All articles by Carlo Svaluto Moreolo – Page 24
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Interviews
On the Record: How have you broadened your bond exposure?
Three investors - Ilmarinen, MN and SEB Pension - share details about their fixed income allocations
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Industriens Pension
Laila Mortensen, CEO of Denmark’s Industriens Pension, tells IPE about her efforts to improve the fund’s main pension product
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Features
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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Special Report
Special Report: Consultants under scrutiny
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is carrying out a comprehensive review of the asset management industry, which reaches to the heart of investment consultants’ business models
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Special Report
Portfolio Construction: Calculated risks
Factor investing promises to outperform both passive and active management. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo discusses the issue of implementation
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Features
Appeasing the gatekeeper
Last year I attended a drinks reception organised by a UK consultancy. The event was arranged specifically to allow the firm’s staff to meet with the asset management community. The theme running through the opening remarks was simple: “We have no current or future plans to offer fiduciary management, therefore we will never compete with you.”
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your asset allocation?
KBC Pensionfonds, National Employment Savings Trust and PME discuss restructuring asset allocations
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Special ReportInsurance-Linked Securities: Taking the market by storm
Insurance-linked securities are gaining popularity as a diversifying asset class, but what are the available strategies, underlying risks and costs?
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Features
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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FeaturesHow we run our money: Pensioenfonds Metaal OFP
Belgium’s Pensioenfonds Metaal OF has recently turned 15 but already behaves like a seasoned investor. Greet Grauls, finance manager, and Jan Frederickx, operations manager, talk about the fund’s strategy
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you optimise asset management costs?
Three pension funds - FONSEA, Pensions Caixa 30 and Sampension - discuss asset management costs
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Special Report
Who’s afraid of life risk?
Investors in insurance-linked securities (ILS) generally underwrite non-life risk, but sometimes insurers are willing to offload life risk as well, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo. What can investors expect from entering the life-risk market?
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News
Law firm Jones Day prepares for emerging market debt defaults
Firm to analyse legal issues arising from upcoming defaults
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Features
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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FeaturesHow we run our money: PFA Pension
Anders Damgaard, CFO of Denmark’s PFA Pension, share his company’s plans to strengthen internal investment capacity and its quest for yield in illiquid markets
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Country Report
Ireland's DB funding steps up a gear
Irish DB schemes face a new financial buffer from this year. Each of the various ways to meet the risk-reserve standard comes at a considerable cost
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you help members get the best out of DC?
Three pension funds - Almenni, AP7 and Fondo Espero - share insights about their DC schemes
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Features
New answers to old problems
With increasing frequency, leading financial sector professionals and academics are expressing doubts about our financial system
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Special Report
UK DC: Large funds get in on the act
We examine the strategies of two UK defined contribution funds
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News
Fondo Priamo tenders Italian private debt mandate in alternatives push
Italian fund for transport sector employees tenders mandate as it grows alternatives portfolio to 7% of assets
