All Countries & Regions articles – Page 6
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Emerging hopes
Rachel Fixsen looks at the lifting of investment restrictions and their effect on the asset allocation strategies of Italian pension funds
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Analysis
Analysis: How NEST wants to shape the future of retirement
Taha Lokhandwala studies the details of NEST’s planned at-retirement investment and decumulation strategy
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Asset Class Reports
European market volatility to continue for weeks – Blue Sky [updated]
Greek repayment of European Central Bank loan on 20 July ‘crucial’, CIO says
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News
Demand for high-quality Dutch property assets 'far outstrips supply'
Real estate investor predicts surge in demand for care properties
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News
Definition change leads to surge in Swiss schemes' alternatives allocations
New regulation almost triples allocation to asset class at MPK
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News
Swiss pension plans see liabilities rise by 4% in 2015
Swiss interest rates dropped by further 25 basis points in first quarter according to Towers Watson study
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News
Romanian pensions regulator proposes new investment guidelines
Only third pillar to benefit from use of interest-rate hedging as long-awaited reforms announced
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News
Chair of Dutch regulator laments complexity of pension communications
Merel van Vroonhoven, chair of AFM, did not transfer her pension savings upon moving to regulator due to complexity
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Features
Dutch pressured over stranded assets
Dutch pension funds are under increasing pressure to reconsider their investments in fossil fuels
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News
Pioneer reveals structure for Santander merger with US arm kept separate
Spanish asset manager’s chief executive to lead merged firm as UniCredit, private equity firms collaborate on US business
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Country Report
Dutch state secretary outlines plans for pensions communication Bill
Pensioners to get access to Pensions Register from 2017, Jetta Klijnsma says
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News
German government presents plan to implement Portability Directive
Pensions industry has until mid-May to comment
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News
Swiss funds troubled by impact of negative 10-year bond yields
Swiss 10-year government bond yield positive if inflation forecast remains true
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News
Dutch fisheries scheme may join PGB
Chair of scheme cites absurd and unsustainable cost levels as reason for move
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News
Van de Kieft to succeed Hagendijk at MN
New executive chair currently board member at ABP, PME and chairman of PostNL
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Country Report
Germany's corporate funds: Status quo needs a makeover
Nigel Cresswell looks at how German corporate pension funds are dealing with the current economic headwinds and tailwinds
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Country Report
German Versorgungswerke: Infrastructure, here we come
German Versorgungswerke have the go ahead to increase infrastructure lending – but a shortage in supply hinders growth
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Country Report
Spezialfonds: A boost for the sector
Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig and Clemens Schuerhoff assess drivers in the German Spezialfonds business and changes in the asset management industry
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Country Report
Interview: Prof Bert Rürup - A critical view on policy
Barbara Ottawa asked pension figurehead Prof Bert Rürup about pension reforms past and future
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Features
Auto-protection: More than one way to skin a cat
This month, the UK defined contribution sector opens its doors to new freedoms