All IPE articles in September 2014 (Magazine) – Page 3
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Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: The custodian cornerstone
As the UK continues its discussion of ‘Dutch-style’ collective DC schemes, Carl Giannotta examines changes in the securities services landscape in the Netherlands and how custodians can support such collective schemes across both sides of the North Sea
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Country Report
A nationwide debate
Leen Preesman sets the stage for the consultative debate on the pensions system that will take place throughout the Netherlands this autumn
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Features
Time for a debate
This autumn our government is orchestrating what it calls a ‘national debate’ on the future of our Dutch pension system. We at Wasserdicht Nederland have always taken a prudent approach to our pension schemes and we have remained well funded. Unlike many other Dutch funds, we have not had to implement benefits cuts – something I hope our members appreciate.
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Asset Class Reports
Emerging Market Debt: Grade deflation
Take out the 2008-09 crisis, and the past 18 months have seen emerging market credit rating downgrades outnumber upgrades for the first time in over a decade. Joseph Mariathasan asks if the loss of momentum in ratings convergence is a sign of weakening fundamentals or a return to old prejudices
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Asset Class Reports
Emerging Market Debt: Default judgement
The US Supreme Court judgement that led to Argentina’s eighth debt default is an alarming precedent for both emerging and developed sovereigns, argues Rani Mina
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Features
Not the destination but the path
Vassilios Papathanakos and David Schofield explain why it’s easier to estimate volatility than forecast returns, and why it matters for superior returns and better risk management
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Opinion Pieces
Learning disabilities
Who would invest in a sector that has lagged the Stoxx 600 by 1.1% in overall growth and by 0.3% in EPS growth for the last 19 years on an annual basis?
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Features
Minimum variance, maximum duration
The prevalence of highly-indebted companies and sectors in minimum-variance portfolios could expose investors to interest rate risk, warns Mehdi Guissi
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Country Report
Dutiful fiduciaries
Paul Lee outlines the perspective of the NAPF on the Law Commission review and its implications for pension funds
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Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: Margin of error
It’s tough making an honest euro in custody banking. Users of these services might be forgiven for thinking that wherever banks can bury sharp practices in obscure parts of their businesses, they will – and the findings of the UK finance regulator’s recent investigation into transition management won’t put their minds at rest.
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Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: In time, every time
Ido de Geus outlines what pension funds and their service providers need to do to ensure they are ready for the collateral-hungry regulatory environment that awaits them in a few months’ time
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Country Report
Focus on the future
What should be the focus of the national pensions dialogue? IPE asked leading figures where the discussions should go
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Features
Focus Group: Political risk versus reward
Unsurprisingly for anyone who has caught a news broadcast during 2014, 20 of the investors polled for this month’s Focus Group think that political risk has increased over the past 12 months, with the five remaining funds saying it has stayed about the same. None feels that it has decreased.
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Country Report
Implications of FTK
Dennis van Eck outlines the changes contained within the new Dutch FTK and the effect they will have upon pension funds
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Country Report
A national rule for local funds
Taha Lokhandwala looks at radical proposals to reform local government pension investment in England and Wales
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Features
No place like homes
Christophe Caspar looks into whether or not European housing is a safe home for fixed income investors
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Country Report
Ten years of LDI
Barry Jones wonders how many people in 2004 would have thought investments would be the single biggest investment exposure for UK schemes by 2014
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Features
Russia in the limelight
With or without the situation in Ukraine, the shooting down of flight MH17 and international sanctions, the economic outlook for Russia is questionable. We asked two respected observers whether pension funds should pull out
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Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: Minority report
As deadlines for mandatory reporting of OTC derivative trades under EU rules pass, Daniel Ben-Ami finds a fair amount of confusion and evidence of non-compliance
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