Australia

Industry funds get better focus

AUSTRALIA - Industry superannuation scheme members have benefited from more than twice the man hours spent by directors running their fund than retail scheme participants.

Buyouts

Buyout landscape to grow and change

UK - The pension fund buyout market will continue to grow rapidly as insurance companies invest the assets they take over more cleverly and increased competition forces prices down, according to Lane, Clark and Peacock (LCP).

Canada

Canadian government lobbied

CANADA - The Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM) has urged the government to make regulatory changes and allow its recommendations for the industry to be carried out.

CalSTRS climate call finds support

DiNapoli investigates system irregularities

FRR drops two mandates

News in full

News in brief

AEGON posts poor Q1 results

Interviews

The long view

Alex Beveridge talks to Nobel Prize laureate Harry Markowitz and Erik van Dijk (senior advisor and CEO at Netherlands-based Compendeon Investment Advisors respectively) about liquidity for pension funds, how to solve the current credit crisis and the role of emerging markets

Home bias hurts Irish pension funds

Recent market events have had a big impact on Irish equities and this loss has translated to the domestically biased Irish pension funds themselves. Elizabeth Pfeuti reports from Dublin

Stepping towards reform

Elizabeth Pfeuti talks to Orlaigh Quinn about the recent government green paper and the steps Ireland is taking towards pension reform

The long view

Alex Beveridge talks to Nobel Prize laureate Harry Markowitz and Erik van Dijk (senior advisor and CEO at Netherlands-based Compendeon Investment Advisors respectively) about liquidity for pension funds, how to solve the current credit crisis and the role of emerging markets

Management on a huge scale

The upside to climate change

Blossoming interest in timber

Taking a responsible approach to alternatives

Feature in full

Delivering pensions to a nation

Growing pains for KiwiSaver

Targeting active management

Global Pensions T-Charter debate

Global Pensions has hosted a debate with key players in the transition management industry following the release of the T-Charter. The debate examines why the T-Charter took so long to agree, and asks whether it goes far enough. The panel also look at the controversial issue of pre-hedging and offer practical advice for pension schemes seeking to use the charter.

Round Table

How best to access emerging market alpha

Global Pensions gathered key industry experts in Amsterdam to discuss alpha generation in emerging markets, pension fund appetite for the asset class, and issues of capacity and manager selection