All IPE articles in November 2001 (Magazine) – Page 4

  • Marianne Sevaldsen at KLP
    Features

    Kottmann quits

    November 2001 (Magazine)

    Felix Kottmann has left leading Swiss consultant Complementa after nine years with the St Gallen-based firm to become an independent consultant to a number of Swiss pension funds and, more directly, the retirement schemes of the troubled Swissair group. Kottmann, who was a member of the executive committee, says: “After ...

  • Features

    Outperformance there for the taking

    November 2001 (Magazine)

    The data below, supplied by Financial Risk Management, the hedge fund specialist, tracks the performance of every type of hedge fund conceivable. The figures on the opposite page are FRM estimates of how the industry has grown in the past seven years and more specifically, which of the four classes ...

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    Route-maps to transparency

    November 2001 (Magazine)

    Few of us walk down the street with a blindfold on – too many bollards, other pedestrians, plus the possibility of something unsavoury underfoot. Similarly, transparency provides investors with some comfort of arrival at the expected level of returns, with relatively few stumbles along the way. Conventional long-only funds, operating ...

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    Short-lived solvency

    November 2001 (Magazine)

    As part of a new fiscal plan, the Spanish government has announced modifications that aim to promote the country’s underdeveloped funded pensions system. The new measures, including fiscal reductions for companies and more flexible limits to contributions for pension plans, have been welcomed in the corporate and financial communities. “The ...