All Guest Viewpoint articles – Page 16
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Will Price, International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
We live in a world of integrated markets where co-operation and cohesion of our diverse regulatory approaches is key to understanding and mitigating the impact of the global financial turmoil.
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Con Keating, head of research, BrightonRock Group
The September edition of IPE contained articles on valuation, securities lending, collateral management and lessons from the financial crisis. Observations such as: ‘any exposure needs to be collateralised’ and ‘an aggressive move to daily margining’ set the tone but also brought to mind the Vietnam War era expression ‘collateral damage’.
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“Is your pension fund a Sweden or a Colombia?”
Longevity is widely recognised as a key risk. Hewitt’s recent global risk survey, carried out in the fourth quarter of 2008, recognised that improvements in longevity appear high on the list of risk factors concerning companies – more so in the UK than equity market risk. But how many schemes ...
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Guest Viewpoint
Target date: “There is ample room for added value between one size-fits-all solutions and do-it-yourself approaches to long-term investment decisions”
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“The real goal of risk management is to give decision makers a more intimate understanding of their portfolio”
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“Seeing that the key to restoring stability lies with them, pension funds are a growing force for change”
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Is the emperor wearing clothes?
Norman Chait argues that hedge funds should again perform their traditional role of providing genuine sources of non-correlated returns and downside protections
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A stockpickers’ market
History suggests a good decade ahead for equities, but good stockpicking will enjoy handsome returns even in a stagnating market, argue Habib Subjally and Perry Winfield
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“If the PPF were to be overwhelmed by claims, the taxpayer would almost certainly end up paying”
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Opinion Pieces“A long-term average interest rate will improve the solvency position of Dutch funds”
The pension sector is in dire straits. In the Netherlands, a majority of funds show a funding ratio lower than ever, indicating that they cannot fulfil their liabilities in the long term (their funding ratio is below 100%).
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Opinion PiecesBrave new world?
When liquidity was abundant, serious bottom-up credit analysis was neglected in favour of spurious correlation assumptions. The credit crisis brings us back to a more cautious new world, writes Roger Sadewsky
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Opinion Pieces“Any ALM study should consider the effects of Black Swan events”
Pension schemes are suffering a double blow at the moment. As well as increased deficits there are also concerns about the strength of the sponsor.
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Cutting through the Babel
This year’s new European Parliament and Commission provide an opportunity for a review and rethink of pan-European pensions
