Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 471
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LGPS under scrutiny
George Coats asks whether the UK’s local government pension scheme would work better if it were more centralised
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The 2.0 multi-asset comeback
Diversified growth funds give smaller and mid sized pension funds access to a greater range of asset classes than they might otherwise be able to handle, including alternatives. Liam Kennedy reports
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Longevity risk market ahead
Mortality is the hardest of the external factors to hedge against, yet with the launch of the LifeMetrics index, Nina Röhrbein wonders if a tradeable market is a step closer
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The case for buyouts
The underlying conditions for corporate buyouts have never been better, but as David White argues, take-up still remains relatively modest
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LDI: what's the evidence?
As Iain Morse finds, evidence shows increasing use of so called liability driven strategies, although no one can measure take-up accurately
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Pragmatist of the pensions industry
Patrick Groenendijk, chief investment officer at Pensioenfonds Vervoer, the Dutch private transport industry pension fund, talks to Brendan Maton about acting swiftly in investments, retaining quality staff and the importance of good fatherhood
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Partial passport smacks of timidity
Sheila Nicoll welcomes the European Commission’s response to UCITS III but argues it could have gone further
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Technology no longer isolated
Pension funds are dealing with the need for up to date systems to cope with enhanced compliance, investment and member communication demands. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Bulgaria’s new pensions landscape: looking over the horizon
Although now freer to invest, Bulgaria’s pension system struggles against frequent legislative changes, a black economy and corruption, writes George Coats
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Climbing the economic league table
The decision to award Poland and Ukraine the European football championship in 2012 is likely to provide a further fillip to their already rapidly developing economies, write Audrey Villanger and Marco Parigi
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Wrestling with supervisory serpents
Are regulations and red tape strangling Europe’s second pillar pensions? The reaction of UK legislators to pensions scandals such as Robert Maxwell’s raid on his company pension fund has been to tighten up the rules and regulations governing occupational pensions schemes. Similarly, the regulatory response to pension fund deficits in ...
