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NewsDo politicians really have the stomach to reform pensions?
Will European politicians ever be able to walk the walk on raising retirement ages?
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NewsWedgwood case on charities' pension obligations is 'tip of the iceberg'
Exempting charities from last-man-standing obligations could have 'wide-ranging' implications.
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Opinion Pieces
In the line of fire
The $225bn (€177bn) California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) used to be considered a leader in setting new trends, such as investing to improve companies’ corporate governance or to achieve environmental and social goals. But today it is in the line of fire, with critics pointing to its disappointing results and pushing for big changes.
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Martin Steward: Do hedge funds delay reporting results to save face?
Research shows significant correlation of poor performance, delayed reporting across all funds.
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The Scotland Bill's uncertain impact on pension costs
Law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn outlines some of the problems the current Bill would pose.
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Risk parity: Just another flavour of diversified growth?
A simplistic view of strategy has ‘distorted’ its potential, says First Quadrant’s Edgar Peters.
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Opinion Pieces
Hedge funds face clip
Hedge funds enjoyed record inflows in 2011 as new assets from US pension funds poured into their coffers. But it was also a horrible year for their performance and investors put a lot of pressure on them for better terms.
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Opinion Pieces
Liz Murrall & Jonathan Lipkin, Investment Management Association
Much has been written about investment managers churning stocks, to the detriment of client returns, investee companies and potentially the overall stability of the economy.
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NewsSeek refuge in families as investment skies darken in 2012, pension funds say
Consequences of euro-zone break up "impossible to oversee and hedge" says Dutch fund.
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NewsThe 'New Style' of working longer
Society has been overrun by the reality of ageing and must adopt a new approach.
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NewsThe impact of Solvency II on pension costs and efficiency
Authorities' complacency on the decline of DB takes some explaining, argues Con Keating.
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NewsThe worst-case scenario: How to deal with low growth and high inflation
What to do with low growth and high inflation? The Phillips Curve just might hold the answer.
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NewsDurban: The pathway to where and when?
Carlos Joly sifts through the good and the bad at the recent UN talks on climate change.
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NewsEconomic scenarios for strategic risk management
Ortec Finance's Hens Steehouwer and Guus Boender take a closer look at SRM.
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NewsSingle currency, single everything
When you have a single currency, everything must be single, argues Marinos Gialeli.
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NewsA comedy of errors: The European Commission's stance on Solvency II
Con Keating on the folly of applying Solvency II rules to defined benefit pension funds.
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NewsStandard & Poor's makes the case for new banking criteria
S&P's Jayan Dhru explains the reasoning behind the agency's new thinking.
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NewsI polder, you polder
Just how effective has the Dutch 'polder' approach to pensions reform been?
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NewsWhat the revised IORP Directive should focus on
The original Directive was inadvisable for a number of reasons, says Liam Kennedy.
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NewsOne Europe: The advent of a new federalist system
Europe's own latent weakness has pushed it toward a more federal system, says Harry Smorenberg.
