Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 488
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Features
Trustees learn to embrace alternatives
The plethora of hedge fund activity in Ireland has created a boon for fund administrators, says Heather McKenzie
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DC - but not as we know it
The new regulations affect defined contribution plans and require a fresh look at plan design, writes Deborah Reidy
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Recognising the many faces of risk
While many of the risks that pension funds face only have negative impacts, others can provide opportunities provided they are controlled and managed. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Taking stock after a decade of change
IPE asked three pension funds – in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Spain – the same question: ‘What have the last 10 years meant to your pension fund?’ Here are their answers:
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The return of quant investing
Asset managers are increasingly turning to quant approaches to generate outperformance, as David White reports
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A catalyst for change
The arrival of UCITS III investment funds could have major advantages for institutional investors, Lothar Mente and Celeste Dias explain why
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Funds' perfect storm
The pressures on pension funds are driving the moves to LDI, specialists and overseas managers, but the domestic players are still very much part of the picture. reports
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Looking back at the changes
As it celebrates its 10th birthday, IPE takes the opportunity to assess developments in the pensions and investment world over the past decade by asking pension fund managers, administrators and trustees what they see as the significant developments, both positive and negative, over the period
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Easing into the gloaming
Richard Stroud is retiring as chief executive at The Pensions Trust, a UK multi-employer occupational pension fund for the charitable, social, educational, voluntary and not-for-profit sectors. He will leave at the end of April after nearly three decades with the scheme. George Coats talks to him
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Features
Green Paper must address inefficiencies
Sharing the burden of annuities is central to developing a robust and dependable pensions system in Ireland, says IAPF’s Nora Finn
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Government takes protectionist position
By establishing the National Implementation Body to solve pension disputes, the Irish government has shown empathy with employees, writes Joe Byrne
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EU members falter at the first steps
The goals of a single market for EU pensions and cross-border activity are being held up by the tardiness of member states in implementing early regulatory initiatives, writes Anne Maher
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Special Report
Environment set to become a key factor
Sustainability will become a hot issue for investors like ABP in the coming years, write Roderick Munsters and Ronald Wuijster setting out the fund’s new investment strategy
