Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 503
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Features
Large funds equals lower costs
Jacob Bikker and Jan de Dreu find evidence that the bigger a pension fund, the lower its administrative costs are likely to be, reinforcing the case for mergers between Dutch funds and a move towards industry-wide schemes
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Hedge funds - assets or asset strippers?
Are hedge funds really locusts stripping Dutch companies of their assets or are they a source of rich returns to the pension funds that invest in them. Leen Preesman reports on an increasingly acrimonious debate between Dutch unions and pension funds
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How the indexation label works
Parliament has decided that a new indexation label will be added to all pensions statements in the Netherlands to tell scheme participants about the purchasing power of their entitlements. Theo Nijman, Bas Werker and Peter de Goeij consider the draft version
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Pensions open for outsourcing
In the current regulatory and accounting environment in Holland, outsourcing is an idea whose time has come. AZL, a leading Dutch provider of pension fund management services, explains its plans to Cyril Widdershoven
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Trade unions try another tactic
With solidarity weakening, and the young growing suspicious of the pensions wealth of the old, Dutch trade unions are adopting new tactics to win new members, says Alfred Kool
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Special Report
SRI-boot now on bond foot?
The issue of applying SRI/ESG criteria to debt is surfacing, but there are questions as to how to go about about it. Rachel Fixsen investigates
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Special Report
The perils of divestment
Pension funds in Europe have always sought to screen out irresponsible businesses, says Shayla Walmsley, but drawing the line has never easy and double standards abound
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Back to school
It is residential that is closer to commercial posing as hospitality. No wonder student accommodation is attracting so much attention. But pension funds are reticent, as Shayla Walmsley reports
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Bricks and mortar boards
The idea of a student accommodation REIT sounds appealing. But to assess its prospects, we have to consider the benefits for the universities and colleges themselves. Roger Blears and Brian Lee explain
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Looking for improvement
The circus came to Hong Kong in September. MIPIM, the real estate industry’s annual French Riviera jamboree, put down its first mark in Asia. How did the idea translate from Cannes to Wanchai? Richard Newell reports
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A big opportunity for small pension funds
With access to real estate improving for Europe’s smaller funds Kathleen Jung considers the best approaches for those with around €100m to spend
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Over the hill?
US real estate is riding the crest of the wave now – the question is, how long will that crest last? This was the question being discussed at PREA’s annual conference in Washington DC in October. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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All change for the London/Berlin express
Listed real estate is looking good but everyone’s holding their breath for German and British REITs. Jan Wagner reports
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Spreading the net
Cross-border investment is increasing due to the attractions of diversity and possibly a lack of opportunities in domestic markets. But, individually, pension funds are tackling this issue at very different speeds. Barriers may include regulatory constraints and a lack of in-house expertise. Rachel Fixsen spoke to three funds about their ...
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Leave nothing to chance
ATP is the supplementary pension scheme in Denmark; all working people pay into this fund to top up their basic retirement income. The fund has been running for more than 40 years now and today has assets of over €50bn. It is the largest pension fund in Denmark and among ...
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Expanding the secondary market
Lymos managing director Jan Wilem Dijkhuis wants a better selling environment for private real estate funds
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One industry, two standards
Machiel Hoek and Hans Grönloh are striving for convergence on accounting standards to boost the real estate sector
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The influence of people power
Prof Piet Eichholtz considers the influence of demographics on future real estate investment trends
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Measuring up?
Can the duration principle be applied to real estate for liability matching? Maarten van der Spek and Chris Hoorenman are intent on finding out
