Markets – Page 145
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NewsECB action could lower risk premiums for European equities – Invesco
EUROPE – Risk premiums 'extremely elevated' relative to historical levels, US market.
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NewsOTC regulations may depress bond yields further, warns Moody's
GLOBAL – 'Significant' increase in demand for government debt result of collateral rules.
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NewsUK should learn from Australian pensions model, says Baker Tilly
GLOBAL – UK tax office should police payment of contributions, head of pensions argues.
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NewsProbe at Dutch scheme turns up catalogue of errors, but no fraud
NETHERLANDS – Expert panel recommends no criminal charges or further inquiries at pension fund.
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NewsPension funds have 'two options' in LIBOR scandal claims
UK – Law firm RPC rejects notion that scandal will lead to 'tsunami' of litigation.
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NewsABP to consult participants on future pensions arrangements
NETHERLANDS – €260bn scheme canvases participants about evolution of pension arrangements.
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NewsZurich Life anticipates €10bn Irish sovereign annuity market
IRELAND – Insurer first company licensed to issue new annuities based on amortising bonds.
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NewsDodd-Frank to result in 'scramble' as new clearing houses enter market
GLOBAL – Report predicts market shake-up, increased interest from investors in fast hedging deals.
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NewsDutch government moots future issuance of inflation-linked bonds
NETHERLANDS – Treasury could issue long-duration ILBs if rates begin to rise.
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NewsGermany to remain safest euro haven in event of downgrade, Mercer says
EUROPE – Consultancy's Dutch office says 'commodity currencies' of greatest interest to pension funds.
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NewsUK business lobby calls for smoothed discount rate for pension funds
CBI director general says 'artificially high' deficits curbing business investment.
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Austria's Valida snaps up Siemens pension fund, severance pay assets
AUSTRIA - Austrian branch of technology giant sells more than €800m in company pension fund assets.
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NewsPension Insurance Corporation wins more business with £320m buy-in
Plunge in gilt yields will make bulk annuity deals even more appealing, says LCP.
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NewsIAPF welcomes decision to issue index-linked, amortising bonds
But more must be done to create 'coherent' regulatory framework, association warns.
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NewsIPE Top 400: Amundi bucks French trend in growing institutional assets
FRANCE – Company increases European institutional AUM by 15%, according to Top 400 Asset Managers survey.
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NewsIreland announces details of index-linked, amortising bonds
Issuances aimed at pensions market to raise up to €5bn over next 18 months, according to NTMA.
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NewsDeveloped economies should expect future GDP growth of 'just 1%'
EUROPE – Real GDP growth of 2.5% in developed markets over last 30 years an anomaly, says Research Affiliates.
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NewsDutch retirement age increase to reduce pensioners by half million
Raising age from 65 to 67 in 2023 to cut number of pensioners by half million by 2025.
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NewsGloor lawyers offer part-admission of guilt, 30 months in prison
Final verdict in case against BVK's former head of asset management not expected until September.
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NewsPPF levy hike could increase cost of insuring pension funds by 25% – TW
Low government bond yields may force Pension Protection Fund to increase levy, Towers Watson warns.
