All Country Reports articles – Page 19
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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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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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A national rule for local funds
Taha Lokhandwala looks at radical proposals to reform local government pension investment in England and Wales
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Ten years of LDI
Barry Jones wonders how many people in 2004 would have thought investments would be the single biggest investment exposure for UK schemes by 2014
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Risk off
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the supply and demand issues shaping the pension de-risking market
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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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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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Italy: Freedom beckons
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo outlines long-awaited changes that will liberalise investment rules for Italian pension funds
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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: 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: 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: 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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Nordic Region: Energising alternatives
Rachel Fixsen reports on the search for new investment opportunities within the alternatives sector
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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: 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: 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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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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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
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Central & Eastern Europe: Worth the long-term risk?
The Polish government is set on its plan to dismantle the second pillar. Krystyna Krzyzak sees grave implications for Poland’s capital markets in the plan, which could also backfire on the government’s plan to reduce the debt burden
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Switzerland: 2020 is getting closer
There have been quite a few recent changes to the second pillar. But a new reform initiative aims at a more comprehensive approach and is getting the industry’s support, Barbara Ottawa finds
