All IPE articles in September 2011 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Count the cost
An AFM report has revealed that Dutch pension funds are spending up to £3bn a year on hidden asset management costs, reports Mariska van der Westen
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Country Report
UK: NEST and the competition
Next year NEST opens for contributions. But competitors are also hunting on the same turf, writes Kalpana Fitzpatrick
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Features
Irish pension schemes face closure pressure
The stock market volatility witnessed in August has had differing effects on pension funds, depending on the country and its approach to pension investment. In the UK, it has resulted in higher deficits, increasing the possibility of an insurance buy-in and in the Netherlands, it has caused coverage ratios to ...
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Country Report
UK: Bucking the governance trend
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Paul Myners, chairman and partner at Cevian Capital, and Harlan Zimmerman
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Country Report
UK: A breakdown in communication
Sarah Dudney sees frustration in the way asset managers communicate with tustees
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Features
Liam Kennedy: Break some policy eggs
After years of poorly conceived occupational pensions policy, the UK is finally attempting to remedy the situation – at least in the defined contribution area.
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Book Review
Book Review: Compendium of lessons for investors
A review of ‘Expected Returns. An Investor’s Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards’ by Antti Ilmanen, published by Wiley Finance, February 2011.
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Opinion Pieces
Bonds defy downgrade
US pension funds are reassessing their fixed income investment policies after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US rating from AAA, despite the fact that the new AA+ rating did not force them immediately to sell Treasury bonds.
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Better in Belgium?
Mariska van der Westen finds out about the benefits that convinced a Dutch pension fund to join a Belgian OFP
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Special Report
Securities Services: Big is becoming beautiful
The traditional, independent boutique hedge fund administrator will feel the pressure of progressive onshoring and regulation, reports Iain Morse
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Opinion Pieces
Peter de Proft, Director general of the European Fund and Asset Management Association
“Nobody knows what will be the impact of all these new rules”
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Country Report
UK: Conservative approaches
Raj Mody finds that UK companies could be over-paying into defined benefit pension schemes by up to £5bn (€5.7bn) a year
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Features
Jim Robinson: I’m waiting for the alien invasion
Two snippets of news recently caught my eye for peculiar reasons. I say ‘peculiar’ because this summer has brought many eyebrow-raising news stories, including the collapse of the Greek economy, the sovereign debt crisis, the News of the World hacking scandal, the US credit downgrade, the panic in equity markets ...
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Special Report
Securities Services: Fund administrators gear up for change
In a nascent market where there is everything to play for, private equity fund administrators are gearing up for a host of regulatory and market changes, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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Country Report
UK: The buyout market in 2011
Clive Wellsteed reviews the findings of LCP’s fourth annual report on the buyout market
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Features
Surprise tactics
Martin Steward spoke with Paul Haines, CIO of Trafalgar House Pension Trust, about its break with tradition to launch a pioneering investment strategy
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Features
The long and short of it
With the deep-value trade over and macroeconomic volatility abundant, Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the case for absolute return in credit
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Features
Pieter’s Italian job
The best thing about August is holidays – this year two weeks by the beach in on the Italian Riviera with my wife and children. Italy is the best for family holidays; everything is to hand. Life is relaxed, the weather is fine, the food is good and the wine flows in the evening.
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Special Report
Securities Services: What’s lacking with infrastructure
Infrastructure can generate high administration costs because of non-standard valuation, benchmarking and performance measurement, finds Emma Cusworth
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Interviews
Initiative focused
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has learnt lessons from the past. Losses incurred during 2007-08 by five of its fixed income funds, which were marketed as conservative strategies, led to lawsuits filed by among others the Houston Police Officers’ Pensions System and Prudential Financial.
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