All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 37
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Features
Tectonic plates begin to shift
The movement towards funded vehicles is picking up in pace, finds Nina Roehrbein
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Features
What makes good communication?
IPE asked three pension services – in Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Spain – the same question: ‘How and what do you communicate with your members?’ Here are their answers:
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Features
A long and winding road
A conservative outlook restricts performance, writes Nina Roehrbein
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News
Commodities bull expected to run further
[12:00 CEST 19-09] GLOBAL – Asset managers are predicting the bullish run in commodities will continue against the backdrop of the subprime crisis.
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Features
Longevity risk market ahead
Mortality is the hardest of the external factors to hedge against, yet with the launch of the LifeMetrics index, Nina Röhrbein wonders if a tradeable market is a step closer
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Features
Regulation versus self regulation
IPE asked three pension representatives – in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK – the same question: ‘Are pension benefit protection schemes a necessary evil?’ Here are their answers:
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Features
Commodities in practice
As pension funds continue to embrace alternatives as an asset class, investing in commodities is a young but significant trend, writes Nina Röhrbein
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News
ECJ makes first cross-border pension tax ruling
[16:38 CEST 05-07] EUROPE – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made its first ruling on tax obstacles to the cross-border transfer of pension capital.
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News
Place focus on regulation and funding - PPF
GLOBAL - Pension benefit protection schemes are calling for adequate funding to reduce the risk they take as underfunding and supervision are said to be emerging as major issues.
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Features
SIFs’ challenge to German ‘Spezials’
Luxembourg’s new and flexible specialised investment funds are threatening to take business away from German Spezialfonds. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special Report
Adapting to warmer climes
IPE asked three pension funds in France, Sweden and the UK: ‘Do pension funds have a duty to consider climate change in their investment decisions?’ Here are their answers:
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Special Report
A changing investment climate
Emissions carbon trading strategies are opening up opportunities for pension funds, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Special Report
Down to the woods
For those investors prepared for the long haul, timberland has proved to be a stable, long-term investment with good annual returns. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special Report
The new liquid gold
In the search for an asset that yields close to that of equities, biofuels could provide interesting investment opportunities. Nina Röhrbein reports
