Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 465
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Special Report
How to raise pensions awareness
Alfred Kool suggests a way in which pension funds can organise the communication of information to their members in an efficient and professional way
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Features
Diverse or direct investment?
An investor’s route into private equity will depend mainly on their level of experience, according to Ed Francis
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Looking to a far horizon
Lynn Strongin Dodds finds that emerging markets still offer private equity and infrastructure opportunities
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Making diamonds an investor's best friend
Lynn Strongin Dodds reviews attempts to create investible indices
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Portability reforms resurface
Jeremy Woolfe reports on the adoption of European Parliament recommendations in the EU’s reborn portability directive
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Putting operational efficiency first
The main message from this year’s Sibos conference is that consolidation among market infrastructure and market participants will lead to a more efficient securities industry, particularly in Europe. Heather McKenzie reports
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Two approaches to alternative investments
Maha Kahn Philips spoke to two pension funds, from Austria and the Netherlands, about their approach to alternative investments
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Private equity gets back to basics
While deal sizes may have shrunk because of the credit crisis, there is little evidence of a major downturn in buyout activity, writes David White
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Competition drives down Swedish ITP fees
The move of Sweden’s ITP scheme from DB to DC has had some unexpected consequences, finds George Coats
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Success beyond national boundaries
In the first in a series of four articles on a new research study, Amin Rajan and Jervis Smith highlight the lessons learnt so far by asset managers venturing abroad
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Tackling local government funds
IPE asked three pension services – in Finland, Germany and the UK – the same question: ‘Do we need several local government funds or is one enough?’ Here are their answers:
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Encouraging a sense of security
The danger of any form of insurance is that it may encourage people to take risks they would not otherwise take. This is known as ‘moral hazard’ and it is one of the risks of providing solvency insurance and pension fund protection. There is an argument that, to avoid this ...
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Reforming Norway's occupational pensions
George Coats assesses the impact of introducing a mandatory minimum pension in Norway
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Diversification, globalisation, specialisation
The strong performance of domestic equities means that funds in the Nordic region are likely to be able to weather the credit crunch, argues Nina Röhrbein
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EMD overcomes credit concerns
Investors are warming to emerging market debt. In fact it has proved something of a safe haven during the recent sub-prime debacle. Joseph Mariathasan assesses the asset class
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Special Report
Why governance is key for Kitts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Arno Kitts about how he is getting along as investment council chairman for the UK NAPF
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A fan of shareholder value
Timo Löyttyniemi, managing director of Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), Finland’s state pension fund, talks to Brendan Maton about corporate finance, creating shareholder value and reforming the Helsinki School of Economics students’ endowment fund.
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The changing provider landscape in Finland
A low-yield investment climate and new local pension regulations are leading to a restructuring of the asset management industry in Finland, writes Reeta Cevik
