All IPE articles in March 2009 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Special Report
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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Country ReportOpting not to rebalance
Pension funds see their key asset managers forced to ask for government bailouts and many funds are holding new contributions in cash, finds George Coats
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Features
The old ways are out
Convertible bond issues have been thin on the ground in this recession, but sooner or later even highly-rated large-caps may tap the market for refinancing, says Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Features
The OCI trap
At its 23 January meeting, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) voted to scrap the options in IAS19 that allow pension plan sponsors to defer the recognition of what are often referred to as actuarial gains and losses in a entity’s profit or loss account.
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Asset Class ReportsA nuclear winter?
Managers are working out when and how to position their portfolios to benefit from an eventual economic recovery,finds Joseph Mariathasan
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Asset Class Reports
A new taxonomy
Market dislocation and unpredictable government interventions have re-ordered the natural environment of credit. Joseph Mariathasan asks if the old taxonomies are still fit for purpose
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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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FeaturesMake the portfolio sweat
Liam Kennedy spoke to the BVK’s Daniel Just and André Heimrich about the progress they are making with their diversification programme
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InterviewsKeeping it real
Ask pension fund managers what are the risks that keep them awake at night, and they will probably start with longevity.Close behind will be interest rates and inflation.
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Features
Italian regulator urges mergers
The new head of Italy’s pensions regulator has made it clear that a consolidation of pension funds is necessary for the future of the industry.
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Opinion Pieces
Quo vadis IORP?
What is the future for Europe’s Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) directive?
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Features
In-house tactics
Nina Röhrbein spoke to Timo Ritakallio, deputy CEO and head of investments at Ilmarinen, Finland’s oldest mutual insurance company, about how its investment strategy is coping with the financial crisis
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FeaturesIt’s good to talk
As pension fund investment within the sphere of alternatives grows, David White reports on an innovative platform designed to educate managers about the field through the medium of shared experience
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Country ReportRefocusing on the first pillar
Belgium’s new pensions minister has set up a National Pensions Conference to re-examine the whole issue. But she is not an admirer of the second pillar, finds George Coats
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FeaturesExit Interview
Alick Stevenson recently retired as director of investments at the UK’s £3bn (€3.24bn) Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, after six and a half years
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Country ReportFunds see risk in a different light
Lessons are being learned from the crisis and painful questions are being asked. Mariska van der Westen examines what they are
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Nelson’s telescope
A phone call from Alan, my Wasserdicht colleague in England. ‘Pieter, we all have been visited by the FSA and it is not good.’ ‘What is not good?’ ‘We have this thing in the UK called ‘governance’ and pension funds are being blamed for not exercising enough of it, and this inaction has helped fuel the financial turmoil and market downturn.’
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