is Bank, Garanti Bank, Ak Bank, Yapi Kredi Bank and Vakif Bank, Turkdex offers 10 derivatives contracts of which two – on the Istanbul 30 Index and the US dollar – can be described as active and functioning.
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Batten down the hatches
The resilience of the European economy brought to the fore in January the question of whether the European Central Bank (ECB) would dare raise rates.
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Asset Class Reports
Packaging illiquid assets
Michael Wode and Stewart Bent consider the practical implications of the side arrangements fund managers employ in dealing with illiquid assets
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Super market waits for boost from Rudd
Australia’s new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, is backing the country’s bid to become an Asian funds hub. Richard Newell explains how tax reforms can make that bid more competitive
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Special Report
Attention to detail needed in SE Asia
Mukul Asher recommends some specific changes to social policy and the level of governance within pension structures of the South East Asian nations
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Features
The unknown hedge fund fat tail
Victor Wong finds investors are beginning to appreciate the potential scale of losses from quantitative hedge fund strategies
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Assessing value in Chinese equities
Michael Grimes talks to Fortis Investments about their approach to managing stocks and identifying shareholder value in Chinese companies
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Leaders tackle 'investment xenophobia'
As sovereign wealth funds extend their activities into global markets, to what extent should they be treated with suspicion and, as is the case in parts of Asia, actively discouraged? Richard Newell reports
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Opportunities for quant to deliver missing alpha
Swiss private bank Wegelin & Co is planning to expand its footprint into Australasia in 2008. The asset management arm of Wegelin is a leading active quant manager, with $5bn invested in quant strategies ($20bn overall) of which $1bn is invested in single hedge fun
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Taking in the LDI marketplace
Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the range of liability management strategies available to European pension funds
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Swap indices driven by LDI
Nina Röhrbein looks at the growing area of swap indices and their application within liability strategies
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Hedging for the cost of ice creams
Iain Morse describes the benefits and pitfalls involved in implementing a pooled liability fund strategy
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Policy review engages Polish funds
As the new government reviews its policy options, pension funds tell George Coats what they think should be on its agenda
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Looking forward to liberalisation
Two issues were predominant in the German fund market at the end of 2007. One was the planned introduction of a definitive withholding tax on income from capital assets from January 2009 at a rate of 25%.
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The elusive small cap gold
Large cap stocks may be set to outperform small caps, but the best active managers will be able to find opportunities whatever the market environment, says Joseph Mariathasan
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Looking for long-term solutions
Positioning a relatively new investment company is not always an easy feat when the world is stuffed full of boutiques and behemoths of all hues and everything in between.
