Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 700
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Features
Private equity 'to double'
Private equity investment will continue to grow over the next 10 years and pension funds in the US and Europe are expected to double their allocation to the asset class according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report, produced in conjunction with the private equity company ...
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Key features of IORPs
The directive has espoused the prudent man principle with a few minor restrictions on cross-border funds. Member states can choose to retain quantitative rules. Some specific quantitative restrictions can be imposed by a member state not only on its domestic pensions funds but also on pension funds from another state ...
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Long and rocky road
The 1997 Green paper drawn up by internal commissioner Mario Monti is often seen as seminal in getting today’s proposed directive underway. In many ways this is true but the paper, and subsequent discussion, drew heavily on the mistakes and lessons learnt from the first unsuccessful attempt. A fairer assessment ...
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Weathering the storm
After a period of relative stability, analysts are reporting renewed caution and uncertainty in Europe’s markets, brought on initially by the threat of terrorist attacks and war, and now by the WorldCom affair. “Quite frankly this is another accounting scandal that we could do without,” says Catherine Reilly, an economist ...
