Latest Special Reports – Page 113
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Special ReportBuy or build?
Some European funds have traditionally managed assets in-house for cost-effective long-term performance. Gail Moss assesses the do-it-yourself approach
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Where pension funds can and can’t excel: Watson Wyatt’s view
While certain aspects of governance may need to be enhanced when using external managers, this should not necessarily deter pension funds from continuing to use them, rather than build an in-house team, according to Watson Wyatt. The pension consultants say that research conducted by Roger Urwin, global head of investment ...
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Home or away?
Who should manage your money? Many of our readers have successfully managed their own portfolios for years and remain happy to continue doing so. We sought your opinions on the value of doing it yourself as opposed to outsourcing.
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The dog that didn’t bark
The failure of a court case arising from the collapse of a pension fund to result in any convictions aroused little interest among the general public, says George Coats
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Special ReportMind the gap
Public sector pension institutions play an important, if often controversial, role in the Swiss pensions arena, argues Graziano Lusenti
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Special ReportAllocation at a time of crisis
Iceland’s pension fund sector has undergone considerable consolidation over recent years. “The funds were formed at the insistence of the trade unions and initially there were nearly 100 of them as each union wanted to have its own fund,” says Hrafn Magnusson, (pictured right) managing director of National Association of ...
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Special ReportStill a need to stick to principles
The pensions landscape might have changed greatly since the Myners principles were set out seven years ago, but David White finds that they are as relevant as ever
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The road ahead
Giles Drury and Tom Brown discuss how fund managers can move on after the credit crisis
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Special ReportSource of support and influence
With the burden of regulation growing and problems around issues like Solvency II, Martin Delaney asks how pension associations are tackling these issues on behalf of members
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Special ReportRegrets? Not even a few
Bengt Emriksson is retiring as managing director of Kyrkans pensionskassa, the SEK8bn (€856m) pension fund of the Swedish church, after eight years in the job. He talks to George Coats about his career
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Special ReportReporting extra-financial returns
A research paper entitled ‘The SRI Performance Paradox - How to Gauge and Measure the Extra-Financial Performance of Socially Responsible Investment’ by Christoph Butz (pictured right) and Olivier Pictet of Pictet Asset Management (PAM), suggests that extra-financial returns should be taken into account by investors after quantifying environmental and social ...
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Special ReportLarge caps risk from climate change
Many of the world’s largest companies are at risk from the threats presented by climate change. A study by global responsible investment specialists EIRIS of some of the 300 largest cap global companies listed on the FTSE All World Index showed that 35.6% of the companies, representing over $6.8trn (€4.36trn) ...
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The risk sharing revolution
Risk sharing pension schemes offer the ability for employers to control their pension costs while providing a better deal for members than defined contribution arrangements. But have too many corporate fingers been burnt by the cost and liabilities involved in offering defined benefit plans? Ian Farr asks whether compnaies can ...
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Special ReportSqueezing the life out of DB pensions
Are tightening pension funding regulations throttling Europe’s defined benefit (DB)pension plans? Is a threat to extend Solvency II to pension funds the final nail in their coffin? IPE readers give their verdict.
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Special ReportTrying to play a longer game
Two asset managers and a pension fund discuss their priorities with Charles Neilan and explain their views on longer term asset management mandates
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Special ReportWorking in an unwelcoming environment
Although the pension consulting market is still very small, competition is fierce, Charles Neilan finds
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Assessing the key factors
Michael Atzwanger explains the current issues affecting the Italian pension fund industry
