Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 498
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Complexity makes life simpler for small fund
Thales Pensionskasse, the pension fund for the Swiss subsidiary of global aerospace, naval and engineering consultancy giant, Thales, may be small but that has not hindered its progress or its chances of winning an IPE Award for best country scheme. Established in 1996, the scheme is a defined contribution arrangement ...
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Innovative approaches clinch joint awards
The Environment Agency is the leading public body for improving the environment in England and Wales, and its pension fund strongly believes that this corporate mission should also permeate its own investment strategy. The scheme’s aim is to obtain optimum risk-adjusted returns, and it believes that sustainable environmentally responsible investment ...
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The Spanish road towards multi-management
Over the past few years Spanish pensions have begun to focus more on equities and started to embrace multimanager strategies. Xavi Bellavista and Ignasi Puigdollers report
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Backdrop to the Pacific century
Richard Newell looks at some of the key dynamics at play in the Asian region
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Investing through the FII route
India has made great strides in attracting foreign investment and there is no shortage of high quality asset managers operating in the region, writes Richard Newell
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The FII approval process
Vikrant Gugnani, CEO of Reliance Mutual Fund in Mumbai explains the background to the foreign investment rules: “FIIs were first allowed to invest in India in 1992. Initially the FII holdings in any company were subject to various investment limits. Also funds invested by FIIs had to have at least ...
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Politics holds up full implementation
Susan Thomas explains how India is tackling the largely structural issues of pensions development, given its demographic advantage compared to other countries
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Neatly stacking your alpha
Separating investments into alpha and beta portfolios is only part of the story. Jason C Hsu explains the concept of alpha stacking
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Learning from your mistakes
Five years on one of the biggest stock market bubbles ever, investors such as fund manager Cliff Asness still bear the scars from being a tech-bubble naysayer. Richard Newell reports
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Towards a better understanding
Yasuteru Aizawa of the CSR lobby group IPERI describes his aspirations changing attitudes towards the environment in the boardrooms of across Japan
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What the smart CEO needs to know
CEOs and other corporate leaders often lack direct knowledge and experience in managing social responsibility challenges. How can they maintain their focus on value creation while minimising the potential disruptions to their business from these increasingly powerful external forces? There are five essential issues that CEOs should focus on to ...
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A sure hand on the tiller
It says much about a person when a pensions regulator heads the poll for this Award. This is what Anne Maher, chief executive at the Pensions Board in Ireland, has done. In fact, the end of her stint at the board coincides exactly with the IPE Awards, making the presentation ...
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Three steps to heaven
An increasingly broad fund offering has produced a potential nightmare for investors faced with comparing and assessing the tax, legal and regulatory frameworks. John Forbes advocates a structured approach
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A listless market?
Institutional investors are flocking to the non-listed, offshore real estate fund market, attracted by flexibility and tax advantages. For many though, there are not enough opportunities. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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Offshore funds – a REIT-off?
Freedom to manoeuvre must be balanced with the need for good governance. This is just one factor the offshore industry must address to maintain a competitive advantage, as Christopher Bennett explains
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Towards a common standard?
European prime real estate data is muddied by multiple approaches. A possible solution lies in collective action, as Paul Kennedy explains
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Too much control?
A heavy bias towards investing locally – and directly – is a hallmark of Swedish institutional investment in real estate. Martin Hurst examines why
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Stir crazy
Those seeking to diversify their portfolios properly are eagerly awaiting the new investment regulations, as Lynn Strongin Dodds explains
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Dipping a toe in the water
Iceland’s pension funds have a long history of real estate investing but are only now adopting more dynamic strategies. Gail Moss reports
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Exploring new horizons
Drawn to property investment first and foremost as a tool for diversification, Finnish institutions are aiming to broaden the spread within the asset class, as Rachel Fixsen reports
