All articles by George Coats – Page 4
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Special ReportLight touch regime
Belgium’s regulator tells George Coats about the thinking behind Belgium’s new pensions framework and how he will police it
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FeaturesHands off the tiller
Belgium was without a government for the second half of last year. Did anybody notice? George Coats investigates
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FeaturesGaps in the landscape
While the authorities hope the new OPF vehicle will attract foreign pension funds to base themselves in Belgium, the domestic second pillar is not as robust as it should be, George Coats finds
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News
Lisbon unveils new supplementary plan
[16:50 CET 25-02] PORTUGAL - A new first pillar defined contribution scheme will be launched in Portugal on 1 March.
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Features
Polish appointment cheers industry
Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak has been nominated as vice-minister in charge of pensions at the ministry of labour and social policy.
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New man at EFRP
He may be a new broom, but Angel Martinez-Aldama will be sweeping up much of the same old dust, finds George Coats
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Keeping a Rendezvous
The government and its social partners are due to discuss pension reform as projected deficits rise. George Coats reports that fundamental change will not be on the agenda
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Policy review engages Polish funds
As the new government reviews its policy options, pension funds tell George Coats what they think should be on its agenda
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Poland names pensions minister
[16:30 CET 14-01] POLAND – Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak has been nominated as vice-minister at the ministry of labour and social policy in charge of pensions.
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Keep a wary eye on politics
Stefano Pighini recently left Italian energy giant Ente Nazionale per l’energia Elettrica (Enel) where he had been head of Enel pensions funds from 2002-04. George Coats asked him about his career.
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Slipping back into the cold
CEE pension funds face an unexpected source of volatility – politicians, George Coats discovers
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News
Pension funds negotiate investment rules
[16:30 CET 17-12] BULGARIA – The association of Bulgarian pension management companies (BASPC) has called on the government to lift the cap on mandatory pension schemes’ investment in equities and argued schemes should be allowed to participate in IPOs.
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IGFCSS to manage supplementary plan
The parametric reforms introduced since 2002 will have the affect of reducing the growth of first pillar pensions.
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Belgium set to bridge OFP gap
Belgium’s pensions regulator, the Banking Commission, is to announce the funding details for the organisation for financing pensions (OFP), the recently unveiled legal entity designed to host pension funds, on 6 December.
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FeaturesNew broom at FRR
Nicholas Sobczak, FRR’s new CIO tells George Coats that he wants to show the French how useful the financial markets can be in securing pension promises
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Prime minister sacks Polish pensions supervisor
[13:00 CET 06-12] POLAND – The vice-chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) with responsibility for pensions, Iwona Duda, has been dismissed by the new Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk.
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Bulgarian mutual funds post monthly fall
BULGARIA – Corrections in the local and global stock markets wiped nearly BGN100m (€51m) off the asset value of mutual funds in the Bulgarian market during November, according to calculations by Sofia-based business newspaper Dnevnik.
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Widening the remit
A law has been drafted allowing Spain’s reserve fund to invest in equities. But, as George Coats finds, its details and timescale are still unknown
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Actors in search of a role
Investment consultants have yet to carve our much of a niche in the Spanish pensions market, George Coats finds
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Acclimatising to normal life
Alan Steele retired earlier this year as director of finance at the London Borough of Hounslow with oversight of the borough’s pension scheme, which has assets of £480m (€666m). He talks to George Coats about his career
