All Country Reports – Page 43
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Belgium: Belgian funds on course
Belgium has doubled occupational pension fund participation in the last 10 years and returns were a healthy 6.7% in 2013, writes Iain Morse
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Belgium: A DC future: KBC Pensioenfonds
KBC has introduced a DC pension fund for new members starting from the beginning of 2014 and closed its DB fund. The fund is one of Belgium’s largest pension schemes, founded in 1941 with €1.2bn in assets and 15,500 active members.
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The Netherlands: All eyes on the homeland
Pension funds are under pressure to raise their domestic investments from the current level of 14%. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how they have dealt with this imperative
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The Netherlands: Real economy investment
Anton van Nunen describes a new initiative to boost lending to the Dutch SME sector
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The Netherlands: State-guaranteed securitisation
The Dutch government would like the country’s pension funds to support the housing market by investing in mortgage bonds. But details remain sketchy, as Caroline Saunders reports
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The Netherlands: Absolute confusion
A further delay of the long awaited change in financial rules for pension funds is looming, writes Olaf Boschman
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The Netherlands: Can they have their cake and eat it?
In their search for a sustainable pension system, the Dutch are exploring ways to combine DB and DC. Theo Kocken shares his vision with Mariska van der Westen
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The Netherlands: ‘Our first duty is pensions’
Peter Borgdorff tells Liam Kennedy about PFZW’s new contract with PGGM and its unstinting focus on costs
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The Netherlands: A psychologist’s view of pensions
Prospect theory and a psychological analysis of the way scheme participants respond to a variety of pension promises may help to design a pension system better suited to member preferences, according to Thomas van Galen and Noortje van der Vorst
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Ireland: The long grass
Ten months after an OCED report on Ireland’s pension system, Christine Senior outlines faltering progress towards increasing pension coverage
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Ireland: Robbing Paul to pay Peter
Ireland’s wind-up order has finally been amended, addressing some of the inequities that saw actives lose out to fund the benefits of those already retired, writes Jonathan Williams
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Ireland: Economies of scale
Rachel Fixsen outlines progress on the Irish Pension Board’s review of DC pension provision
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Ireland: Be a pro-active trustee
James Kavanagh outlines a six-step approach for trustees of Irish pension funds
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Ireland: Deficits persist
Conor Daly and Fergus Collis provide an update on the deficits in Irish DB pension schemes
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Ireland: A vision of the future?
Iain Morse finds out what makes the CWPS scheme so confident that its members cannot find an alternative offering the same benefits at a lower cost
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Country ReportUK government accused of retreat on DC charge cap
Defined contribution charge cap, due in April, now expected in 2015
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Country ReportDeficits at UK pension funds drop to new low [amended]
Schemes edge closer to collective surplus, last seen in June 2011
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Country ReportJLT moves to cover £85m of pensioner liabilities with Prudential
Deal takes total buy-in contracts with Prudential to £205m
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Country ReportCroatian minister threatens contribution freeze for second pillar
Calls on country’s four funds to invest more heavily in capital, infrastructure projects
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Central & Eastern Europe: Croatia bucks the trend
In contrast with Poland, and despite the poor state of its economy, the EU’s newest member backs second-pillar pensions and is making proactive changes to the system, as Krystyna Krzyzak outlines
