Latest Special Reports – Page 83
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Heart of the matter
The latest law change focuses on reorganising Ireland’s regulatory structures, instead of delivering the promised amendments to the wind-up order, writes Jonathan Williams
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Focus on the second pillar
The focus of the pension fund industry is now on second-pillar reform, which is set to open up the investment universe for pension funds, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: A two-way street
The cabinet’s endorsement of FTK2 means important decisions for Dutch pension funds and social partners, according to Nina Röhrbein, with risk shifting to members
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Hybrid approach at centre of new regime for 2014
Norway’s Banking Law Commission is proposing to replace the present defined-benefit schemes with a hybrid system. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Urgent public pension reforms needed
To meet EU and IMF demands to cut its public debt, Portugal is proposing to raise the pension age and cut benefits across the board, says Cécile Sourbes
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Reform full steam ahead
The government plans to boost company pension plans while further reforming state pensions, writes Cécile Sourbes
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Ongoing review plots changes with Solvency II in mind
The temporary discount rate floor is to continue until a new method of calculating the discount rate under Solvency II is ready, according to Rachel Fixsen
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Eyes on next reform
Swiss funds are still dealing with structural reform to occupational pensions. New governance rules and the next reform are already on the horizon, says Barbara Ottawa
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: All hands on deck
The UK pension industry is changing across the board, emphasising the importance of improving regulation, governance and fees structures, Jonathan Williams reports
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Investment Solutions: Very real problems
Complexity in regulation, heightened demand for efficient liability management, market volatility and the sheer breadth of investment opportunities have created demand for a different type of relationship between asset managers and pension funds, writes Liam Kennedy. How are they meeting this demand? And, with a new generation of ‘modular’ or ...
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Investment Solutions: Spiralling into control
Mariska van der Westen surveys the Dutch fiduciary management landscape. Pension funds are requiring providers to tailor their services and regaining control of the investment chain, as yesterday’s fashions fall out of favour and old models gain popularity once more
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Investment Solutions: Remedy, not a cure
Alex Koriath and Calum Brunton Smith outline trends in the £50bn UK fiduciary management market
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Investment Solutions: Delegation targets lower risk
Andrew Waring, chief executive of the UK Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund tells Nina Röhrbein about the scheme’s delegated CIO approach
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Investment Solutions: Not a smooth ride
Ian Morse asks Patrick Groenendijk, CIO of Vervoer about his views on fiduciary management in the light of his fund’s experiences with Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Food for thought for animal welfare
The horse-meat scandal has alerted investors to the importance of animal welfare in the supply chain, finds Nina Röhrbein
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With pensions in its sights
Mark Nicholls asesses the UK’s Green Investment Bank plans to target the institutional investment community, and pension funds in particular
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The Euro-Zone: A rising tide
A flood of global liquidity is floating all of the euro-zone’s boats – even those, like the Netherlands and France, whose economies have taken a turn for the worse. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the dynamics
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The Euro-Zone: Understanding sovereign spreads
Lorenzo Naranjo and Carmen Stefanescu argue that European sovereign spreads are all about the flight to liquidity, not the flight to quality
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The Euro-Zone: The Cyprus syndrome
Helen Fowler finds the risk-reward balance across European bank debt changing rapidly following recent resolutions
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Top 400 Asset Managers: Outcomes revolution in investment management and pharmaceuticals
Mitesh Sheth outlines what investment managers can learn from the transformation taking place in the pharmaceutical industry
