All Special Report articles – Page 108
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Downturn offers boardrooms opportunity for reassessment
Governance consultant Lynn Ralph talks about what institutional investors can learn from the her experience working with Australian superannuation funds
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Play your swaps cards right
There are still opportunities at the right price for investors looking to hedge their risk via swaps. But, as Gill Wadsworth finds, they must take great care over timing and choice of counterparty
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Special ReportStock lending – worth the candle?
Nina Röhrbein finds that the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the shorting bans in major markets have prompted some European pension funds to suspend their stocklending activities
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Special ReportCommodities attract scrutiny
Investors need to ensure they have suitable knowledge of counterparty risk when dealing with commodities, reports Gill Wadsworth
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Don’t write off CDS just yet
Despite the knocking credit default swaps have received because of the credit crisis, David White finds they can still offer a useful hedge against risk
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ICAP recommends reforms to OTC
A recent report argues the OTC market should improve price transparency but should not move to an exchange traded basis, says Lynn Strongin Dodds
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On the road to mainstream
A new report suggests growth in responsible investments is unstoppable despite the credit crunch. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special ReportGet the risks right
Tony Freeman addresses the increasing importance of operational issues for asset managers
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Special ReportA guide to counterparty risk
Mark Petit and Jeroen van der Hoek of Cardano explain the nature of counterparty risk in some of the most common over the counter (OTC) transactions and discuss how investors in OTC markets have fared in these testing times
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NPRF separates commodity risks
The default of swaps provider Lehman Brothers in October 2008 sent shockwaves through the investment community and made some investors re-examine their commodity swaps positions. One of those affected was Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF). With a benchmark allocation of 2% to commodities and forestry, it currently has all ...
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Special ReportLong on intentions but short on deliverables
In the first of a series of articles on a new study, Amin Rajan argues that Europe’s pension landscape is not fit for purpose post the credit crisis
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Remuneration in the spotlight
The current market downturn has thrown the apparent mismatch between executive performance and pay into sharp focus. Nina Röhrbein reports
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HGB gets a facelift
German accounting reform will make book reserve pensions less attractive and will give Pensionsfonds the advantage over CTAs
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Special ReportRoom at the halfway house
With pan-European pension vehicles a distant vision, simpler cross-border schemes may be the way ahead, finds Gail Moss
