All articles by Hugh Wheelan – Page 4
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Features
A wonderful experience
Alan Pickering is not renowned for blowing his own trumpet. But, when it comes to the part played by the European Federation forRetirement Provision (EFRP) – which he chairs – in urging forward the various EU bodies charged with laying down a legislative framework for pan-European pensions, he is effusive ...
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From direction to implementation
As the EFRP approaches its 2003 annual conference delegates might expect an air of congratulation at the work achieved on the pan-European pensions directive, while wondering where the organisation’s work goes from here. The buzzword going forward though will be “implementation”. Just what will be the impact on member states ...
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News
Bosch looking at transferring book reserves
GERMANY - German multinational Bosch says it is actively exploring ways to transfer its German book reserve commitments into a funded pension arrangement.
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EFRP to update occupational retirement proposal
EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision is to publish a follow-up report to the European Institution for Occupational Retirement Provision proposal.
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New sense of realism
2003 was the year when pensions came out on to the streets. While it was by no means the first time in countries such as France that the state had been brought to a halt by public outcry over retirement reforms, other countries such as Austria – where thousands paraded ...
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Come on in, the water's lovely
Alternative investment strategies are registering notably high satisfaction rates in terms of performance among European institutional investors – despite the three-year bear market. The percentage of investors whose returns have so far met or exceeded expectations ranges from 66% for private equity, 79% for hedge fund investment and impressive figures ...
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No longer running like clockwork
Like the country itself, the Swiss pension system has in the past been perceived as independent, prosperous and relatively unaffected by the vagaries of the outside world. This impression, however, has been challenged in recent years by the prolonged fall in stock markets and the dramatic effect this has had ...
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Insurers' moves harsh wake-up call for Swiss pensions
For the second year in a row, Swiss pension plan members are being jolted from their easy-chairs by the impact of the bear market of the last three years. Eyebrows had already raised around the Cantons and beyond last year when the Swiss authorities cut the minimum income guarantee for ...
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Credit Lyonnais AM to launch SRI subsidiary
FRANCE - Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management is to make a full-scale sortie into the arena of socially responsible investment with the launch of a new subsidiary called Integral Development Asset Management, or IDEAM.
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Chynoweth retires as chief executive of university scheme
UK – David Chynoweth, chief executive of the 31.2 billion euro Universities Superannuation Scheme education pension fund, has retired after almost 10 years with the scheme.
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MEPs to amend ISD to aid pension savers
EUROPE – The economics committee of the European Parliament wants to amend the Investment Services Directive to ensure that pension savers are not hit by unnecessary regulation.
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Special Report
Guiding light of shareholder value
When you think of Sweden, you think ‘green’ – environmentally friendly, clean and responsible. The Swedish pension fund world is no exception. Consider AP7’s high profile stock-screening policy based on international corporate social responsibility (CSR) guidelines. At the root, however, the debate between CSR, shareholder value and the role of ...
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'Avoid UK's mistakes'
In these days of heated debates on a European Constitution it seemed appropriate that the IPE/Royal Institute of International Affairs conference in London entitled: ‘The Future of European Pensions’, should commence with a conciliatory message from Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) that there are ...
