Latest Special Reports – Page 111
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Microfinance reaches crossroads
Not yet significantly hit by the global financial crisis, there are signs that the microfinance sector may be about to enter a period of slower growth, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Special ReportIssues around healthcare
Opinions differ on the reputational issues of companies in sectors like healthcare and mining. Nina Röhrbein asks if investors really need to abstain
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Special ReportOutperformance claims in doubt
Recent research into the French SRI market finds no evidence of outperformance, says
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Take a position
The UK buyout market is providing good opportunities for consultants with the right experience. But there is room for more players. Gill Wadsworth reports
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New advice rules
Nina Röhrbein asks consultants how they see their relationship with investors changing to meet the challenges of a new financial environment
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Special ReportIn the mix
Asset managers hire specialists dedicated to getting closer to them, their forays into multi-management have been the source of interest and controversy. Liam Kennedy assesses the new mix of services in the investment consulting industry
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Special ReportAfter the bubble bursts
Spain’s banks were hit by the collapse of the local property market. And they control the pension funds, notes George Coats
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A matter of survival
A deeper understanding of environmental, social and governance issues will allow you to make better-informed investment decisions
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Special ReportBest practice lies in the balance
Gail Moss assesses the recommendations on best practice for pension funds by UK pension fund trustee Brian Holden who was commissioned to write a report on governance
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Special ReportHow do you get your message across?
In these extra-turbulent times, we wanted to know how keen members were to remain abreast of their pensions and how schemes were adapting, if at all, their communications policies to ensure members understood the risks they are taking. We asked for your views.
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Diary of an Investor: Problems, problems, problems
Problems, Problems, Problems, and this time from the one area that we thought had been relatively immune from the financial chaos, namely custody. Let me be clear; our relationship with our custodian has been good. Their ability to provide standardised reporting and ancillary services is fine, and the matter-of-fact and ...
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Special ReportYou’ve got mail
IPE asked pension funds in Austria, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands: ‘How are you communicating with your members?’
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Special ReportSupervision of Portugal’s market
New regulations came into force last year. Gert Verheij assesses their implementation at a challenging time for pension funds and their sponsors
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Special ReportGetting the correct balance
Javier Aibar Bernard is the general director of the Social Security Treasury, which oversees Spain’s €55.9m Reserve Fund, the Fondo de Reserva de la Seguridad Social (FRSS). He explains to George Coats how the fund is run and discusses its ability to fulfil its role
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Special ReportThe €64bn Question
Brendan Maton outlines the factors that are helping us to live longer – and costing us more in pension terms
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Downturn offers boardrooms opportunity for reassessment
Governance consultant Lynn Ralph talks about what institutional investors can learn from the her experience working with Australian superannuation funds
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Play your swaps cards right
There are still opportunities at the right price for investors looking to hedge their risk via swaps. But, as Gill Wadsworth finds, they must take great care over timing and choice of counterparty
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Special ReportStock lending – worth the candle?
Nina Röhrbein finds that the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the shorting bans in major markets have prompted some European pension funds to suspend their stocklending activities
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Special ReportCommodities attract scrutiny
Investors need to ensure they have suitable knowledge of counterparty risk when dealing with commodities, reports Gill Wadsworth
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Don’t write off CDS just yet
Despite the knocking credit default swaps have received because of the credit crisis, David White finds they can still offer a useful hedge against risk
