Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 505
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What managers really do
To identify ‘skill’, it is now possible to measure the moves and decisions that a manager makes. Rick di Mascio reports
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Polished display from Pensioensfonds Metaal
A more specialist approach and less dependence on consultants has helped the Pensioenfonds Metaal scheme in Belgium increase its assets six-fold, writes David White
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Dynamic strategies for pension funds
Are dynamic investment strategies a realistic alternative to static strategies for Swiss pension funds? Can a simplified ALM model be used to evaluate a pension fund’s financial decisions? St Gallen University has just released interesting research on this topic
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Special Report
European SRI tops €1trn
SRI investments in Europe’s nine major markets have increased by 36% over the past three years, according a new report from Eurosif. Jérôme Tagger reports
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A duty to litigate?
The case for European pension funds to take part in US shareholder litigation is becoming so strong that not to do so could be regarded as a lack of fiduciary responsibility? Roy Jones, Darren Check and Daniel Summerfield explain
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Procrastination and pan-European pensions
As opponents of the EU are fond of saying, Europe is a continent, not a country. The national interests of member states will inevitably take precedence over plans for cross-border co-operation. Naked nationalism will always be stronger than Panglossian proposals for pan-Europeanism
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Growth and a greater number of products
“There’s life in the old dog yet” ran the title of the lead article in last year’s Spezialfonds issue. How true, how very true: in 2005, the excellent growth by Spezialfonds showed once again that some people had been a little too quick to write them off. In fact, the ...
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A range of approaches
Pension funds have taken an array of approaches to currency management. Some are using pure hedging strategies, while others are adopting active management. Maha Khan Phillips talks to pension funds that think about currency in very different ways.
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Bridging the credibility gap
The divergence between asset managers and pension funds about the products funds need is symptomatic of a wider gulf. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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European consultancy shapes up for the future
Stricter regulation and disappointing investment performances during the past couple of years have shaken up the inter-relationship between asset managers, institutional investors and consultants. Two independent Dutch and German consultancy firms that are cooperating together explain their reasons against a changing scenario for their businesses
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Is Swiss legislation restricting diversity
In an attempt to encourage so-called ‘riskless’ investing, Swiss pension laws may be preventing funds from allocating their assets properly. Antoine Cuénod reports
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SocGen steps up its European presence
Société Générale’s €548m acquisition in January of 2S Banca, the securities services business of Italy’s UniCredit Group, is an important step in the French bank’s aim to become a Europe-wide player in the securities services business. 2S Banca was the second largest custodian in Italy, with more than €455bn in ...
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Aegon’s €40bn pooling project with Citigroup
Citigroup Global Transaction Services is to build an investment platform for Aegon The Netherlands that will enable the Dutch insurance and pensions company to pursue a range of asset strategies across multiple jurisdictions. Sikko van Katwijk, managing director at Citigroup, said the platform is designed to help investment managers change ...
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Bridging the social divide in Europe
Paritarian ideas are alive and well in Europe and could go some way to shaping its future identity, as Daniel Brooksbank discovers at AEIP’s tenth anniversary event
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Lifting the veil in Germany
Frankfurt was the location last July for the first meeting between the asset managers and the consultants who act intermediaries between the investment sector and institutional investors. This meeting had been arranged by our organisation for a good reason. The situation of the German market is undergoing substantial change. The ...
