All IPE articles in October 2004 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
No fund is an island
Few investment and pension administration applications nowadays operate entirely on their own – most need to be connected to data sources, or reporting, back office or other systems. The internet has simplified the connection to external sources. But the piecemeal implementation and connection of internal systems can lead to inefficiency ...
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Europe going its own way
For as long as most equity analysts can remember, Europe has trotted dutifully in tandem with the US. The received wisdom is that European equity markets are indissolubly linked to US equity markets, that European interest rate movements will always mirror US interest movements and that what the Fed says ...
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Features
Guarded welcome for private equity
Private equity is rapidly increasing in popularity among European pension funds. According to the European Institutional Asset Management (EIAM) Survey 2004, continental European institutions doubled the proportion of private equity in their portfolios to 1.3% in 2004 from 0.6% last year. The survey covered portfolios (41% of which were pension ...
