Funding – Page 91
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News'Improving sentiment' lifts 2012 return at KLM pension fund to 15.8%
NETHERLANDS – €2bn scheme sees broad recovery across several asset classes.
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NewsEquities, corporate bonds drive strong returns for Austrian schemes
AUSTRIA – Local pension fund association hails 'very positive' performance for 2012.
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NewsNumber of underfunded private pension funds in Switzerland halved
SWITZERLAND – Swisscanto survey shows average funding level increasing by 400 basis points year on year.
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NewsPension deficits skyrocket for Dutch multinationals under IFRS
NETHERLANDS – Combined shortfall jumps from €7bn to €30bn using international reporting standards.
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Dutch roundup: Atos arbitration, Helvoet-PGB merger
NETHERLANDS – IT provider Atos stops paying additional contributions into ailing pension fund.
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NewsSwiss pension funds report 'pleasant' returns for 2012
SWITZERLAND – Pension fund association still worried by long-term performance.
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NewsDNB orders glass scheme to offload non-euro government paper
NETHERLANDS – Regulator controversially ordered same scheme to slash gold allocation in 2011.
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NewsDutch scheme warns it may need to cut pension rights by 19%
NETHERLANDS – Pension fund in merger talks with larger industry-wide schemes.
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NewsIrish pension funds see asset value increase by 17%
IRELAND – Consultancy says returns offset by increased liabilities due to falling Bund yields.
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€4.3bn pension fund for Unilever to grant full indexation
NETHERLANDS – Scheme reports nominal funding of 132%, real coverage of 98% at November-end.
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NewsDutch regulator seeks to 'economise' pension arrangements for employees
NETHERLANDS – Mandate involves development of new arrangement, advising on negotiations with unions.
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NewsIrish Labour Court backs new DC pension fund for Aer Lingus
IRELAND – Ruling gives unions, company until end of month to agree on remaining issues.
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NewsPension fund for KLM pilots bucks trend in granting full indexation
NETHERLANDS – Scheme boasted coverage ratio of nearly 130% at end of last year.
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NewsDutch pension funds increase euro-zone exposure by 5% in Q3
NETHERLANDS – Regulator's figures show increasing interest in French, German markets.
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NewsCOR sounds alarm over first-pillar pension funding in France
FRANCE – Country will need 1% of GDP to sustain public system without further reform, organisation says.
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Swiss roundup: Publica, ifund services, UBS, LIBOR
SWITZERLAND – Country’s largest pension fund to lower discount rate from 2015.
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NewsAustria's Valida finalises takeover of Siemens pension fund
AUSTRIA – New Valida Industrie Pensionskasse to be run as separate entity.
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Dutch metal scheme PMT to increase contribution by 2%
NETHERLANDS – Beleaguered fund has already announced rights cut of 7% in April 2013.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch civil servants to increase contribution to 25.4%
NETHERLANDS – Cites increasing life expectancy, 'developments' among participants.
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NewsFinnish retailer Kesko reclaims €71m pension surplus
FINLAND – Regulator allows Kesko Pension Fund to transfer surplus back to parent company.
