All IPE articles in September 2011 (Magazine) – Page 3

  • Special Report

    Driving forward

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Niall Mills discusses the relationship between responsible investment and the inflation-linked income generated by infrastructure assets

  • Features

    Different policies on insurance

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Using insurance firms to provide protection for pension fund liabilities is a popular solution among DB schemes. Gail Moss looks at the various forms these insurance policies can take

  • Emerging Market Debt: Going multi-asset
    Asset Class Reports

    Emerging Market Debt: Going multi-asset

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    First it was equity, then bonds – and most recently investors have been exploring emerging market currencies. Martin Steward asks if it pays to bring the three together

  • Country Report

    The Netherlands: Pension deal - the industry reacts

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    The long-awaited Dutch pension reform agreement has drawn both praise and criticism from the industry, reports Mariska van der Westen

  • Special Report

    Curbing corruption

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Nina Röhrbein reports on how the investment industry is guarding against the recent rise in corporate corruption

  • Interviews

    Setting sail for calmer waters

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    By the time Jeremy Baskin took the helm of AXA Rosenberg, its previous CEO, Stéphane Prunet, had spent 13 months steering the widely-venerated quant house, with great steadfastness, through the worst storm ever to engulf it.

  • Features

    Funds unfazed by ban

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Almost 70% of respondents to this month’s Off The Record survey told us they had not decided to suspend securities lending in light of recent market turbulence and the short-selling bans imposed by four European countries. However, a Danish fund that had decided to suspend securities lending stated that they had taken this action as “the earnings are too little compared with the risks”.

  • Country Report

    The Netherlands: Yeah baby, yeah

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Tim Burggraaf assesses the Dutch market for PPI structures

  • Features

    Attention to themes for the long term

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Alternative indices may still represent a small portion of the market, but could become much more important in future because they satisfy investor needs for stability and diversity beyond traditional indices. This is the conviction of MSCI, one of the largest providers in this industry, as Theodore Niggli, head of the index business at MSCI, explains.

  • Features

    From our perspective: All-terrain vehicles

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    As one commentator points out in this issue, Dutch pension funds were regarded as high performance cars in the early 1990s. High equity allocations and a cash-flow positive status meant many enjoyed years of good returns in the 1980s and 90s, riding the heights of the equity bull market and barely scathed by the 1987 crash. Perceived as ‘rich’, by politicians, they could be taxed and any remaining surplus distributed to employers.

  • Special Report

    Securities Services: Embrace the information age

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Cyril Demaria argues that private equity has everything to win from a more systematic and transparent approach to reporting information W

  • Features

    IAS19 washes whiter

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    Stephen Bouvier assesses some reactions to the revised IAS19 accounting provisions on employee benefits

  • Features

    DC products 2.0

    September 2011 (Magazine)

    The new generation of DC products may well evolve in the way that the internet has turned into web 2.0, according to Nick Lyster and Amin Rajan