Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 233
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Features
Diary of an Investor: Can you see the bigger picture?
There are some things we in the investment office of Wasserdicht Pension Funds don’t want to get involved in and one of them is internal group politics. For that we have our trustee board, which is responsible for making the decisions in any case, and our formidable chairman of trustees, Rolf.
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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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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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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Race to upgrade EFSI
Legislative moves to support the EU’s European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) are being rushed through Brussels. But, so far, evidence of any torrent of fund movement by the institutional investment sector across EU frontiers has yet to emerge.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: In search of balance
A woman leads one of the US pension funds most committed to long-terminism. She is Theresa J Whitmarsh, executive director of the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB), managing over $100bn (€89bn) of state pension, insurance, and other assets. She is also an advocate for a better gender balance in the financial industry, especially in the private equity sector.
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Chris Woods - FTSE Russell
“If China were to be classified as an emerging market today, the impact would be substantial”
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Features
Is your roof fixed?
With market volatility, oil price falls, interest rate increases in the US and QE in Europe, the investment landscape has rarely looked so clouded
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Country ReportPensions in Ireland: No universal solution
Despite promising comprehensive pension reform and after five years in government, Ireland’s Fine Gael-Labour-led coalition is months away from an election without a significant road map for change
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Special ReportUK Defined Contribution: Mastering the master trusts
Master trusts are attracting most of the UK’s auto-enrolment savings. We look at the market’s regulation, its sustainability and what could change
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Asset Class ReportsSmall & Mid-Cap Equities: Digging for victory
Successfully investing in small and medium-sized companies involves getting to know the intricacies of how relatively simple businesses work
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: A simmering conflict
Conflict continues to simmer over the issue of passport rights for non-EU-domiciled hedge funds across the EU
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Features
Keep politics out of pensions
Pension funds and asset managers should focus more on their role of providing retirement income and less on political questions. Indeed, it would be best if the pensions industry ditched entirely what has become known as ESG (environmental, social and governance).
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Country Report
IAPF: Look to the future
Despite a growing economy and regulatory developments in the defined benefit sector, Ireland still faces challenges in its pensions system. Jerry Moriarty urges long-term considerations to form part of future pensions policy
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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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Asset Class Reports
US small & mid-caps: In the land of the brave
Led by technology and healthcare, the US small-cap sector is the most dynamic in the world but some companies are becoming overvalued
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Bad deal from IRAs
Americans are saving more in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), but this vehicle has the highest fees and the lowest returns, according to a new study by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College. This means trouble for retirees.
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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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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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Special Report
UK DC: Providers face payout challenge
UK product providers are grappling with how best to pay out income in retirement
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Asset Class Reports
Mid-caps: Time to take the middle road
Offering better outperformance than large-caps and more robust than small-caps, mid-caps are particularly attractive
