Returns – Page 130
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NewsUK scheme completes first longevity hedge for non-retired members
Deal, worth £70m (€81m), predicted to stimulate longevity trades on capital markets.
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NewsUBS makes one-off CHF1,000 'loyalty' payment to pensioners
Swiss bank pays CHF16m into scheme as thank you, saying it is not meant to improve funding level.
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NewsDutch minister Kamp drops indexation label
Indexation label no longer mandatory, following unease in industry.
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NewsUK roundup: Government Actuary Department, Ortec, Unite, Visteon
Government Actuary's Department appoints Ortec Finance to provide risk management.
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NewsCommission agrees to bail out Swiss pension fund SBB
Nationalrat financial commission agrees to €860m bailout for federal railway company scheme.
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NewsDanish pension administrator Unipension returns 15% in 2010
Property write-downs make sizeable dent in returns for one of company's three pension funds.
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NewsScottish councils' pension contributions to increase as liabilities double
Accounts Commission finds pensions deficit more than doubled in last financial year.
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NewsSwedish roundup: PP Pension, Storebrand, PIMCO, Folksam, Swedish Pensions Agency
Buffer capital for PP Pension, the media pension fund, jumps from 105.7% to 111.2%.
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NewsMetalworker schemes post strong returns despite Q4 slump
PMT, PME lose 0.4% and 3.2%, respectively, during last quarter of 2010.
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NewsFinland's Keva returns 12.3%, starts new administration role
€28.8bn fund takes on pension administration for people covered by state scheme.
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NewsDutch healthcare pension scheme PFZW returns 12.6%
Industry-wide healthcare scheme posts a return of 1.3% for the fourth quarter.
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NewsStrong equity returns boost assets at Dutch civil service scheme ABP
Private equity, emerging markets prove best performing asset classes of 2010, returning 29.4% and 26.6%, respectively.
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NewsAustrian pension funds return 6.6% in 2010
AUSTRIA – Assets grow by €1.1bn to €14.8bn, including an €800m return from investments.
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NewsGerman corporate pension plans return 4-5% – Towers Watson
Funding levels remain virtually unchanged year-on-year, according to a Towers Watson report.
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NewsDutch postal scheme TNT delivers 12.7% in 2010
€5.2bn fund posts strong return despite losing 2.7% in Q4 after interest rate increase.
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NewsValtion Eläkerahasto posts strong returns on back of stocks
Finnish state pension fund sees Nordic equity portfolio grow by more than 30%.
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NewsUK regulatory focus on funding shortfalls 'increases risk'
Pension schemes taking unnecessary risks to resolve funding shortfalls, Hymans Robertson warns.
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NewsSwiss pension scheme Publica to cut conversion rate
Pension fund for civil servants to lower conversion rate to 6.15% in light of government's new longevity assumptions.
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NewsSwedish roundup: SPK, Alecta, Collectum
SPK, the pension fund for the Swedish savings institutions, returned 8.5% for 2010.
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NewsDenmark's Lærernes awards State Street $271m bond mandate
EUROPE – State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has been awarded a $271m (€201m) US bond portfolio by Denmark's Lærernes Pension.
