Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 510
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Elections driving pension debate
The issue of the implementation of the new Pension Law is likely to be high up on the political agenda, especially with elections in the offing. Cyril Widdershoven reports
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Putting compulsion back on the agenda
Does compulsory collective membership of employers’ pension schemes, a cornerstone of the Dutch pension system, deliver better value for money than individual commercial pension plans? Rene van de Kieft and Alfred Slager investigate
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Providing greater choice
The Dutch pensions system is too rigid and a more tailor-made approach would benefit individual workers, Theo Nijman, professor of investment theory at Tilburg University, tells Leen Preesman
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The rise of fiduciary mandates
Is the move towards fiduciary management in Holland a new trend or simply a case of old wine in new bottles? David White investigates
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Pooling in Holland gathers pace
Shell’s decision to pool its assets into a single vehicle in the Netherlands could signal the country’s arrival as a favoured destination for cross-border assets to rival Ireland and Luxembourg. David White reports
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FTK casts a shadow over custody
Pension funds are having to review the entire custody area in anticipation of the new financial arrangements, reports Heather Mackenzie
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Knowing what lies behind hedge funds
Dutch pension funds’ growing interest in alternatives like hedge funds is having an impact on the middle and back offices of securities services providers, says Heather Mackenzie
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Facing up to a harsher future
Gail Moss reports on how investment houses are preparing for the new financial framework due to come into force in January 2007
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Altis Investment Management
Altis Investment Management is an independent investment fiduciary managing and advising on multi-asset and multi-manager portfolios. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, with offices in Amsterdam and London, and employs a team of 16 people, “We are positioned as a pure fiduciary investment service provider, combining manager selection and ...
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Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers
Though founded back in 1881, Dutch bank Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers N.V offers one of the more modern strategies. Theodoor Gilissen is the only party in the Netherlands to offer passive index products, says Lodewijk van der Kroft, director of Institutional Asset Management at Theodoor Gilissen. Using an index-tracking ...
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SNS Asset Management
Known as a specialist in socially responsible investing, active manager SNS Asset Management positions itself as a one-stop shop for SRI. Unlike some players operating within the sustainable investment arena that focus solely on one aspect such as company screening, SNS has brought all activities related to asset management under ...
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AVV seeks to redress the balance
The pre-pension settlement, which allowed over 55s to keep their tax-friendly schemes, ruffled a lot of feathers, especially those of young workers, as Leen Preesman reports
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Who'd buy a bond from a pension fund?
Shayla Walmsley assesses the worthiness of pension fund bond issues on the back of the recent Wellcome launch
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How DB schemes lost their sheen
Unless DB schemes become more affordable, they may be completely absent from the market in a few years time, writes Paul McGlone
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Plain speaker who raised awareness
Chief executive of the NAPF, Christine Farnish, has consistently argued the cause for the generation following the ‘baby boomers’, writes David White
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Meeting the need to know
For global custodians, information is the new asset class. Across Europe, pension fund boards and trustees are coming under pressure from sponsors, accountants and regulators to provide greater transparency. To do that they need information, not only about the value of their assets, but how that value was created. As ...
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The truth about custodian fees
It could be argued that custodians have had years of super profits due to unadjusted custody fee schedules, opaque charging for foreign exchange and unidentified revenues from spreads on interest paid and charged. However, the past few years have seen significant downward pressure on custodians’ fees and improved transparency of ...
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What is driving the marketplace?
The asset backed market is set to grow and overtake corporate bonds in Europe. Joseph Mariathasan reckons this is just one of the changes facing active bond managers
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Lack of consensus on pensions portability
Many questions remain over the portability of pensions directive and agreement among member states seems as far away as ever, as Violetta Polese reports
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Boutique staying true to its roots
Peter Wilby chose Stone Harbor, a beach town on the east coast of the US, as a location to negotiate a deal to spin off a team of some 65 professionals including 27 investment specialists from the entity created by Legg Mason’s acquisition of Citigroup Asset Management last year. The ...
