Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 490
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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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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
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Banks vie with asset managers over LDI
While they seem to be in direct competition for LDI work, asset managers and investment banks have a different range of skills to draw upon, argues Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Taking the LDI medicine
When the LPFA went in to deficit, it decided LDI was the route to go. Paul Kessell explains how the fund went about this major change
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Doing the business
While LDI means different things to different people, across Europe funds are reviewing investment strategy in the light of their liabilities. Georg Inderst examines the choices they face
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Changing face of LDI strategies
In the few years since it appeared, LDI and those offering it have seen the market evolve as investors become more aware. Gail Moss talks to market providers
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What a difference three years make
LDI has overnight in pensions terms become a mainstream activity for those managing liabilities. Lynn Strongin Dodds catches up on its breakneck arrival
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Pensions gap set to widen
The past decade has seen the rise of European pensions and demise of the Anglo-American centric model. The next 10 years is likely to see this trend continue, says Gordon L Clark
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Fit for purpose and ready for the future
The pensions industry has emerged from the past 10 years stronger and in good shape world-wide to tackle the challenges ahead, writes Daniel Brooksbank
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The need for timely, reliable intelligence
Nobody can precisely predict the future shape of occupational pensions, but there are certain ‘knowns’ such as globalisation and ageing populations, write Jaap Maassen and Chris Verhaegen
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EU focuses on later retirement
How to encourage people to work longer was a dominant theme of a recent pensions study published by the EC, as Jeremy Woolf reports
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Looking into the actuarial crystal ball
The mortality debate is set to run and run over the next decade as scientific advance is likely to be offset by emerging new diseases, writes Philip Shier
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Golden ages and the perfect pension plan
The Golden Age of pensions ended with the bursting of the tech bubble but still the ideal pension these days is a well-funded DB scheme, writes Trevor Cook
