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Seeking simplicity
As the Benelux region’s structured product market emerges shaken from the global financial crisis, a focus on education is needed to rebuild investor confidence and to make sure structured products are...
Pension investing is a long-term game – but the financial crisis forced most funds to adjust their strategies to meet the demands of short-term volatility. The impact of this experience has been felt...
Despite an increase in long-dated interest rates in 2009, the Dutch life insurance sector halved its exposure to declining interest rates last year by massively increasing its use of interest rate derivatives,...
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The failure of metrics such as value-at-risk and correlation matrices to accurately predict portfolio performance in the financial crisis has led a number of leading European pension funds to take a more qualitative approach to their strategic asset allocation....
Education and simplicity key to Netherlands market recovery
Investors in the Netherlands are still wary of structured products. A return to simple products and boost in educational efforts is needed to overcome this, according to bankers at Structured Products' conference for the Benelux region in Amsterdam
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Amundi, a joint venture between the asset management arms of Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, has listed 28 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Borsa Italiana in its latest move to expand across Europe. The offering includes 10 ETFs based on MSCI...
Mature pension funds will not survive another financial crisis
Pension schemes have been severely affected by the recent financial crisis. But, according to Cardano’s Theo Kocken and Joeri Potters, the prognosis for recovery is dependent on the maturity of the individual schemes – unless there is widespread systemic...
APG rules out longevity swaps
In-built derisking mechanisms in the Dutch pension sector means APG, the largest manager of pension fund assets in the Netherlands, is not considering longevity swaps as a hedging instrument, according to Onno Steenbeek, director of asset liability management...
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