More comment – Page 69
-
NewsOn the Record: ATP, KBC and VBV on emerging markets
ATP, KBC Pensioenfonds and VBV Pensionskasse reveal how they approach emerging markets.
-
Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint: EFAMA's Peter de Proft
"Nobody knows what will be the impact of all these new rules."
-
NewsMartin Steward: Mayhem on Wall Street – and Main Street
As kids ran riot across England, traders nursed a one-month stock market loss of 15%.
-
NewsLiam Kennedy: Break some policy eggs
After years of poor occupational pensions policy, the UK is finally doing something.
-
Opinion Pieces
Peter de Proft, Director general of the European Fund and Asset Management Association
“Nobody knows what will be the impact of all these new rules”
-
Opinion Pieces
Plenty on the horizon
Even without fears of a double-dip recession, the wake of the 2008 crisis is keeping European Commission financial law drafters working hard at the legislative coalface. And that was before European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, warned, early in August, that the sovereign debt crisis was spreading beyond the periphery ...
-
Opinion Pieces
Bonds defy downgrade
US pension funds are reassessing their fixed income investment policies after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US rating from AAA, despite the fact that the new AA+ rating did not force them immediately to sell Treasury bonds.
-
NewsDeceptive complexity: How pension funds use small print to get their way
Shayla Walmsley on how pension funds can use small print to skew deals their way.
-
NewsAuto-enrolment as a 'stealth tax'
The UK's auto-enrolment reforms could fail before launch if media confusion continues.
-
NewsPassive, active and other odious comparisons
Partisans of 'passive' or 'active' strategies could learn a thing or two from tennis.
-
.jpg)
NewsDamian Handzy on 'stress testing' the US
A curious thing happened last week. Money managers started asking for 'stress tests' on the US.
-
News
FairPensions: Trustees must accept new fiduciary duties
The complaint that trustees must act as ‘moral policemen’ misses the point, says Christine Berry.
-
NewsNordic investors warming to emerging market debt
Kirstein's Jan Willers reports on findings of a recent survey showing rising interest in EMD.
-
NewsPortfolio construction: A roadmap for rebalancing
How pension funds can avoid traffic jams, road construction and the associated costs of delays.
-
NewsPensions regulation: Convergence over harmonisation
The EC should focus on convergence of pension regulation rather than harmonisation.
-
NewsItaly: A heartbreaker for pensions
Pensions industry could be sacrificed for short-term political gain, warns Maria Teresa Cometto.
-
NewsMarkets respond to bank stress tests
Portuguese banks have borne the brunt of investors' ire in the bond markets.
-
.jpg)
NewsShould fiduciaries manage assets?
Anton van Nunen explores the changing role of the fiduciary manager.
-
NewsThe Dutch Pensions Agreement: A closer look
Ortec Finance co-founder Guus Boender takes a closer look at the Netherlands' new pensions deal.
