Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 501
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Why cross border road is still rocky
The introduction of the IORP directive was supposed to bring multi-national companies one step closer to establishing pan-European pension provisions. But critics say that development is still years away. Maha Khan Phillips reports
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Understanding currency overlay
How do currency strategies compare to other asset classes and is there an ideal way of measuring risk? Nick Rogers goes in search of some answers
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Ready for MiFID thunderbolt?
The different countdowns to the implementation of the MiFID directive freeing cross border securities sales are well under way, says Jeremy Woolf
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Investors warm to hedge funds
While hedge funds are growing in popularity across Europe there are still some concerns about transparency. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Hedge funds as risk reducers
Recently, the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites published its decision to exclude hedge funds from its portfolio. Felix Goltz questions the FRR's logic
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How fund of funds are embracing change
The next generation of funds of hedge funds will have better due diligence and embrace a broader global universe, as Chris Bouckley argues
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Finnish pension sector in united front
TyEL will soon make it easier to manage pensions earnings across the private sector. Jari-Pekka Törrönen reports
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Time to take the commodities plunge?
With the bull market now at an end many fund managers are considering a move into commodities, but there are risks attached, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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The return of beta
Much maligned in the early 2000s, beta is now back in vogue with asset managers keen to embrace a wider universe. Georg Inderst reports
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A question of priority
New private REITs are good for long-term investment, but there are also good reasons for investors take the public route, says Mark Lindeis
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The long and short of it
Are real estate securities a reflection of the real estate market or more representative of equities? John Glascock and Shaun Bond report
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Putting the case for alternatives
While bonds and cash may have more liquidity than alternatives, the latter can produce higher long-term yields. Joseph Mariathasan reports
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Dedicated leaders of investment fashion
While funds of hedge funds offer advantages to their traditional hedge counterparts they are now under threat. Stephen Oxley reports
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Opening doors to performers
Thematic investment enables an investor to take a complex world of more than 2,000 stocks and, through a disciplined process, turn it into a manageable, investable portfolio. This is how Guy Monson, chief investment officer of Sarasin Chiswell, explains the appeal of thematic investment. Monson pioneered the use of thematic ...
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On the prowl for themes
Themes for Sarasin’s thematic investment are devised by a theme origination committee, headed by its chief economist Subitha Subramaniam who joined Sarasin from the World Bank. Subramaniam is responsible for translating global macro trends into the thematic process. ” We basically try to identify long term trends that are taking ...
