All IPE articles in May 2007 (Magazine) – Page 3
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Special Report
Seeing through pension fund investment
Few issues cause as much controversy as pension funds coming clean about the companies they invest in. Pension fund members may find themselves unwittingly supporting companies that manufacture controversial weapons, so it is argued that they should therefore be given information about how the assets on which their pension funds ...
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Features
Assessing views on commodities
We asked three funds – in Italy, the Netherlands and Norway: ‘In light of recent commodity price rises but given that they are still historically low, are they a worthwhile diversification tool?’
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Features
Commodity ETFs grow in stature
The diversification benefits of commodity ETFs are known to appeal to asset managers, but there are still concerns with regard to UCITs legislation in Europe. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Features
Continental opts for twin strategy
The reasons for choosing ETFs and the way they are used differs widely across Europe, as the case of automotive supplier Continental demonstrates. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Features
Smooth progress for UCITs programme
As investors are faced with an increasingly pan-European market for pensions investment, UCITS III aims to make cross-border co-operation between funds simpler. Jeremy Woolfe reports
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Features
Belgium baits the hook for Dutch pensions
Is the new pensions vehicle that Belgium has designed to encourage European pension schemes to domicile within its borders likely to attract Dutch pension funds? Carolyn Bandel finds out
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Special Report
Factoring in fears of image risk
The cluster bomb controversy has transformed Dutch pension funds from paragons of virtue to robotic monsters without a conscience. Peter Kraneveld suggests how they can avoid such ‘image risk’in the future
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Features
Cordares eyes Italian pensions
Dutch pensions provider and asset manager Cordares is preparing to move into the market for second pillar pensions in Italy. Cordares chairman Joep Schouten tells Leen Preesman where he thinks the opportunities lie
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Features
CS sets sights on Dutch market
The complex needs of the Dutch pension funds have created a market for a new level of involvement by asset managers, notably fiduciary management. Steve Hays reports on the thinking behind Credit Suisse’s move into this market
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Features
Philips - outsourced but not out of touch
How does a pension fund stay in touch with its assets once it has outsourced their entire management to a third party? Rob Schreur and Ernst Hagen report on how the Philips pension fund supervises and monitors a wide range of portfolios
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