All articles by Carlo Svaluto Moreolo – Page 28
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Country Report
Dutch pensions policy: In the balance
The national debate on the future of the Dutch pensions system is now over – Carlo Svaluto Moreolo sifts opinions as the broad outline of a new system slowly takes shape
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Country Report
Hedging bets: Dutch pension funds re-think hedge fund allocation
PFZW’s liquidation of its hedge fund portfolio has been seen as a sign Dutch pension funds are cutting ties with the industry. But it’s more complex than that, according to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo.
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Country Report
Carrot and stick: Asset allocation under new FTK rules
New FTK rules require higher buffers but also allow funds to increase risk under certain conditions – Carlo Svaluto Moreolo writes about the dilemma of how to deploy capital in the current economic environment
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News
PGGM considers offloading hedge fund platform
Dutch asset manager approached by ‘number of interested parties’ over potential acquisition
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News
Irish roundup: IASS, High Court, Irish Stock Exchange, ISE FundHub
Pensioners affected by benefit cuts in IASS agree to court case against ‘number of potential defendants’
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News
AP7 tenders equity mandates worth 90% of buffer fund's value
Swedish buffer fund to appoint three managers to operate lion’s share of scheme’s assets.
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Features
On the verge of reform?
Is Ireland finally addressing its low pension coverage and demographic issues?
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Lancashire Pension Fund
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo asks Mike Jensen (pictured), CIO of the UK’s Lancashire Pension Fund, about the fund’s pooling venture and the need for better liability management in British local government pensions
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you deal with underperformance?
Underperformance is acceptable up to a point
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Country ReportPensions In Ireland: Towards a DC future
At its first meeting of 2015, the Irish Cabinet discussed the introduction of a “new, universal supplementary pension savings scheme”. The plan was presented by Joan Burton, deputy prime minister and minister for social protection.
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Country Report
Pension in Ireland: Route change
Funds are shifting assets to fixed income following Pension Authority concerns about equity risk, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Interviews
Philippe Desfossés, CEO, ERAFP, France, On The Record
How do you deal with underperformance?
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Interviews
Alfredo Granata, CIO, INARCASSA, Italy, How do you deal with underperformance?
How do you deal with underperformance?
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News
Danish pension funds confident krone/euro peg will hold
Sampension says will not move bond risk to US
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News
Finland’s Veritas says QE could stimulate, but worries about opposition
Varma sees ECB ‘surprising’ market tomorrow
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News
PIC sees opportunity in ‘particularly attractive’ Thames sewer construction
Insurer says governments ‘talked up’ infrastructure pipelines, but projects have failed to materialise
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Features
Markets and pensions
Do financial markets reward countries that have a fully funded and mandatory second-pillar pension system? It is hard to say. But it’s clear they do not penalise countries that dismantle theirs.
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Features
How we run our money: KZVK-VKPB
The two schemes are separate legal entities but are managed through a single fund and investment team, led by CIO Wolfram Gerdes
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: Growing pains
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo assesses Croatia’s mandatory pension system as it digests new rules creating lifestyle strategies and loosening restrictions on domestic equity and foreign investments
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Country Report
Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe: Unwanted child no longer
Romania’s privatisation programme is providing domestic pension funds with more investment opportunities, finds Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
