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  • Features

    Recovery 'off for this year'

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Ready for take-off

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    Flaws in the fabric of the Japanese economy still mar the outlook for equities in the country. But equity strategists are now cautiously optimistic about the prospects for share prices in Japan – at least in comparison to the outlook for equity markets in the US and Europe. Hopes are ...

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    Ready for a revolution

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    Asset management is a relatively young industry, which has become increasingly popular over the past 20 years. Rising incomes and demographic changes in the developed economies has meant more opportunities and a greater need to save. Likewise, a greater need for professional management has emerged in the wake of the ...

  • Features

    'Simplify pensions'

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Parting of the ways

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    The City of Zurich Pension Fund certainly belongs to the city as a wide range of local bodies use it as their pensions provider. In addition to city employees, other employers’ staffs can join whose work is of ‘special interest’ for the city, such as housing associations, explains the fund’s ...

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    NY teachers opt for S&P

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Moving up a notch

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Skandia's unit-linked mission

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Shining a light

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Still signs of life

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    The fund management industry in Switzerland continues to be one of the most dynamic markets in Europe, despite growth of assets slowing down. According to figures published by the Swiss Fund Association (SFA), the country’s fund market didn’t attract significant inflows during last year, even though the number of new ...

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    MSCI to launch new US series

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Investing in US timberland

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    Over the past 20 years, US institutional investments in timberland have increased remarkably, starting at just $4 million in 1981 and reaching $10 billion by 2001. In this article, we look at why timberland has gained the interest of institutional investors, and what the future holds for those considering timberland ...

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    Lowering the return hurdle

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    It has been one of the hot issues of the market and the government finally decided to do something about it. The minimum interest rate for occupational pensions in Switzerland of 4% has been seen as a huge legal constraint that was making asset manager and insurers’ lives very difficult ...

  • Special Report

    The long, hot summer

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    S&P to run Hong Kong's indices

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    You cannot leave home without it

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    The euro rise has focused attention on the importance of currency management. If you are invested in non-European equities, and hedged the currency risk, then your fund lost 20.9% in the first half of this year. If your international equity managers did not currency hedge, then this loss was increased ...

  • Special Report

    Special indices 'help SRI'

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    Swiss lower guaranteed rate

    September 2002 (Magazine)

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    How Shell spreads the gospel

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    The Shell International group has an impressive pedigree and scale when it comes to pensions provision for its 90,000 employees across the globe. To put this into context, at the end of 2000, the group had pension assets of around $50bn (E51bn). There are in excess of 40 funded schemes ...

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    Globalists take it with them

    September 2002 (Magazine)

    Until 20 years ago, expatriates were a relatively rare species. Expatriates were transferred abroad mostly to provide particular technical or management skills that were not locally available. Along with the international transfer usually came a generous reward package. Times have changed. Most multinationals nowadays employ sizeable mobile employee populations. With ...