All IPE articles in May 2007 (Magazine) – Page 3
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Features
Bridging the information gap
To what extent do the reporting requirements across Europe penalise smaller schemes? Rachel Fixsen investigates
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UCITS aids growth of ETFs
A more relaxed approach to regulation in Europe has helped stimulate the development of more exotic ETFs. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Need for pensions wake-up call
Both politicians and trades unions are concerned about pensions in Austria. Barbara Ottawa talks to some of the movers and shakers
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Keeping it Spezial
Despite competition from the world of mutual funds, Spezialfonds are still en vogue. Frank Schnattinger examines why
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Looking at alternatives and regulation
We asked three German pension funds to explain some of the important issues and challenges currently facing their investment strategies
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Tracking the corporate funding wave
CTAs and Pensionsfonds offer complementary management structures for corporate pensions, says Jan Wagner
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A warning against herd mentality
Gail Moss gives an overview of German pension institutions’ current asset allocation
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Politicians fail to deliver on pensions
Raising the costs of deferred compensation in Germany will push employees into the third pillar and damage occupational schemes, writes Klaus Stiefermann
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Weaving a national safety net
Inadequate state provision has led to the development of numerous private pension schemes for those who can afford them and a home-grown industry to market them. Now the industry is working out how to accommodate the planned new national security scheme, due to launch in 2010. Stephen Cranston reports
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Take the 'A' train
While foreign investors seek out new ways to capture their share of China’s growth phenomenon, the A shares market still offers one of the key entry points to mainland exposure
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Special Report
Support for shareholder rights in the US
Europe’s four largest investors have joined forces for the first time to throw their weight behind an initiative for US shareholder rights. ABP Investments, Hermes Investment Management, Norges Bank Investment Management - the manager of Norway’s Government Pension Fund - and PGGM have made a submission to the US Securities ...
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Roll with the punches
Asia may have led the markets down in recent weeks but, Kevin Hebner argues, the case for the region’s equities remains undiminished
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Only the strong survive
Richard Johnson reviews the performance of Asian hedge funds and discovers that a manager for all seasons can be hard to find
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Similar but by no means the same
In the US, HOLDRs and ETFs have some key features in common. But, as Lynn Strongin Dodds discovers, there is also much that differentiates them
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A life in pensions with no regrets
Bengt Edström recently retired from his position as pension operations manager and internal consultant at the Swedish power utility Vattenfall Group, and as trustee for Vattenfall’s pensionsstiftelse, the group’s SEK5.5bn (€593m) DB pension vehicle. George Coats interviewed him
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Going from strength to strength
Their tactical and strategic flexibility have made exchange traded funds an increasingly popular investment vehicle with institutions over the past few years. Rachel Fixsen looks at what has made them such as success
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Thinking for the future
Where does a pension fund get ideas about a new asset class? ABP Investments is asking its staff to think about new asset classes and has created an ‘innovation committee’ to assess them. Liam Kennedy reports
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