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Global Investment Matters 2008 Issue
Introduction (PDF 100KB)
Global round-up (PDF 1.3MB)
Playing for higher stakes(PDF 1.3MB)
The DC default dilemma (PDF 279KB)
Liability hedging: Why are funds pursuing it? (PDF 200KB)
Getting the most out of your bond portfolio (PDF 176KB)
Does it pay to be sustainable? (PDF 307KB)
Is small always beautiful? (PDF 200KB)
Surveys show governance plays a key role in endowment asset strategy(PDF 174KB)
Top global pension funds reach 10 trillion dollar mark (PDF 227KB)
Global fund management assets grow rapidly (PDF 194KB)
Does a more dynamic approach to investment strategy really add value? (PDF 210KB)
Global real estate (PDF 234KB)
Indices that beat the market (PDF 155KB)
Global Investment Review
Global Investment Review 2007 Issue
Introduction
Governance and value creation
Liability driven investment and liability hedging
The Global Alternatives 99 ranking
DC – decisions on autopilot
Picking tomorrow’s winning managers
The price of imbalance
Alternative investments
The world’s 500 largest asset managers
The world’s 300 largest pension funds
Country round-up
Australia
Italy
Singapore
Belgium
Japan
Spain
Canada
Korea
Switzerland
China
Malaysia
Taiwan
France
The Netherlands
Thailand
Germany
Nordic region
UK
Hong Kong
Portugal
US
Ireland
Global Investment Review 2006 Issue
Introduction
How will pension funds manage?
Swaps go mainstream
Saving, investing and retiring
Macro factors
The rise of absolute return investing
How to destroy value
Introducing diversity into the index layer
The search for alpha... New ways of researching managers
The attraction of alternatives
Are trustees comfortable with their skills?
How well-managed are European foundations?
The world's 300 largest pension funds
Big money
Global Investment Review 2005 Issue
Introduction
Counting the cost of the pension promise
What makes a good fund manager
Risky business
Excellence in pension fund governance
Working smarter with derivatives
Spotlight on foundations
The world's 300 largest pension funds
Big money
DC - the next decade
Global Investment Review 2004 Issue
Introduction
The road to recovery for global pensions
Ten-year mandates – a radical response
Thought leadership – remapping our investment world
Good governance equals good value
Rethinking asset allocation
Mega managers
The Global Asset Study
The world’s 300 largest pension funds
Country roundups
Global Investment Review 2003 Issue
Stormy weather in the capital markets (PDF)
The Watson Wyatt multinational survey (PDF)
The multinational governance challenge (PDF)
The world’s largest asset managers (PDF)
Assets shrink at the world’s 300 largest pension funds (PDF)
DC plan design - the good and the bad (PDF)
The Global Asset Study (PDF)
The new reality for pension funds (PDF)
Global Investment Review 2001 Issue
Global defined contribution – a world of contrasts
The case for core-plus
Hedge funds – too good to be true?
Rethinking the 401(k) market
The Myners Review of institutional investment
Global Investment Review 2000 Issue
Getting started on a global path
Institutional investment in the UK
Continental drift
Equity investing set to grow in continental Europe
Best practice in governance
Round ups
Performance fees and cross-country performance numbers
Global 500: America the beautiful
A Multinational Perspective