Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 466
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Shining a light on Danish real estate valuations
Denmark’s pension fund boards have the freedom to value their own domestic property portfolios, a situation that many find out of step with modern transparency requirements. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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No great rush to go pan-European
Cross-border pension funds are closer to becoming a workable option as jurisdictions create new vehicles and legislators lower tax and regulatory hurdles. But, as Maha Khan Phillips reports, it might take some time
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Special ReportIPE Special Focus: Growing interest for active ownership
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment themes springing up around the world, the pressure on institutional investors to become active and responsible owners is growing, Nina Röhrbein reports.
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Too much of a good thing?
How much information is too much? One might ask that question after reading the provisions of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, a new bill that is sponsored by George Miller, a Democrat congressman from California. Last month a hearing on the bill was held at ...
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Criticism mounts over Danish SP policy
Uncertainty over the future of the mandatory second pillar SP, long seen as a back door tax on Danes, continues with mandatory contributions suspended and its future under review, Rachel Fixsen reports
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Thank goodness that's over
Yield/curve duration There is a sense of thankful relief that the third quarter is well and truly behind us, although September saw a great reversal of the flight to quality wave that so swamped the markets in July and August. As a result, government bonds have given back to the ...
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Why invest in company x?
Kurt Schacht proposes additions and amendments to current practices in the business reporting model
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Open door policy
Laerernes Pension, the Danish teachers’ retirement fund believes that openness and diversification are fundamental to investment policy. However, Anders Bertramsen, portfolio manager, and Paul Brüniche-Olsen, chief executive officer, tell Brendan Maton that Laerernes will not be a guinea pig
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Getting a regional view
Copenhagen-based consultancy Kirstein Finansrådgivning has completed its second annual Nordic investor survey. Jan Willers outlines some of its key findings
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Running to stand still
Heather McKenzie finds that JPMorgan’s white label deal with Swedbank could prove to be a model that can be repeated elsewhere
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Equities still rule - home and abroad
Nordic pension funds are characterised by their high exposure to equities, in particular domestic equities, that over the past few years have helped to increase pension fund reserves through high returns. But the strong domestic returns also demonstrated the sharp volatility that comes with a large equity exposure. And so ...
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The answer lies in the soil
As the world wakes up to the scarcity of land and turns its attention to food production needs, perhaps agricultural land makes serious investment sense. David White reports
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Welcome to ‘beta prime’ – the ‘new’ style of indexing
Some bold claims have been made on behalf of fundamental indexing. “I am not suggesting they should entirely replace traditional cap weighted indices,” concedes Rob Arnott, principal of US based Research Affiliates, ” but our indices offer better returns for low volatility.”These claims have persuaded some pension funds in Sweden ...
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IASB mulls over average salary
“We can’t pretend that we’re not doing something that we’re doing,” Mary Barth told her fellow IASB members on 19 September. “I think we have to be honest with the world about what we’re doing as opposed to pretending that we are not changing things when we are.”The bad news ...
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Knitting together the EU quilt
Europe requires private placements. Iain Morse reports on how this can be achieved
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Resurrecting endowments
Despite being debased by mis-selling scandals, traded endowment and traded life policies have a new life in the secondary market, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
