IPE's Iceland Coverage – Page 5
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Special ReportIceland: Back from the cold as funds diversify abroad
Iceland’s central bank is relaxing capital controls and encouraging the pension sector to look to a future without restriction
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NewsIcelandic economy's strength to limit pension fund outflows, says central bank
Central bank predictions come as government publishes draft laow to relax capital requirements in place since 2008
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NewsSameinaði, Stafir merger to create Iceland’s fourth-largest pension fund
Merger proposal to be put to member vote in autumn
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NewsIcelandic pension chiefs resign after being named in Panama Papers
Chief executives named in leak from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca
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NewsIceland further relaxes capital controls for pension funds
ISK20bn exemption to run for first four months of 2016
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Country ReportFor-profit DC 'product-focused, not outcome-focused' – survey
Latest IPE Focus Group sees split between UK and Dutch markets
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Special ReportIceland: Glimmers of hope
After seven years of capital and currency controls, restrictions on pension funds investing outside the country are beginning to be relaxed
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NewsIcelandic pension funds offered exemption from capital controls
Central bank says funds will be offered ISK10bn to invest overseas by end of 2015
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
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NewsIcelandic pension funds agree to finance $300m silicon metal plant
Local pension funds to offer part of financing required for factory in country’s north
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NewsIcelandic funds 'optimistic' about relaxation of capital controls by 2016
Finance minister expected to place Bill before Parliament this week, unlikely to be full lifting of restrictions
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NewsUK schemes able to expedite wind-up process after High Court ruling
Ruling allows pension schemes to sell s75 debt to third-parties, speeding up winding-up process after sponsor insolvencies
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Country Report
Pensions In Nordic Region: Staring contest
There is no end in sight to capital controls, despite the government’s tentative first steps towards easing the restrictions that have been in place since 2008, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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NewsIcelandic pension funds recover from financial crisis, says OECD
GLOBAL – Pension funds reported strong returns last year, with Icelandic funds recovering all losses made during 2008, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Icelandic pension assets near €12bn
ICELAND – Net pension fund assets at the end of April increased by ISK16bn (€102m) over the month, following increases in both equity and fixed income investments.
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Overseas equities drive up Icelandic pension assets
ICELAND – Net pension fund assets at the end of March increased by approximately ISK44bn to ISK1.846trn (€11.3bn) as the value of foreign equity investments increased, figures from the Central Bank of Iceland have revealed.
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NewsIcelandic schemes to learn from financial crisis
ICELAND – Stricter demands on brokers and asset managers and increased involvement in shareholder meetings are among the recommendations for pension funds put forward by an IPFA committee investigating lessons learned from the financial crash.
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Icelandic pension fund assets estimated at €10bn
[16:20 CET 21-01] ICELAND – An increase in the value of domestic securities and Housing Financing Fund (HFF) bonds led Icelandic pension fund assets to rise by ISK18.8bn (€105.2m) in November 2009.
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Icelandic pensions establish private equity fund
[16:10 CET 11-12] ICELAND – Sixteen Icelandic pension funds have co-founded the Icelandic Investment Fund (Framtakssjóður Íslands), which is designed to invest in domestic companies that have suffered in the financial crisis but which show potential.
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Tax changes to Icelandic pensions could be 'hazardous'
[17:05 CEST 09-10] ICELAND – Proposals by the opposition political party, the Independence Party, to alter the taxation of pension fund savings has been described as "hazardous" by both the Icelandic Pension Funds Association (IPFA) and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA).
