Markets – Page 140
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Japan's Orix to acquire Dutch asset manager Robeco – reports
GLOBAL – €1.9bn deal to be announced next week, according to Reuters report.
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NewsYoung participants in Netherlands want more pensions choices
NETHERLANDS – PensionsLab think tank outlines possible improvements to Dutch pensions system.
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NewsGermany to allow pension-asset pooling for first time
GERMANY – Consultants talk up potential for new investment vehicle after change in tax laws.
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NewsParliamentary report calls for 'urgent' removal of NEST restrictions
UK – Lifting restrictions would create certainty ahead of SME staging dates, committee says.
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NewsBrussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term investing
EUROPE – European Commission mulling revisions to pension tax rules, corporate governance.
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NewsSurvey: European real estate investors regain confidence
EUROPE – German, French, UK institutions set to increase investments in 2013.
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NewsGreek pensions vehicle sees 'huge bet' on domestic bonds pay off
GREECE – Hellenic Pension Mutual Fund Management Company nearly doubles assets in six months.
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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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NewsNetherlands unveils benefits scheme to bridge AOW income gap
NETHERLANDS – Scheme to support those facing income loss after increase of official retirement age.
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NewsGerman investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II
GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
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NewsMake pension fund participation mandatory, expert says
EUROPE – Academic says mandatory participation best way of sharing risk among generations.
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NewsEuropean stocks 'artificially cheap', says GAM
EUROPE – Investment manager says stocks undervalued merely for being domiciled in Europe.
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NewsAccounting rules could add 10% to Swiss liabilities, Towers Watson warns
SWITZERLAND – Caveat echos similar warning by Mercer on liabilities of Dutch multinationals.
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NewsFrench 'advice' on UMR cross-border plan could breach EU Treaty – lawyers
EUROPE – Any 'open opposition' to transfer to Belgium would breach treaty and IORP I Directive, experts say.
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NewsNordic roundup: Folksam, Swedbank, DNB Liv, ITP tender
EUROPE – Anders Sundström to step down as chief executive at Folksam.
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NewsInternational accounting standards encourage 'race to bottom'
UK – Parliamentary committee on banking hears strong criticism on accounting from UK academic.
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NewsContinuing euro-zone crisis boosts real estate investor sentiment
EUROPE – More than 80% of Ernst & Young survey respondents expect deal volume to increase.
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Danish roundup: JØP/DIP merger, Industriens Pension
DENMARK – Pension fund for lawyers, economists to merge with scheme for engineers.
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News'Junk' Treasuries no haven even in depression, Faber warns
GLOBAL – Economist would prefer to hold equities even in deflationary environment.
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NewsFrench scheme waters down plans to launch cross-border fund in Belgium
EUROPE – OFP fund 'no longer in line with long-term strategy' at Mutuelle Médicis.
