Pension Fund Strategy – Page 176
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Special ReportPortfolio Construction: It’s the economy, stupid
Efforts to diversify have for too long assumed that we live in non-cyclical economies, and ignored the mix of economic factors that drive asset-class risk. Lynn Strongin Dodds takes a tour of some alternatives
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Portfolio Construction: Allocating risk, allocating time
Martin Steward talks to ex-FRR CIO Jean-Louis Nakamura about Lombard Odier’s volatility-driven allocation and its time-horizon tactical allocation process
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Special ReportPortfolio Construction: A question of skill
The hedge fund world is supposed to be about skill. But Martin Steward asks, if you use a fund of funds, what skills are you buying – and whose?
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Special Report
Portfolio Construction: The horrible handful
Raphael Douady outlines the top five investment risks that every investor in hedge funds should know about
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Special ReportPortfolio Construction: Broaden your horizons
On the hunt for truly diversified sources of risk, Martin Steward takes aim at different investment time horizons
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MAN turns pensions into savings plan
GERMANY – The transport engineering group MAN has created a new retirement provision plan, eliminating all longevity risks.
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BPK under pressure to make DC switch
SWITZERLAND – The public pension fund of the Swiss canton of the capital city Bern, Bernische Pensionskasse (BPK), is under pressure from member companies to speed up its move away from a defined benefit (DB) scheme to a defined contribution (DC) arrangement.
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Multinationals 'unaware of overseas pension costs' – Allianz
GLOBAL – Multi-national companies are forfeiting up to 15% of the risk premium by not coordinating the various employee benefits plans of their overseas subsidiaries, according to Dirk Hellmuth, head of Allianz International Employee Benefits Network (All Net).
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NewsShetland Islands tenders investment and actuarial services
[14:30 CEST 08-07] UK – Shetland Islands Council is tendering both the investment consultancy and actuarial consultancy roles for its local authority pension fund.
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Edinburgh Uni tenders admin, actuarial and investment
[15:00 CEST 26-06] UK – The University of Edinburgh is re-tendering the administration, actuarial and investment services for its £155m (€181m) Staff Benefits Scheme (SBS).
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Buy-in security 'helps credibility'
[17:15 CEST 15-05] UK – Over 90% of trustees and industry professionals believe insurance companies do not always need to offer additional security in pension-buy-in transactions, although it improves their credibility if they do so, Hewitt Associates has revealed.
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NewsBermuda insurer targets buy-ins with 'bridge' model
[13:30 CEST 01-05] UK/EUROPE – Bridge Pointe, a Bermuda-based insurance company, has confirmed its intention to enter the European buyout market and the UK in particular, where officials claim they could expand the market by up to £1bn (€1.12bn) in the next 18 months.
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Features
Stay dry in a crisis
Nina Röhrbein spoke to Gerhard Neustädter, head of asset management at Bonus Pensionskassen in Vienna, about his fund’s approach to managing assets and risk
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Home Group seeks admin provider for DB fund
[16:55 CET 20-02] UK – Trustees of the Home Group Pension and Life Assurance Scheme are seeking a pension administration provider for the £57m (€64.5m) defined benefit (DB) scheme.
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Merseyside admin contract awarded to Heywood
[16:25 CET 06-02] UK – The £3.7bn (€4.2bn) Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed Heywood to provide pension administration and payroll services.
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L&G wins buy-in as new AUM drops 39%
[16:00 CET 29-01] UK – The Press Association Pension Fund has completed a £60m (€65m) 'buy-in' of its pensioner liabilities with Legal & General (L&G) at the same time as the insurer revealed its gross new funds under management dropped 39% to £33.1bn in 2008.
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Hewitt replaces Watson as Powys adviser
[15:30 CET 29-01] UK/IRELAND – Powys County Council has appointed Hewitt Associates as the investment adviser for its £280m (€305m) local government pension scheme (LGPS).
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CIPFA outlines changes to LGPS investments
[16:30 CET 28-01] UK – The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) has recommended investment regulations for Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) should be "clarified and simplified", by replacing investment limits with a series of "requirements".
