Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 480
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Features
The end of a perfect storm
Investors need to safeguard against complacency having grown used to double digit returns over recent years, Joseph Mariathasan argues
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Special Report
Support for shareholder rights in the US
Europe’s four largest investors have joined forces for the first time to throw their weight behind an initiative for US shareholder rights. ABP Investments, Hermes Investment Management, Norges Bank Investment Management - the manager of Norway’s Government Pension Fund - and PGGM have made a submission to the US Securities ...
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Features
Thinking for the future
Where does a pension fund get ideas about a new asset class? ABP Investments is asking its staff to think about new asset classes and has created an ‘innovation committee’ to assess them. Liam Kennedy reports
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AFM makes the right connections
One of the key tasks of the new financial markets regulator is to oversee the communication of information about indexation to pension fund members. Leen Preesman asks AFM’s managing director Gerald Santing about the level of supervision pension funds and insurers can expect
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Going against the investment grain
The solution to Holland’s pension problems lies in a system with more focus on pay-as-you-go systems and less on funded systems, say the authors of a new book. Alfred Kool finds out why
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Careon steers a steady course
The tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life-course, scheme has been characterised as Holland’s damp squib. Leen Preesman hears how PGGM’s new levensloop subsidiary Careon plans to put some fizz into the idea
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Stronger than before
China’s resurgence will not be halted by periodic market corrections. Richard Newell asks China fund managers for their appraisal of the growth to come
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Take the 'A' train
While foreign investors seek out new ways to capture their share of China’s growth phenomenon, the A shares market still offers one of the key entry points to mainland exposure
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Bond opportunities increase as financial markets mature
Robert Mann outlines the attractions of Asian bonds for international investors
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The appeal of Asian debt
Asian debt has a growing investor base as the emerging economies transform their credit fundamentals. Chia-Liang Lian explains why Asian bonds make a good case for global diversification
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Special Report
Where governance can create or destroy value
Anthony Chan argues that institutional investment strategies are often mismatched with governance arrangements
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Features
Roll with the punches
Asia may have led the markets down in recent weeks but, Kevin Hebner argues, the case for the region’s equities remains undiminished
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Features
Only the strong survive
Richard Johnson reviews the performance of Asian hedge funds and discovers that a manager for all seasons can be hard to find
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Private equity giants home in on Asia Pacific
Alex Frew McMillan assesses the growing popularity of private equity in the Asia Pacific region
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France's elephant in the larder
Beneath the political rhetoric for May’s presidential election lies a ballooning public debt problem and an unsustainable pension system, says Hugh Wheelan
