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Weaving a national safety net
Inadequate state provision has led to the development of numerous private pension schemes for those who can afford them and a home-grown industry to market them. Now the industry is working out how to accommodate the planned new national security scheme, due to launch in 2010. Stephen Cranston reports
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Africa rides the Asian zebra
South Africa remains the continent’s superpower but Asian economic influence is increasing in Africa, writes George Coats
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A life in pensions with no regrets
Bengt Edström recently retired from his position as pension operations manager and internal consultant at the Swedish power utility Vattenfall Group, and as trustee for Vattenfall’s pensionsstiftelse, the group’s SEK5.5bn (€593m) DB pension vehicle. George Coats interviewed him
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The big shake-up
Following a vote in July 2006 by the International Accounting Standards Board to embark on a two-phase project to improve its IAS19 pensions accounting standard, Stephen Bouvier rounds up the developments to date
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Freedom brings new restraints
Funds are navigating their way around a new risk management directive, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Similar but by no means the same
In the US, HOLDRs and ETFs have some key features in common. But, as Lynn Strongin Dodds discovers, there is also much that differentiates them
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Going from strength to strength
Their tactical and strategic flexibility have made exchange traded funds an increasingly popular investment vehicle with institutions over the past few years. Rachel Fixsen looks at what has made them such as success
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US Treasury yields positive as rate cuts on hold
Yield curve/duration The oil price is on the rise, and indeed has been since the start of the year. There are a variety of factors all contributing to the higher prices: strong global demand, recent colder weather, production cuts from OPEC and tensions created by the capture of the fifteen ...
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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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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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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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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
