All articles by IPE staff – Page 19
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Innovative solution provides independence and efficiency
You may well be forgiven for thinking that schemes with sponsors operating in the same sector offer a level of protection and understanding that others may not enjoy. This could be said of Pensioenfonds KBC, whose sponsor is the Belgian banking and financial services group, KBC.
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Pioneering risk model helps pass solvency test
For many years, Dutch pension fund ABP has been ahead of its peers in terms of innovation. Now, it is once again taking the lead in a new era of pension fund risk management.
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When passive becomes active
As with many schemes in recent years, the €81bn Dutch giant PGGM, which serves some two million active and deferred members and pensioners, has staged a major overhaul of its investment process. The
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The best of both worlds
Belgium’s KBC pension scheme, small but innovative, understands the changes recently introduced pension laws have on how a company values its pension scheme. It knows this places demands on the scheme to find a solution that will ensure the sponsor can control the risks the scheme poses to its finances ...
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Matching liabilities in unique circumstances
With assets of €887m and some 16,000 members, Pensioenfonds KBC is the pension fund for employees of KBC Group, a leading quoted banking and insurance group in Belgium.
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A complete 'breakdown' ensures a good 'bonus'
No pension scheme can afford to invest blindly without considering what would happen if something went wrong. But something could throw a spanner in the works at any given stage of a scheme’s administration and investment processes. This is what risk management and budgeting is all about. But, as with ...
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Dutch LDI reaches €50bn - Cardano
NETHERLANDS – The volume of Dutch pension assets under liability-risk hedging strategies has reached €50bn, according to Cardano Risk Management.
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Taking stock after a decade of change
IPE asked three pension funds – in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Spain – the same question: ‘What have the last 10 years meant to your pension fund?’ Here are their answers:
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IPE.com relaunches for better navigation, access
GLOBAL – IPE.com, the leading pensions and investments website, is being relaunched to improve navigation and speed up access.
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Blue Sky appoints commercial chief
NETHERLANDS - Blue Sky Group, the Dutch pension fund manager which runs the KLM pension fund, has appointed Francis van Bergenhenegouwen as head of commercial affairs.
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Leading soundbites
Q1Are we moving out of a low interest rate environment? If so, do investors go from here? Q2In your view why are mega mergers such as Citigroup/Legg Mason and Merrill Lynch/BlackRock, happening and are there more to come? Q3The involvement of investment banks in pensions investment has been ...
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When the balance sheet rules
IPE asked three pension funds – in Portugal, the UK and Denmark – the same question: ‘What do you see as the implications of the implementation of IAS 19?’ Here are their answers: Colin Hartridge-Price, scheme secretary and chief pensions officer at the BT Pensions Scheme & BT Retirement ...
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Going in alternatives direction
IPE asked three pension funds – in the UK, Belgium and Finland – the same question: ‘Do alternative asset classes serve a useful purpose or are they too complex and too expensive?’ Here are their answers: Richard Stroud, chief executive at The Pensions Trust, which has AUM of £3.3bn ...
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Going for full disclosure
IPE asked three pension funds in three countries – in Austria, Estonia and Portugal – the same question: ‘What factors do you have to disclose?’ Here are their answers: Robert Kitt is fund manager at Estonia’s Hansa Investment Funds which has second pillar AUM of €155m and third ...
