All IPE articles in March 2016 (Magazine) – Page 3

  • Features

    Asset Allocation: The big picture

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    While no experienced investor would presume plain sailing in markets, the nervous and chaotic start to this year has been pretty remarkable and difficult to navigate safely.

  • Features

    IORP II inches ahead

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    The revised IORP Directive is one step closer to fruition, after MEPs agreed on a final draft of the law. 

  • Features

    Ahead of the Curve: MiFID II starts to bite

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    Mark Croxon looks at the impact the new EU directive is likely to have on the workflow of investment firms

  • Special Report

    Who’s afraid of life risk?

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    Investors in insurance-linked securities (ILS) generally underwrite non-life risk, but sometimes insurers are willing to offload life risk as well, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo. What can investors expect from entering the life-risk market?

  • Features

    ABP open season

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    Would you set up an ABP now if you were creating a public sector pension regime from scratch for the Netherlands? The simplicity of a single scheme and the economies of scale in investment and administration all call for it. But other factors speak against

  • Country Report

    Interview: Corien Wortmann-Kool - ABP

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    ABP chair Corien Wortmann-Kool tells Leen Preesman about the need for speedy change to a new pension system and of the need to restore the trust of the fund’s 2.8m members

  • Features

    2015 Returns: Strong ATP performance bucks the downward trend in returns

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    Investment returns at many European pension funds came crashing down in 2015 compared with the previous year. Denmark’s ATP was the only exception, posting a 17.2% return.

  • Country Report

    Age-Related Premiums: Solidarity 2.0

    March 2016 (Magazine)

    PNO Media, a provider for 450 media sector companies in the Netherlands, is striking a new path to retain pension market share in a competitive environment, according to Gail Moss