Latest Special Reports – Page 41
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Commodities: A boost for material benefits
Rising risk of inflation and geopolitical uncertainties are enhancing the role of commodities as a portfolio-diversifying strategy
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2018: A snapshot of a €7.2trn asset pool
The asset pool of Europe’s leading 1000 retirement funds now exceeds €7.22trn – a 2.49% increase over last year’s 4.45%
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Interview: Xiao Fu, Bank of China International
Xiao Fu, the head of commodity market strategy at the Bank of China International, talks about what will arguably be the biggest infrastructure project the world has ever seen
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Austria: Overcoming a troubled legacy
The challenge facing Austrian pension funds is their turbulent past rather than the new IORP II regulation
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Reflections on the crisis
IPE canvassed the views of leading economists and politicians on the post-Lehman crisis regulatory and policy response, and on the impact of the crisis on the global financial system
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Belgium: Portability pain
Belgium has been accused of ‘gold plating’ the EU portability directive
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Denmark: Addressing the problem of ‘interplay’
Measures are being put in place to make saving for retirement more attractive
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Finland: Waiting for sustainability plan
Pension funds are awaiting news on how the European Commission’s sustainable finance action plan will be adopted in the country
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France: Sprucing up supplementary savings
A new law seeks to boost the attractiveness of pension scheme savings vehicles
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Germany: The loneliness of complexity
Pension funds are not happy with the European regulator or with their government regarding IORP II
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Iceland: Dominant force
Measures have been proposed to reduce the risk posed by the prominent role of pension funds in Iceland’s economy
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Ireland: Building a 21st century pension system
The government is planning sweeping changes to the country’s entire pension system
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Italy: New government prioritises public pension overhaul
Planned reform of first-pillar pensions will overturn some key changes introduced after the onset of the euro-zone crisis
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Netherlands: Reform delayed
The four-party coalition government has postponed reform in the face of fierce criticism from the pensions sector
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Norway: A bitter pill
New solvency regulations for pension funds have been sweetened by rules making it easier for them to invest in infrastructure
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Portugal: Political uncertainty
The European Commission is concerned about the lack of political progress on making the pension system sustainable
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Spain: Age old problem
Plans are being implemented to cope with the country’s rapidly ageing population
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Sweden: AP funds under review
A cross-party group has been appointed to look into liberalising the investment capabilities of the AP buffer funds
