Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 458
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Features
Keeping a Rendezvous
The government and its social partners are due to discuss pension reform as projected deficits rise. George Coats reports that fundamental change will not be on the agenda
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Transition revamped
Most transition managers have already signed up to the T-Charter code of best practice. Rick di Mascio gives his opinion on progress so far
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Sticking to the plan
Paul Haines, investment director at DMGT Pensions in London, and a former investment consultant, discusses the future of consulting, the dangers of SRI and the positive influence of heavy metal music with Brendan Maton
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Special Report
Healthy investment
Michael Pederson, CIO of PKA, the Danish health and social services workers’ fund, tells Brendan Maton about the positive side to principled investment
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Which way to go?
The government’s Green Paper is focusing attention on the options to develop Ireland’s pensions sector. Nina Röhrbein reviews them
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Looking to the future
Orlaigh Quinn outlines the role the The Green Paper on Pensions will play in the evolution of Irish pensions policy
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The impact of immigration
For the past decade Ireland, long seen as a country from which people emigrated, has witnessed a strong influx of immigrants, particularly from eastern Europe. But this phenomenon is still too recent to be able to lead to any conclusions of its impact on the pensions industry. “A lot of ...
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Counting the cost of a downturn
Irish pension funds find out the hard way that eggs really should be kept in more than one basket, Rachel Fixsen discovers
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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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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
