All articles by Liam Kennedy – Page 23
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New group to reveal int'l pension opportunities
[16:50 CET 23-03] EUROPE - Europe’s first international pension education group will hold its first course on 25 May and is looking for the backing of more national pension associations.
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Special ReportIn the mix
Asset managers hire specialists dedicated to getting closer to them, their forays into multi-management have been the source of interest and controversy. Liam Kennedy assesses the new mix of services in the investment consulting industry
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FeaturesMake the portfolio sweat
Liam Kennedy spoke to the BVK’s Daniel Just and André Heimrich about the progress they are making with their diversification programme
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APG set to unveil its corporate strategy
[17:15 CET 27-02] NETHERLANDS – APG Group, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dutch pension fund for healthcare workers ABP, is now developing the next stage of its international expansion plans following its recent merger with rival firm Cordares.
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Features
Doing it whose way?
Frank Sinatra’s career was famously long-lived. It was also notable for a series of farewell concerts, at one of which the singer collapsed on stage. He was 78 at the time and died at 82. For DB pension funds, seeing members over 80 at annual pensioner meetings is not unusual, ...
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Features
Two paths to passive tactics
There are more and more ways to access passive investment strategies – in terms of fund types, approaches to benchmark replication and the range of providers. Here, Liam Kennedy looks at sampling and synthetic approaches to indexation
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FeaturesA driving interest in convertible hybrids
Convertibles are on the agenda. They played a leading role in financing the US railroad boom of the start of the 20th century, and in Japan in the 1980s when the countr y’s issuance represented 40% of the global convertible market. Bank recapitalisation will involve them. Goldman Sach’s agreement with ...
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Tempered optimism across Europe
IPE asked six pension organisations across Europe: ‘How have you been affected by the recent market turmoil?’ Interviews conducted by Nina Röhrbein/Liam Kennedy/George Coats
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FeaturesPressure to re-bundle
Liam Kennedy concludes that the German version of fiduciary management will look different from its Dutch counterpart
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FeaturesImplementing personal accounts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Paul Myners, chairman of PADA, about default options, charges and implementing best practice for the new personal accounts system
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FeaturesThe step-by-step route towards efficiency
Liam Kennedy speaks to Bernhard Wiesner, head of corporate pensions at German multinational Bosch, about the challenges faced by creating a single Europe-wide pension scheme
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Mn Services plans UK debut
[10:00 CEST 23-05] UK/NETHERLANDS - Mn Services, the Dutch pension provider and fiduciary manager, is in the advanced stages of recruiting an individual to head a UK office slated for opening by the end of the year.
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Watson Wyatt calls on pension funds to review focus
[14:00 CEST 15-05] GLOBAL - Pension funds should reduce their external investment management costs by 10 basis points and use this saving to increase their internal resources, consulting firm Watson Wyatt has suggested.
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Funding: getting it off your chest
The Pensionsfonds vehicle was created in to fund pension liabilities off balance sheet. Liam Kennedy assesses views on funding trends in German corporates
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German pensions "suffer advice gap"
[14:00 CEST 07-04] GERMANY – The German funded pension system is suffering from a lack of quality advice provision for individuals, Prof Bert Rürup told today’s Handelsblatt occupational pensions conference in Berlin.
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FeaturesThe sleeping giant of Valley Forge
A triumvirate of US asset managers dominate passive investment. Between them, State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), Vanguard and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) manage over $3.5trn (€2.3trn). But while BGI and SSgA have built hedge fund and active management businesses, and have swept up business in European pension markets, Vanguard has ...
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Features
Fortis Investments looks to fiduciary
The fortunes of a CEO can vary with the tides, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. Sometimes a merger makes their position redundant; other times it can catapult the CEO to the helm of a new entity that has changed beyond recognition. Fortis Investments’ future was ...
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Hewitt reveals details of its delegated consulting future
[11:00 CET 05-03] GLOBAL - Hewitt is to offer pooled liability matching fund and a diversified growth fund as part of its move to what it terms delegated consulting, the firm has confirmed.
