All IPE articles in September 2002 (Magazine)
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Features
Active credit management: tools for added value
The introduction of the euro has had a marked impact on Europe’s debt markets and corporate financing. For some time, Europe’s top-tier companies have been able to fund themselves more cheaply through the capital markets than through banks. The impact on traditional bank lending has become greater as second-tier and ...
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Features
Strategic asset allocation: how to integrate alternatives
The increasing integration of the world’s economies and financial markets, and the sharp drop in share prices are now forcing investors to be constantly on the lookout for new sources of diversification and performance relays in strategic allocation. According to a range of studies undertaken in the US and Europe, ...
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Features
Hedge funds: an asset class and a new management model
An objective to generate absolute return During the past 20 years, two types of asset management developed simultaneously, but with different aims. On one hand, the global equity bull market enabled the classic asset management to evolve in a less sophisticated manner, since the achievements were measured through simple benchmarks ...
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Special Report
Good governance will pay back
PGGM is the Dutch pension fund for the healthcare and social welfare sector, responsible for the financial future of over 1m people and their family members. This is a major social responsibility, of which PGGM is very much aware. We reflect this responsibility by pursuing sustainable policies that are based ...
