All IPE articles in October 2010 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Features
Sweetening the coffee
I meet with my old colleague Ronald, who is now CEO of the pension fund for forklift truck drivers – Pensioenfonds Vorkhef. Ronald and I used to work together at Wasserdicht, before he went to the forklift truck drivers and we often meet for a coffee when I am passing ...
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Special ReportCurrency: Common currency
Portfolio engineering with FX exposures would be much simpler if we could identify its beta. Martin Steward looks at the range of candidates
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Special Report
Currency: Keep an eye on your weighting
The Big Mac index tells you nothing about your need to diet, but might help to value currencies. Matthew Craig looks at the more technical version, ‘PPP’
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Special Report
Currency: Steering for safety
Has the financial crisis changed investor perceptions about safe havens? Christine Senior looks at the question in the FX context
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Interviews
Facing forward, facing outward
Janus was the Roman god of doorways, and by extension of beginnings and endings. Double-faced, he looked both forward and backward, which is why he lent his name to the month of January. Janus Capital Group also takes its name from this god, but rather than facing forward and backward, ...
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Features
Flourish or flounder?
In this review of the third AIMSE diamonds and duds poll, John Nestor picks out key trends and considers how participants’ opinions have changed
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Special ReportGerrmany: Walk the talk
Murat Ünal argues that genuine corporate social responsibility should go hand in hand with socially responsible investment. Despite the prevalence of CSR policies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, by contrast, only 10% of institutional investors actively invest along SRI criteria
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Features
Unrewarded risk
Three-quarters of respondents to this month’s Off The Record poll use currency management. Of these, 83.4% did so for currency exposure hedging, 8.3% for returns and 8.3% for both reasons.
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Opinion Pieces
Damian Handzy, chairman and CEO, Investor Analytics
Never mind what went wrong in the financial crisis, what went right?
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Features
Here comes the nudge
Saving and a frugal approach to life is easily preached. But as decades of ever-increasing loans and credit card debt have shown, the British have never been good at living within their own means, or putting aside money for a downturn. In fact, figures showed a marked increase in credit ...
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Features
Legal battle with Henderson on cards
The dispute between a group of 30 pensions funds and Henderson over the management of two private finance initiative (PFI) funds is a salutary reminder of the need for pension funds and their advisers to minutely scrutinise complex investment agreements. PFI was developed in the UK in the 1990s as ...
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Features
Europe and pensions on a world stage
EFRP secretary general Chris Verhaegen explains the importance of the growing debate on how far Europe can and should go on driving pensions reform
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FeaturesUK: All change
Following the market recovery, the UK has a new government eager to implement change and a pensions regulator keen to protect scheme members, finds Jonathan Williams
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FeaturesSwitzerland: Second pillar in transition
New investment rules are being implemented, the supervisory structure is up for reform and the financial crisis prompted an investigation into admin costs, writes Barbara Ottawa
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FeaturesSweden: Pushing for simplicity
A new pensions agency and an overhaul of the AP7 default option aim for greater transparency and accessiblity, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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FeaturesNorway: Reform of state scheme sets the pace for change
Pirkko Juntunen finds that increased flexibility and working for longer are on the cards
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FeaturesIreland: Correcting the balance
Martin Delaney finds Ireland moving to relieve the burden created by an ageing working population and a faltering economy
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FeaturesIceland: Post-eruption controls remain in place
Pension funds remain in a precarious situation, prevented from investing abroad by controls brought in at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, reports Nina Roerhrbein
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FeaturesItaly: Second pillar at a stalemate
While second-pillar reforms were stalled by the financial crisis, the resulting austerity is driving changes to first-pillar provision, writes Nina Roerhbein
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FeaturesGermany: Stability heralds change
Weathering the financial crisis with only one major pension-related insolvency does not mean Germany sat still, with regulatory changes coming from inside and out, writes Jonathan Williams
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