Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 250
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: In the eye of the beholder
Good governance is perhaps easier to identify from a distance than it is to put in place. By the very nature of decisions, its benefits for pension funds are easier to assess with the benefit of hindsight
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In US Equities: It’s the economy, stupid
The prospects for US equity markets depend largely on the performance of the underlying economy
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
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Country Report
Italy's Second-Pillar: Pension fund competition
A close look at Italian second-pillar pension funds reveals structural imbalances and growing risks. For the many employees without a supplementary pension it is hard to decide what to do
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Features
US Equities: Elephant in the room
The US equity market is the elephant in the room for any institutional investor. It has also been a very excitable elephant with the S&P500 reaching all-time highs in the first half of 2015
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Features
Belgium’s pensions challenge
Belgium’s pension plan sponsors have struggled to adapt the International Accounting Standards (IAS) 19 accounting model
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Special Report
Tracking Railpen’s switch
Liam Kennedy asks Paul Trickett about the progress the Railpen Investments board is making in changing the way it invests
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: Time to go?
Leaving the US equity party early may mean foregoing big gains, according to Christopher O’Dea
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Country Report
Interview: Elsa Fornero - Easing Italy’s pain
Elsa Fornero explains how the pension reforms she introduced while in government brought Italy back from the brink of financial collapse
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Features
Turkey: Private fund growth on track
The Turkish government is reforming its private pensions system in a bid to boost the country’s savings rate
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Special Report
ABN Amro Pension Fund: Regime change
Geraldine Leegwater tells Mariska van der Westen how the ABN Amro Dutch pension fund project managed its transition to collective defined contribution
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: A value perspective
George Sertl gives a value manager’s view of the US equity market with a focus on key sectors
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Features
The political dimension of Italy's pensions
Pensions and politics are seldom friends. Politicians, more often than not, seek short-term policy impact; pension systems take time and patience to develop. This tension is unravelling in Italy
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Country Report
Regulation: Frustration paramount
Italy’s pension system is in the midst of a reform process that started 20 years ago
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Features
Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
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Special Report
Industry Comments: In your experience…
We asked leading industry figures: what can pension fund boards do better? How much time should boards spend on pension fund matters outside meetings and how much should they be paid?
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Asset Class Reports
US Equities: US banks lose lustre
Dodd-Frank and other post-crisis regulation have changed the US banking sector with structurally lower returns on equity
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Country ReportItaly's pension reform must foster equality
The Italian government needs to implement equitable pension reform measures if it is to avoid tension between the generations
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Special Report
CalPERS: A matter of belief
CalPERS, the giant Californian state pension fund, recently evaluated an investment beliefs framework it introduced in 2013
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Emerging hopes
Rachel Fixsen looks at the lifting of investment restrictions and their effect on the asset allocation strategies of Italian pension funds
