All Briefing articles – Page 14
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Currency hedging 2.0
Ugo Lancioni, Fredrik Repton and Nikola Petrovic argue that it is possible to make currency hedging more forward looking and better integrated into asset allocation
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Private Equity Fees: Standardisation still elusive
A string of initiatives has attempted to resolve the complexity and opacity of private equity fees. One of latest such initiatives has received mixed reviews from European investors
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Canada’s model evolves
Pension funds have tripled in size since 2003, largely thanks to investment returns. Joel Kranc examines the Canadian model
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Behind Chinese walls
Liyu Zeng and Priscilla Luk analyse the challenges in designing a benchmark to measure the performance of both offshore and onshore listed companies
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Accounting: Lease liabilities are real liabilities
Stephen Bouvier explores the implications for pension liabilities of the IASB’s new leasing standard
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Proxy access: Flexing muscles
Big US public pension plans want listed companies to include shareholders’ director nominees in company proxy statements
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FeaturesCross-Border Pensions: Dutch in first Malta DC set-up
Plegt-Vos is the first Dutch company to relocate a defined contribution plan to Malta.Maarten van Wijk reports
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Investment: Convex protection
With record-low corporate spreads and volatile equity markets, is it time to take a closer look at convertible bonds?
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CEE equities – Middle ground promise
David Turner assesses why Central and Eastern European equities are catching the eye of many investors
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Opportunities in Solvency II
What kind of opportunities and challenges does Solvency II, the new regulatory regime for insurance companies, create for pension schemes?
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Regulation Roundup: Pension developments in Europe
IPE’s overview of regulatory and legislative changes in the pensions landscape in key European countries
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Capital Flows: Capital flees emerging markets
Capital flight from emerging economies is an important part of the story of global stockmarket volatility and plummeting bond yields
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Briefing: Form Filling
Technical breaches of rules on company dividend payments raise corporate governance issues for investors, finds Stephen Bouvier
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Asset Management Fees: What’s the going rate?
Despite calls for a greater level of alignment between asset managers and pension funds, alternative fee models have not yet taken off
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Vietnam: Ripe for take-off
Picking up the pace of Vietnam’s privatisation efforts is key to a more robust capital market, argues Thu Hoai Nguyen
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Strategically speaking: Loomis Sayles
This year, Loomis Sayles will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of its European headquarters in London. The Boston-based active manager has plenty to cheer about its presence this side of the Atlantic
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Hedge Funds: Efficiency or waste?
Negative sentiment against hedge funds is overblown providing investors can identify the right managers using a robust approach, according to Chris Redmond
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Briefing: A longevity step-change?
Was 2015’s unexpected increase in the UK mortality rate a blip or a slowing of the mortality improvement rate?
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Financial technology: big data, greater expectations
In an age of big data, investors are making increasing demands on their managers, who are also faced with rising security and regulatory challenges, writes Vanessa Drucker
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ESG: Accounting for nature
Elisabeth Jeffries reports on a new management tool to help companies assess environmental risks and their use of natural resources
