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August 2007
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Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2003
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Let's Make a Deal With a track record of success, joint ventures between REITs and pension funds are becoming more common. But will shareholders share in the spoils? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2008
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Running Down The REIT Highway An Internal Revenue Service private-letter ruling a year ago opened an intriguing avenue for a potentially massive expansion of the REIT world: hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure assets that either already exist or are needed relatively soon. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2007
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The Changing Face of Investors Analyzing the changes in the international investor base and their investment allocation behavior is fundamental to understanding the buildup of strengths and weaknesses in international financial markets. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2001
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Discretionary Funds: Little-known Equity Capital Source Over the next decade, top-quality public and private real estate developers and owners will be relying more and more on an expanding primary equity capital tool: discretionary funds... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
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Top-Level Transactions U.S. real estate investment trusts and REIT-like structures worldwide are taking advantage of a highly charged environment to diversify and grow their portfolios. How long will this climate continue? |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2006
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Road To Riches? With the prices of conventional real estate hovering near cyclical highs, there is a growing interest by investors in toll roads and bridges, which possess many of the same characteristics of commercial properties, including predictable cash flow. |
BusinessWeek
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Privatize This! Wall Street firms planned to pump billions into infrastructure. A lot of them hit roadblocks. |
Reason
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A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
CFO
August 1, 2003
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Casting for Returns To juice up their sagging portfolios, pension fund managers are seeking alternative investments. |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
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Way Up Down Under Australia's Macquarie Bank finds a niche-in bridges and roads. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Phelan & Zeckhauser |
Real Estate Done Right Now is a good time for your clients to invest in commercial real estate, if they enter the market with their eyes wide open. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Matlack & Kahane |
Europe's Private Affair Get ready for the next chapter in European privatization: public services. From hospitals and schools to airports and toll roads, governments are turning to the private sector for public-works projects traditionally handled by the state. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
A Taxing Solution to the Transportation Problem Updating the highways and surface transportation could cost $225 billion and take 50 years. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
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The Future of Pension Reform in Latin America The Latin American countries are at the vanguard of global pension reform. Eight have reformed their pension systems in the past 20 years, and additional reforms are now being considered throughout the region. Did the earlier reforms work? What should new reforms aim for? And are the ideas driving the reforms sound? |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2006
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Beware the Botched 401(k) While 401(k)s offer more control and impressive tax benefits, they also chronically underperform managed pension funds. We are going to need our 401(k)s for our future financial security, and we have to do a better job of managing them. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Huxley & Burns |
The Match Makers Advisors can use asset dedication to match client's cash flows to their liabilities. |
Reason
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Social Insecurity Why an increasing number of countries are turning to market-based pension plans... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
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Role Reversal The financial planning industry will have to meet the challenge of creating and managing portfolios that outlive their owners, provide inflation protection and guarantee financial peace of mind in the retirement years. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Groome et al. |
Aging and Financial Markets Governments, domestic businesses, and financial markets compete globally for investment capital, and the potential economic effects of aging may adversely influence their competitive positions, as well as macroeconomic and financial stability. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis Pension funds are getting desperate, turning to risky strategies to make minimal cash. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
John Keefe |
Role Model Real estate investment long has been viewed by pension plans, also known as defined benefit plans, as a core asset in their opportunity set of investments to provide portfolio diversification and to meet future retirement obligations. |
FDIC FYI
January 13, 2004
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Could a Bull Market Be a Panacea for Defined Benefit Pension Plans? This report describes the serious challenges and outlook facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and corporate defined benefit pension plans, and examines the effects on financial institutions insured by the FDIC. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2015
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Better Than Average The seeds of a record U.S. expansion are blowing in the wind and the same is true for commercial real estate trends. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Beyond Retirees How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
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Putting Chile's Nest Egg To Work Chile's model 401(k)-style pension plan is investing heavily in key public projects. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Chester Dawson |
Investors: A Growing Taste For Exotic Fare Even conservative investors are tempted by the returns of emerging-market funds. The pile-on worries institutional investors, who say many underdeveloped equity markets -- like those in, say, Brazil and India -- are overdue for a correction. |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 15, 2003 |
The Long, Winding Road to Pension Reform in Latin America Like other nations, countries in Latin America are attempting to make their retirement systems more efficient and responsive to citizens' needs. This is difficult in the best of times. |
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National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
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Reversing Course, Institutional Investors Assume More Risk Institutions and pension funds are increasingly eyeing non-traditional real estate investments, such as senior housing communities and even distressed office buildings. |
Job Journal
August 31, 2003
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Careers in Finance Talented investment counselors are finding their stock on the rise. |
Registered Rep.
November 2, 2015
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A Look Inside The Wealthiest Estate Plans in America How does estate asset allocation change as clients climb the wealth ladder? |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
To Sell or Not Although the push for privatization took different forms in different parts of the world, it was part of a broader movement aimed at reducing the role of government in the economy and at increasing reliance on markets and prices. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2003
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Stuck In The Slow Lane Manufacturers have implemented technology and new processes to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of distribution systems. But is the nation's infrastructure able to handle the load? |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
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Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2010
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Is a Pension a Bond? Unsure how to value a client's pension or social security? Use the liability reduction model. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2003
Mike Fickes |
Pension Funds Plan to Plow $14B into Real Estate in 2003 Occupancy may be down and sale prices high in many property types, but pension funds have big plans for buying commercial real estate in 2003. |
Reason
February 2009
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The Next Catastrophe Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
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Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk? Public pensions may have grown addicted to high-risk alternative investments. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2004
Chris Mallon |
The Perils of Pensions Once a no-lose situation for both management and employees, defined-benefit pension plans are now threatening to cripple some U.S. corporations. But the piper must be paid, and it's investors who will ultimately suffer. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2007
Rich Duprey |
A 401(k) Balancing Act Traditional pension plans can show us how to build a plan we can rely on in our own 401(k)s. They regularly rebalance their assets, making sure that no particular asset class takes on too large a portion of the portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2009
Frederik Balfour |
China's Homegrown Private Equity New tax laws and a little help from the government in Beijing are giving domestic private equity firms a big boost against foreign players. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Stock Answers Secondary stock offerings are back in vogue, with a few twists. |
CFO
November 1, 2007
Russ Banham |
20/20 View on Managing Pension Liabilities: The Road Ahead Changes in accounting, law, and the lifespan of employees have companies considering outsourcing their defined benefit pension plans. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Melanie Waddell |
A Boon For Hedge Funds? The new Pension Act makes it easier for pension funds to invest in hedge funds. |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Alan Lavine |
Storm Clouds For Municipal Bonds Underfunded liabilities loom as a threat to governments' finances. |
