Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 459
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Features
Out of Africa
Although often seen as too risky, David White finds that the continent could be a useful outside bet
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Novel approach hits problems
The aggressive strategy adopted by speicalist pension manager, Pension Corporation, to gain control of pension funds, has attracted plaudits and criticism as David White reports
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Special Report
For better or for worse
One of the deterrents of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies is the perception of missing out on returns when investing in them.
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Taking to custody
Heather McKenzie finds that the wide variety of CEE markets, from Russia to Albania, are waking up to the need for financial infrastructure
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Slipping back into the cold
CEE pension funds face an unexpected source of volatility – politicians, George Coats discovers
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Revising the first draft
Hungary has modified its initial second pillar pensions architecture to introduce multiple portfolios, Thomas Escritt reports
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The credibility gap
Pension trustees have access to better education and training than ever before but, say observers, in an increasingly complex investment world, they may never have enough knowledge. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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A blessing in disguise
The retirement of the baby-boom generation, a lower fertility rate and increasing life expectancy will result in a relatively high number of elderly people whose income consists of benefits paid by the working generation and savings such as pensions and life insurance.
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Keep a wary eye on politics
Stefano Pighini recently left Italian energy giant Ente Nazionale per l’energia Elettrica (Enel) where he had been head of Enel pensions funds from 2002-04. George Coats asked him about his career.
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Special Report
Do we expect too much of trustees?
Brian Holden argues that the current model of the part-time, non-specialist trustee cannot continue indefinitely
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Curse of the liquidity freeze
Yield curve/duration: Market liquidity often worsens as end-of-the-year housekeeping and the holiday season approach. It is a regular, usually seasonal, pattern. What is different about the latest year-end is that the bid/offer spread widening spilled over into the futures contracts for the first quarter 2008.
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Special Report
Enigmatic as ever
Japanese companies are rightly praised for their stance on many responsible investment issues. But there remain some deep-seated structural problems. Richard Newell reports
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Asset growth comes under global spotlight
The influx of new foreign fund managers to Australia is a reflection of the maturing of the superannuation funds market. Richard Newell reports
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Displacement theory - and why this time isn't different
When does market exuberance become a bubble? Some argue that the Chinese equity market is different. Their optimism could be dangerous
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A new frontier in risk
Scott Donald has some advice on how should investors incorporate illiquidity into their thinking and outlines five strategies which could be applied
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Banking on trust
Oscar Volder finds trust banks’ key role in managing pension funds’ assets is unlikely to change, even if the range of products and services they offer does
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What did we learn from the downdraft?
Richard Johnston of Albourne Partners Asia assesses the data to see how well Asian hedge funds coped with the equity slowdown in 2007
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Special Report
Advancing the cause of shareholders' rights
Abe De Ramos documents the rise of shareholder activism in Asia and the incremental progress being made
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IGFCSS to manage supplementary plan
The parametric reforms introduced since 2002 will have the affect of reducing the growth of first pillar pensions.
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Special Report
Consequences of a Dutch affair
Leading Dutch pension funds have found it hard to brush off televised allegations about some of their investments. Fair or not, the Zembla programme has certainly stimulated some re-examination of ESG policies, as Nina Röhrbein reports
