All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 66
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NewsUK roundup: 'Unlawful' Swansea, Rothesay Life, Massachusetts Mutual
UK – Swansea Council criticised for 'unlawful' transfer of assets owned by local pension funds.
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Goldman rejects 'mischievous, unfounded' Vervoer lawsuit
EUROPE – Asset manager dismisses claims formed with ‘benefit of perfect hindsight’.
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NewsLancashire pension fund agrees £12m loan with UK solar farm
UK – Solar plant in Oxfordshire refinances debt with 23-year, inflation-linked bond.
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NewsWebb questions need for indexation following end of contracting out
UK – Time may be ripe to scrap mandatory indexation, pensions minister says.
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NewsDanske seeks manager for $1.2bn emerging market debt mandate
GLOBAL – Asset management division of Danish bank calls for UCITS III-compliant arrangement.
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NewsUSS agrees nearly £100m in financing to UK water provider
UK – Country's second-largest pension fund to provide 20-year, Class B debt to Affinity Water.
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NewsPensions discount-rate smoothing to produce no more than 'one-off gains'
UK – Academics outline new discount rate approach separate from mark to market.
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NewsIrish finance minister calls on pension funds to consider infrastructure
IRELAND – Noonan highlights benefits of proposed Irish REITs to institutionals.
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NewsUK roundup: Association of Consulting Actuaries, PIC
UK – Small businesses in UK appear opposed to greater scale within pensions industry.
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NewsNEST says 'detrimental' restrictions placed on fund should end
UK – Responding to recent consultation, NEST calls for changes by spring 2014.
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Country Report
Ireland: The long haul
Pension funds are still missing key pieces of the regulatory puzzle, finds Jonathan Williams, despite the re-introduction of the minimum funding standard. And sponsors face lengthy recovery plans
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Features
Sweden’s buffer funds come out swinging
Future-proofing the Swedish pension system is a key item on the political agenda, following the conclusion of a review of the AP buffer funds commissioned by the department for finance and one by parliament.
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Equities help Finland's Keva, VER post double-digit returns
FINLAND – Government-backed funds see fortunes reverse over 2011, as returns top 10%.
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NewsATP reduces risk, achieves nearly 10% return in 2012
DENMARK – Largest pension fund in Denmark sees returns more than halved year-on-year.
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NewsUK roundup: Steve Webb, NEST, OFT, Aon Hewitt
UK – Pensions minister tells conference OFT report's delivery by August 'vitally important'.
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NewsSmoothing must be applied to valuations beyond 2013, says NAPF
UK – Smoothing should be made more attractive by removing link to 2013 valuations, chairman says.
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NewsPublic service 'burden' offsets NEST's competitive edge – TUC
UK – Lifting restrictions now would ease admin for small companies, union group says.
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NewsDefined contribution default funds largely index-trackers, says NAPF
UK – Organisation's annual survey finds further decline in number of DB funds open to new entrants.
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NewsBeware 'unintended consequences' of smoothing, consultants warn
UK – KPMG criticises lack of detail in new government consultation on smoothing.
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NewsIrish reserve fund expresses 'concerns' over State Street governance
IRELAND – Head of Irish debt management agency, charged with oversight of NPRF, awaits FSA report.
