All IPE articles in May 2005 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Why quantitative asset management?
Quantitative models assist in dealing with the increase in available financial information through their great capacity for systematic analysis, which facilitates the identification of investment opportunities. The quantitative approach also presents the advantage of avoiding emotional reaction in the selection of stocks so as to act in the most objective ...
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Austrian players look east
The Austrian market is both crowded and highly regulated – not encouraging signs for current or potential participants. Things are changing for the better, but is the market ready? One of the most important developments in the Austrian institutional market has been the implementation of UCITS 3 for investment funds. ...
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Striking the regulatory balance
Since I became president of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) in 2002, I have found strong agreement within the fund industry that adherence to ethical standards and sound conduct of business rules is in our own interest. Investment managers have a particular fiduciary duty to act in ...
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Bandwagon begins to roll
Pension funds in Europe have been stepping up their use of external currency managers. Bill Muysken, global head of research at Mercer Investment Consulting in London, says there has been a rise in the number of pension funds seeking external currency managers. During 2004, he says, 28 of Mercer’s clients ...
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Between a rock and a hard place
In ancient Greece, people who wanted to have their future forecast travelled to Apollo’s temple in Delphi, where the dangerous journey was generally rewarded with an answer, albeit ambiguous. Nobody questioned the answers, because they were supposed to come from Apollo himself. But pilgrims who tenaciously interpreted the god’s messages ...
