All Briefing articles – Page 25
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FeaturesNatural Catastrophe Risk - Cats land on their feet
Catastrophe risk delivered positive returns in 2008 amid rising downside correlation but was not immune from credit exposure, finds Martin Steward
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Pension funds – future farmers
Pirkko Juntunen records the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world
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FeaturesLessons from Canada
Gail Moss assesses the challenges Canada is facing in the area of workplace pensions
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Survival of the fittest
Surviving the financial meltdown has left the strongest names ready to monopolise the wave of public and private sector refinancing. But Richard Hemming still finds that a return to the heady valuations of the pre-crisis unlikely
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Does compulsion work?
Gail Moss looks at whether compulsory contributions make for better workplace pensions
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FeaturesDC: Lessons from around the world
Gail Moss asks whether Europe can learn lessons from the DC systems in countries such as Australia, Chile and the US
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EFRP surveys workplace pensions
Julie Henderson reports on the results of EFRP research into the state of workplace defined contribution schemes across Europe
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Untapped potential
Charlotte Adlung makes the case for Africa, warning that poor governance and infrastructure is the main stumbling block to investment
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Keeping the global engine cool
Emerging markets might not have suffered the same financial pains as developed markets during the credit crisis, but Maha Khan Phillips finds they have a host of fiscal and monetary decisions to make as things get back to normal
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Regulation roundup
Gail Moss highlights key legislative and regulatory developments for pensions across seven European countries
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Multi-asset inflation funds
There are several multi-asset funds mandated to match or beat inflation. Martin Steward asks whether they are anything more than re-packaged absolute return products
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Bucking the trends
Martin Steward examines the big claims that are made for managed futures’ non-correlation with traditional assets, other hedge funds and even each other
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Benchmark and save
Gail Moss finds out how pension funds can use benchmarking to reduce their operating costs
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Follow your members
Social media is boosting communication between pension funds and members, and among members themselves, says Gail Moss
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FeaturesEnter the global dimension
There is no rule that says emerging market securities are the only – or even the best – source of emerging market exposure. Martin Steward looks at access points closer to home
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FeaturesMilitary timing softens crisis blow
Reeta Paakkinen spoke to Caner Öner, senior adviser at Oyak, the €5.6bn Turkish military pension fund
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Spreading the risk
Diversified growth lives up to its name, covering a diverse range of institutional strategies with diverse potential uses for pension funds, finds Christine Senior. But is the strategy discredited?
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Under my roof
If you manage money in-house you must ask yourself whether your aim is to add value or to save on fees. Now is also a good time to find talented staff, finds Gail Moss
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Essential governance
Gail Moss presents IPE’s guide to pension fund governance and how to do it better
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Easy riders
Portfolios of minimum variance stocks appear to reproduce a true risk factor beta that can outperform cap-weighted benchmarks. Martin Steward asks why no-one uses them in the real world
