All Irish Pensions Authority articles
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Ireland’s Pensions Authority launches trustee guidance on liquidity risk
The Authority’s guide highlights LDI, leveraged LDI, sale and repurchase agreements, swaps, currency hedging and inflation hedging as strategies to look out for
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Irish supervisor warns master trusts to keep up standards despite pressure
Pensions Authority reveals results of this year’s scrutiny of fast-growing MT sector
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Irish regulator recruiting extra staff as IORP II transposition in sight
Pensions Authority’s Kennedy says regulator expecting transposition before end of 2020
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Irish supervisor reaffirms concerns about DB investment risk
Pensions Authority’s 2019 DB statistics review shows ‘very little change’ in asset and liability data
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Irish regulator to raise scheme levies to meet cost of EU reporting rules
New reporting requirements brought in by EIOPA and ECB are due to come into force from December this year
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Ireland toughens capitalisation rules for DC master trusts
DC master trusts must hold at least €100,000 in reserve regardless of size, according to new requirements published today by the Pensions Authority
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Ireland running out of time on IORP II, trade body warns
IAPF says government has just six weeks to bring in new European pension fund directive
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Chart of the Week: The changing Irish pension landscape
Europe’s pension funds head for Dublin for IPE’s annual Conference & Awards next week
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Trustees face ‘onerous’ burden ahead of Ireland’s IORP II implementation
Small schemes could be exempt but government has yet to write EU rules into statute
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Ireland eyes DC consolidation with master trust rule changes
Pensions Authority expects more master trusts in wake of IORP II
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‘Major turnaround’ for Irish pension scheme funding
Pension Authority data shows more schemes are meeting minimum funding standards
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Auto-enrolment comes to Ireland in sweeping pension reforms
‘Roadmap for pensions reform’ will boost state pension, bring in auto-enrolment and improve scheme governance
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Irish regulator criticises DB schemes' investment strategies
Pensions regulator Brendan Kennedy voices concerns over DB governance and advice
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Irish DB schemes strengthen funding as reform looms
74% of funds meet regulator’s minimum funding standard, with aggregate industry surplus at €2.7bn
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Ireland opposition party seeks protection for DB schemes
Government wants to close loophole allowing sponsors to abandon underfunded schemes
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Irish regulator urged to tackle risk of master-trust monopolies
Irish industry association, consumer group back regulation to avoid monopolies
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Irish association questions new trustee qualification thresholds
IAPF questions two-year experience threshold included in Pensions Authority’s wide-ranging consultation
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Funding reserve poses ‘considerable challenge’ for Irish schemes
LCP warns over challenges facing industry as 10% risk reserve requirement comes into effect
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Irish trustee qualifications risk ‘group think’, IAPF warns
Pensions association fears ‘exodus’ of lay trustees triggered by proposed qualifications
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Irish regulator rejects calls to water down funding standard for DB schemes
Pensions Authority says relaxing funding standard in wake of quantitative easing would give ‘false impression’ of economic reality