All IPE articles in September 2005 (Magazine)
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Features
Are managers up to speed?
There is increasing awareness among pension fund trustees that derivatives can benefit portfolio management – and some pressure from fund managers to permit the use of more types of derivative products in their portfolios. However, trustees should exercise some caution. Not all managers have the operational capability to support increasingly ...
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Features
Living with uncertainty
The atmosphere surrounding Swedish pension funds has been positive over the past 12 months with good returns, especially from equities, boosting confidence. However, some see the impending implementation of the EU pensions directive as a cloud on the horizon. One fund that sees adjusting to the pensions directive as a ...
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Features
Putting the jigsaw together
Dealing with deficits and regulation – they are the two things uppermost in people’s minds in the UK pension industry today. It’s not so much regulation itself that is the intrinsic problem; it’s more in the implementation and uncertainty surrounding it that causes difficulties. As one consultant puts it, it’s ...