All Country Reports – Page 17
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Country ReportNorway: A civil revolution
The municipal pensions market is undergoing structural change as private providers are returning with new products
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Country ReportInnovating in ESG through ETFs
Leading Nordic pension providers are teaming up with asset managers to design and launch ETFs that compliment and help achieve their ESG goals
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Country ReportSpain: The tide turns
Investors hope that this month’s general election brings much needed stability to a faltering economy
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Country ReportAsset Allocation: Alternatives key to raise returns
Pension funds are increasing their allocations to alternative and illiquid assets in a bid to boost flagging returns
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Country ReportPortugal: In search of higher yield
Asset allocation strategies remain largely unchanged and the search for yield broadens out
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Reform agenda
New reforms to the first and second-pillar are due to be debated in parliament next year and implemented by 2022
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Country ReportGulbenkian Foundation: Green credentials
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is realigning its portfolio to meet green requirements
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Country ReportReturns: Do large pension funds achieve better results?
Smaller pension funds do not necessarily have lower returns, according to PPCmetrics
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Country ReportDiscount rates: Stranger things
Negative interest rates are making Swiss pension funds more expensive
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Country ReportFrance: PACTE changes the landscape
The new PACTE law will transform pension saving in France
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Country ReportSystem reform: A hot political plot
Pension reforms have reached a second stage as President Macron seeks to push through radical changes
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Country ReportPension regimes: The second pillar evolves
The second-pillar pension regime for private sector employees, AGIRC-ARRCO, is entering a new phase of its development
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Country ReportUK: ESG moves up the trustee agenda
UK pension scheme trustees now bear the responsibility to weigh ESG and climate change risks more explicitly
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Country ReportWelcome to the feedback age
DC funds are increasingly employing focus groups to gain insight into the motivations of their members. But pensions are not as easy to review as hotels or restaurants
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Country ReportThe future of trusteeship
The Pensions Regulator is aiming to tackle poorly run UK pension schemes, and has designs on the role that trustees can play
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Country ReportNEST: More than a pension
NEST’s Insight unit is looking at how to improve pensions outcomes for the less fortunate
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Country ReportFunding: Striking the right balance
Companies need to find the right balance between making pension deficit contributions and paying dividends to shareholders
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Country ReportPrivate equity: Visions of the future
Is Project Iris, a joint effort by Italian pension funds to invest in alternatives, a sign of things to come?
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Country ReportIORP II: Race to adopt new rules
Putting the new IORP II rules in place will be a challenge for Italian pension funds in areas like risk management
