All Country Reports – Page 39
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Dutiful fiduciaries
Paul Lee outlines the perspective of the NAPF on the Law Commission review and its implications for pension funds
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A nationwide debate
Leen Preesman sets the stage for the consultative debate on the pensions system that will take place throughout the Netherlands this autumn
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Focus on the future
What should be the focus of the national pensions dialogue? IPE asked leading figures where the discussions should go
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Risk clarity and better contacts
The new FTK is all about smoothing rough edges. Pension funds will have more time to implement cuts and market fluctuations will play less of a role, write Olaf Boschman and Frank van Alphen
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Implications of FTK
Dennis van Eck outlines the changes contained within the new Dutch FTK and the effect they will have upon pension funds
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Italy: In search of the right balance
Further scandals at casse di previdenza highlight the urgent need to promote better governance at Italian pension funds, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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On the growth path
Turkey’s supplementary pension assets should reach €11bn this year, finds Reeta Ilona Paakkinen. Auto-enrolment and reform of severance payments would boost growth but remain controversial
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Italy: Moves to improve standards
Following scandals at casse di previdenza, we asked leading pension funds and advisers: Is there a problem with governance at Italian pension funds and what steps should be taken to improve standards? Carlo Svaluto Moreolo reports
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Italy: Your country needs you
Pension fund assets are in demand for infrastructure and SME lending as bank credit dries up. Carlo Svaluto Moreolo finds mixed views about whether funds will take up this opportunity
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Italy: Freedom beckons
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines long-awaited changes that will liberalise investment rules for Italian pension funds
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Italy: Revolution, not evolution
Maria Teresa Cometto surveys three issues in Italian pensions – politics, slow growth and lack of commitment to pension savings
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Italy: Desperately seeking members
Consultants and asset managers tell Rachel Fixsen how they think the Italian supplementary pension system should develop
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Italy: The search for pension assets
Iain Morse surveys Italy’s custody market, which is undergoing sweeping changes
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Switzerland: And now for the details
Switzerland’s AV2020 reform programme remains contentious and politically charged, according to Barbara Ottawa. But some are still holding out for a depoliticisation of the process
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Switzerland: A dying breed
Smaller companies are pulling out of pensions thanks to cost, regulation and demographics. Barbara Ottawa charts the trend
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Switzerland: Securities lending in focus
Only months before legislation on executive pay and shareholder voting comes into force, Jonathan Williams finds an industry uncertain about whether it will be forced to vote shares, and how new rules will affect securities lending
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Nordic Region: Energising alternatives
Rachel Fixsen reports on the search for new investment opportunities within the alternatives sector
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Switzerland: A home game
An emphasis on domestic investments has left Swiss Pensionskassen with relatively stable returns. Jonathan Williams asks if there are opportunities outside traditional domestic fixed income, equity and real estate
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Nordic Region: Sweden: And then there were three
This March, the Swedish government confirmed it would merge some of the AP buffer funds, reducing the total to three from the current five. Jonathan Williams asked State Secretary Erik Thedéen about the closures and the removal of quantitative investment rules
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Nordic Region: Chasing real yields
Jonathan Williams examines how real assets play a role in the portfolios of Nordic investors in the low-yield environment
