Asset Allocation – Page 134
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Africa rides the Asian zebra
South Africa remains the continent’s superpower but Asian economic influence is increasing in Africa, writes George Coats
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Trends fuel growth of professionalism
The investments of caisses de retraites are evolving to cope with a changing landscape, as Jean-Claude Angoulvant and Frédéric Petiniot explain
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Pensions panacea
Pension Revolutionby Keith Ambachtsheer ISBN 13/978-0-470-08723-7 Price: $80 (€60) hardcover 336 pages hardback John Wiley & Sons n his preface, Keith Ambachtsheer dedicates his third book to the idea that the adverse events of the first half of this decade have finally created the conditions to realise the pensions vision ...
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On track for a new future
Last month Johan Vanbuylen retired as director of FBZ Electriciens, the industry-wide pension plan for the Belgian electrical sector, which he had headed since its inception in 2002. The scheme has 40,000 members and €32m under management. George Coats talks to him
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Europe shows on Robeco radar
Robeco, a Netherlands-based asset manager with global ambitions, has set itself three broad objectives for 2007 and beyond - to invest in Europe, to grow in the US and to seed in the emerging markets. George Möller, who moved from Euronext to become Robeco’s chief executive in 2004, says investment ...
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US pension funds on private equity roll
What might US pension funds reply to Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) about the dangers of private equity? Ahead of June’s G8 summit, the TUC’s general secretary, Brendan Barber, is going to ask pension funds from other countries to rethink their investment policy and stop fuelling buyout fever. Barber said ...
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Turning private equity into a public enemy
As private equity deals get bigger, opposition to activities of buy-out firms has grown. Pension funds’ duty is to achieve the best returns through a diversified investment strategy, which may include private equity. But the jobs of pension members can be harmed by the activities of private equity firms
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Margins holding up despite high-yield dip
Yield curve/duration Government bonds and other top quality credit have benefited from sharp rise in volatility and subsequent ‘flight-to-quality’ moves. Short-dated bond yields have fallen to such an extent in Europe that the market is not pricing in more European Central Bank (ECB) rate hikes this year. Although most investors ...
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Quaker values keep DB flag flying
In retaining its defined benefit scheme, the family-owned Musgrave Group is reflecting the ethical values that are the bedrock of its attitude towards its employees. David White spoke with Noel Keeley
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Reflections on reaching half a century
Roland van den Brink, managing director of investment at the Dutch PME pension fund, talks to Brendan Maton about family heroes and industry influences
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Beyond nationhood
The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income Edited by Gordon Clark, Alicia Munnell and Michael Orszag, with the assistance of Kate Williams. ISBN-10: 0-19-927246-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927246-4 936 pages hardback Price: £85 (€124) Oxford University Press This is a welcome new handbook and it is easy to predict that it ...
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Where investors look for returns
The latest boom in private equity investment is marked by increasing diversity and the complexity of the various strategies, says Laurence Zage
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Going beyond organic growth
An ability to add value in a tougher market is what distinguishes the better private equity firms from their less dynamic peers, argues Joseph Mariathasan
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Moving mountains overnight
With a career spanning more than 23 years in all real estate disciplines ING Real Estate Investment Management CEO David Blight knows as well as anyone the challenges facing institutional investors in real estate today. Speed of reaction is one of them, as he explains to Martin Hurst
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How pure is your real estate?
The real estate market is growing in complexity, but how far do the various options actually reflect the underlying market? Nick Duff investigates
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Swings and roundabouts
Open-ended funds flaunt their liquidity and performance, but how far can they actually deliver both? Michael Clarke investigates
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Stay focused
A US perspective on real estate investing comes from Townsend’s Terry Ahern who argues that the issues of pricing, and the decline in opportunities can be tackled using a few basic principles
