All IPE articles in September 2016 (Magazine)
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Special Report
Texas Teachers: Strength in numbers
Britt Harris, CIO of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, tells IPE about its public markets solutions partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management
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Special ReportThe Netherlands: On the way to a new system
The Dutch cabinet is weighing up proposals for a new sustainable pension system that retains the support of younger workers and is fair to all generations
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Features
Sharp tools needed
Some contend that book reserve pensions took root in Germany because funded pensions, such as they were, had been wiped out in the hyperinflation of the 1920s
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Country Report
Longevity in the spotlight
Scheme-specific adjustments to standard industry tables can help smaller pension funds take into account the effect of longevity, according to Michael Kelly and Glyn Bradley
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Country Report
Liquidity warnings
Regulation is constraining pension funds’ ability to manage risk and they should prepare for future illiquidity
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Union Investment
Union Investment has succeeded in transforming itself into a force in European asset management over the past decade
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Special Report
Spain: Political standstill halts reform
The Spanish pension system needs significant adjustment to ensure its sustainability, but politics has got in the way
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Features
Pension funds should review LDI strategies
Several UK asset managers that specialise in liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies have underperformed their benchmarks this year. This has put a strain on their pension scheme clients’ funding deficits at the worst possible time
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Nationwide Pension Fund
Mark Hedges, CIO of the UK’s Nationwide Pension Fund, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s alternative assets portfolio
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Special Report
France: Pension funds à la française
For the first time occupational pensions are to receive a dedicated regulatory underpinning of their own
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Special Report
Finland: Private sector funds subject to new solvency rules
The parameters of investment and liability risks of first-pillar funds have been re-calculated following a major overhaul of the country’s solvency framework
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Asset Class Reports
Pay heed to ‘feel good’ factors
Socio-economic factors have a strong influence on an emerging market’s competitiveness and ability to generate economic growth over the long term, writes Joseph Mariathasan
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Country ReportPensions In The Netherlands: The end of the road
The sector has run out of options to avoid looming rights cuts, says Leen Preesman
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Features
ESG: Trickle-up dynamics
How much ESG regulation starts its life as an EU directive and how much is introduced by individual member states? Jonathan Williams investigates
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Country Report
A Dutch view on IORP II
IORP II sometimes fails to reflect European case law, according to Hans Van Meerten
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Special ReportGermany: On the pre-election reform drive
The German government is hoping to finalise a major reform of the pension system before key state elections in spring 2017
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Pensions dreamland?
The two presidential candidates disagree on everything except on Social Security, the US federal programme that guarantees basic pension benefits
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Special ReportUK: Pace of reform slows down
Following the relative success of auto-enrolment, the UK has turned its attention to ensuring its pension system is fit for purpose
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Country Report
Diversified Growth Funds: Diffusing the risk
Katherine Lynas and Adam Gillespie point out that strong diversified growth funds distinguish themselves in performance terms at times of heightened market stress
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Project Waffle
For some months now, the powers that be here at Wasserdicht headquarters have been looking at moving our Dutch pension fund over the border to Belgium
