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NewsOpportunities in real assets
Aviva Investors explain the opportunities available through investment in real assets.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Shareholder Spring?
The recent AGM votes on executive pay at UBS, Barclays, Aviva and Citi are obvious signs of fundamental change, no?
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Opinion Pieces
Virginie Maisonneuve & Katherine Davidson, Schroders
“Maternity wards and primary schools in London are experiencing a spike in births, and retailers should benefit”
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: HFT debate hots up
The debate in Brussels on high-frequency trading (HFT) is heating up. The main forum is the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee (ECON), which in July will clarify its position with a vote.
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Opinion Pieces
Wisdom of independence
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, independent US asset managers have increased their revenues and profitability more than the asset-management subsidiaries of the larger US financial institutions. Publicly traded asset managers posted median profitability of 35% last year, compared with 25% for subsidiaries, and grew revenues 15% during 2011, compared with 6% for subsidiaries, according to recent analysis from Casey, Quirk & Associate, a consultant to the global asset management industry.
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NewsLoosening the bonds: rethinking fixed income allocations
Charles Prideaux examines alternative investment approaches in a world of falling bond yields.
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NewsPensions regulation: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
Add governance to underfunding, and what do you get? Not Mary Poppins, says Benjie Fraser.
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NewsThe great Greek euro exit: Ready when you are
Europe's financial system may be as ready as it will ever be for an orderly Greek exit.
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NewsPeople power: Don't expect the politicians to tackle retirement
Harry Smorenberg argues that we ourselves are the biggest barriers to longer working lives.
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NewsHow to assess a pension fund's health
Mark Rowlinson describes the right way – and the wrong way – to assess a pension fund's health.
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NewsShout it from the rooftops: Cutting debt is the only way
The maths of compound interest have only one message for politicians – cutting is the only choice.
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NewsBetter late than never: Measuring the size of the UK DC market
Magnus Spence, director at Spence Johnson, finally has an answer to a question long ignored.
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NewsLongevity: Don't believe the hype
Con Keating and Dennis Leech explain how the IMF's latest warnings on longevity are misleading.
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NewsThe IORP Directive: Voting with their feet
Ten years on, it is heartening to finally see some traction in cross-border pensions.
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NewsLike father, like son: The challenge of measuring longevity
Jim Robinson wonders whether we'll ever get longevity right.
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NewsESG investing: From small acorns do mighty oaks grow?
Benjie Fraser asks whether SRI might lead to consolidation among pension funds.
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NewsDon't blame theory for the credit crunch
The 300 Club has got it wrong on the efficient market hypothesis, says Patrick Rudden.
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NewsThe Dutch Pensions Agreement: Who needs it?
Theo Kocken wonders whether the Netherlands might actually be better off without a pensions deal.
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NewsThe difficulty of building an efficient pensions system
Sometimes it takes a downturn to tackle inefficiencies that go unnoticed when times are good.
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Opinion Pieces
EC backing for VC
Radical changes in opportunities to invest in venture capital (VC) are emerging via the EU, including in Brussels, where the European Parliament is now vetting a draft Regulation on European Venture Capital Funds. The package aims to make it easier for VC funds to raise capital from across the EU.
