All Country Reports articles – Page 20
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Switzerland: A mountain of problems
The challenge of applying IAS 19 to Swiss pension provision is a burden that the IASB has done little to ease. Stephen Bouvier reports
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Switzerland: East-west divide
There is a clear difference in the level of funding of public pension schemes across Switzerland, Nina Röhrbein finds
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Switzerland: A change of direction
The existing second pillar remains a holy cow in the Swiss social system. But it seems increasingly possible to convince members that there is no alternative to variable pension payouts, Barbara Ottawa finds
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Switzerland: Investment challenges persist
Gail Moss asked leading commentators for their views on the asset allocation challenges currently faced by Swiss pension funds
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Switzerland: Is factor-based allocation new?
Factor-based allocation may be theoretically interesting for Swiss pension funds but it is hard to implement in a practical way, according to Lukas Riesen and Diego Liechti
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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
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Nordic Region: Unity is strength
Rachel Fixsen charts the ongoing trend towards consolidation in the Danish pension market
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Nordic Region: A thematic search for yield
Casper Hammerich outlines key findings on asset allocation from the eighth Nordic Investor Survey
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Nordic Region: Fine-tuned for yield
Reeta Paakkinen assesses Ilmarinen’s recent changes to its asset allocation
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Nordic Region: High salary, high fees
Well-paid Swedes face high charges if they opt out of the ITP pension system in favour of a private plan, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: The search continues
Reeta Paakkinen finds Finnish pension investors continuing to seek alternatives to traditional equities and fixed income
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Nordic Region: A dwindling band
Finland’s government is looking to improve the regulatory framework for corporate pension funds, according to Reeta Paakkinen
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Nordic Region: Slow progress on AP
Sweden is making slow but steady progress in its overhaul of the AP buffer funds, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: A shift to alternatives
Nina Röhrbein reviews recent Nordic institutional investor mandates
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Spain: A flight to the known
Spanish pension funds have increased their domestic government bond holdings as economic confidence slowly returns. Gail Moss reports
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Spain: Crisis prompts overhaul
Social partners are set to agree changes to state pensions, according to Gail Moss, while the industry awaits detailed proposals aimed to boost supplementary pensions
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Portugal: Cautious steps towards risk taking
Portugal’s supplementary pension funds have increased their equity weightings but are still cautious on fixed income, writes Gail Moss
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UK: A marriage yet to be made
Infrastructure is seen as an asset class that offers a good match for pension fund liabilities. Pádraig Floyd outlines the progress to date of the UK Pension Infrastructure Platform
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UK: Growing pains
Gill Wadsworth surveys the UK’s growing DC pension market, whose assets look set to exceed those of DB funds by 2018
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The Netherlands: Get ready for inflation
With liquidity sloshing around the financial system, inflation may not be a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’. Miranda Schoutsen asks whether real assets will help protect fragile nominal pensions from the relentless erosion of value
