All Briefing articles – Page 15
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EIOPA: A Dutch view on stress tests
Agnes Joseph, Niels Kortleve, Sibylle Reichert, Peter Vlaar and Siert Vos examine the relevance of EIOPA’s stress testing regime and argue the case for alternative methods of determining a fund’s resilience
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Make cash pay
Cash holders do not have to settle for low yields from traditional cash management vehicles. Enhanced cash vehicles offer higher yields
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Brazil’s trapped potential
Brazil’s huge market and competitive global companies hold out promise for investors but its economic recovery is being fettered by a political impasse
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Age spectre haunts Japan
Abenomics is faring in the battle to bring Japan’s ecomomy out of the doldrums to cope with a rapidly ageing population
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Equity Earnings: Burning the furniture
Many companies with strong balance sheets are using that position to bolster weak income statements
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Briefing: Time for TEE?
The UK government is mulling over a massive shake-up of pensions tax relief in a bid to incentivise retirement savings
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African Private Equity: The bright continent
Carolyn Campbell describes how Africa’s expanding middle class, rising GDP and government policies are fuelling opportunities for private equity
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Pan-European Funds: DC across borders
Running a single pan-European pension scheme is an attractive idea for employers with staff in more than one country
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Pensionsfonds: Still ironing out the kinks
The industry has welcomed a new proposal that could give German Pensionsfonds more flexibility, but some are disappointed it is not part of a broader reform.
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High-Yield Bonds: Uncharted waters
Is the sell-off in high-yield bonds an indicator of broader weakness, or an opportunity for contrarians to pick up yield?
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German Discount Rates: Biases in pension discounting
In common with many countries, falling interest rates have hit German companies and pension funds significantly by increasing their discounted liabilities.
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Assessing AIFMD
Kai Braun considers the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and finds that operating models have stabilised
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DC evolution, Netherlands style
A new pension law next year is expected to speed up the move from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes that has been taking place in the Netherlands in recent years
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US Illiquid Credit: Bankers by default
Structural changes in banking, regulation and low interest rates are transforming the illiquid loans market
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Briefing: Growing importance of the renminbi
Despite recent volatility, the Chinese currency’s role in international trade is growing fast
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Smart beta bonds: Not so fast
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the reasons behind the dearth of smart beta fixed-income products
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Don’t miss out on class action payouts
Class action activity is on the rise in the US where some European institutions have received big payouts
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Accounting Standards: Prudence redux
The International Accounting Standards Board says it has listened to long-term investors and is considering the reintroduction of the concept of prudence into its conceptual framework
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Briefing: What the IASB insurance model could spell for pensions
With the IASB about to embark on an overhaul of pensions accounting, Stephen Bouvier looks at what it might mean to apply the board’s insurance liability model to a pension promise
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Pensions Tracking: On the right track
There are innovative plans to help pan-European workers make sense of their cross-border retirement savings
