All IPE articles in September 2007 (Magazine) – Page 3

  • Features

    FTK and LDI make strong case for outsourcing

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The growth of liability driven investment strategies in response to the demands of the new financial framework has increased the attractions of outsourcing for Dutch pension funds, Heather McKenzie reports

  • Features

    Pinning hopes on hybrid pension plans

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The attraction of the typical average wage defined benefit (DB) scheme in the Netherlands is that it is a hybrid DB-DC plan, midway between the certainties of a traditional DB plan and the risk of a DC plan, say Eduard Ponds and Bart van Riel

  • Features

    Why Mn Services is putting on weight

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Mn Services’ acquisition of PME’s business will give it the critical mass it needs to compete at the top level of pensions provision, Mn Services chairman Rudolf Hagendijk tells Leen Preesman

  • Features

    Cracks appear under a calm surface

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    The hitherto stable world of asset management in the Netherlands has been shaken by a series of tremors in the past year. Highest on the Richter scale is the concept of fiduciary management raising questions of loss of control and conflicts of interest. Gail Moss reports

  • Features

    Beta: genuinely active management

    September 2007 (Magazine)

    Getting your beta right is one of the main challenges for an institutional investor, and alpha and beta management strategies provide a new emerging framework for institutional asset management. Bob Rädecker and Alfred Slager explain PGGM’s philosophy and innovations behind beta management