Latest Special Reports – Page 111
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Special ReportFilling a gap in the public sector
Contractual workers in the public sector lack the pension rights of their full time colleagues. George Coats finds a man on a mission to redress this imbalance
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Special ReportLight touch regime
Belgium’s regulator tells George Coats about the thinking behind Belgium’s new pensions framework and how he will police it
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Special ReportIntroducing a new framework
Thierry Verkest explains the recent legislative and regulatory changes that have transformed Belgium’s pensions landscape, and outlines some of the continuing debates
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Special ReportLearning to live with volatility
As pension funds adapt to a new regulatory structure and deal with market instability, asset managers are having to assess how funds may respond, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Special ReportFiduciary management
In the Netherlands, fiduciary management for pension funds has become common. According to a recent survey by the advisory firm KPMG, of the 80% of schemes with fully contracted out asset management, one third has a fiduciary manager. But funds that have already appointed a fiduciary manager may also appoint ...
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Special ReportOff the record: Bean counters called to account
Few issues have generated so much controversy among Europe’s corporate pension schemes as the application of international accounting standards (IAS). In Switzerland, the introduction of IAS19 has led pension lawyers to re-define Pensionskassen as defined contribution (DC) rather than defined benefit (DB) schemes in an effort to escape its provisions. In the Netherlands, industry-wide schemes have argued that the involvement of a large number of corporate sponsors has made the implementation of IAS19 impossible.
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Special ReportExtra-financial coverage broadens
Extra-financial issues (EFIs), especially environmental issues, are receiving broader and more sophisticated research coverage, according to the seventh semi-annual Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) evaluation. EAI chairman Peter Scales (pictured above) puts this down to increasing external pressure and the recognition by a growing number of financial institutions of a link ...
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Special ReportInvestment consultants forum
Liam Kennedy spoke to senior figures from Hewitt, Mercer and Watson Wyatt about the new partnership-based relationships that they are forging with their clients
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UniSuper develops new risk budgeting
Richard Newell talks to David St John, chief investment officer of UniSuper, about hedge fund transparency and the fund's plan for a new SRI option
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Here comes the sun
Over the past couple of years, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to sustainability and alternative energy funds by media and investors alike. And typically, one of the components of alternative energy funds is solar power technology, also known as photovoltaics (PV). Many in the investment industry hold ...
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Healthy investment
Michael Pederson, CIO of PKA, the Danish health and social services workers’ fund, tells Brendan Maton about the positive side to principled investment
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Attention to detail needed in SE Asia
Mukul Asher recommends some specific changes to social policy and the level of governance within pension structures of the South East Asian nations
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SRI mutual funds growth
SRI mutual funds across Europe continue to grow, both in terms of numbers and assets under management, according to corporate social responsibility ratings agency Vigeo Italia.
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For better or for worse
One of the deterrents of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies is the perception of missing out on returns when investing in them.
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Do we expect too much of trustees?
Brian Holden argues that the current model of the part-time, non-specialist trustee cannot continue indefinitely
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Enigmatic as ever
Japanese companies are rightly praised for their stance on many responsible investment issues. But there remain some deep-seated structural problems. Richard Newell reports
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Advancing the cause of shareholders' rights
Abe De Ramos documents the rise of shareholder activism in Asia and the incremental progress being made
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Consequences of a Dutch affair
Leading Dutch pension funds have found it hard to brush off televised allegations about some of their investments. Fair or not, the Zembla programme has certainly stimulated some re-examination of ESG policies, as Nina Röhrbein reports
