All Country Reports – Page 54
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The Nordic Region: Solvency II New rules of the game
With full implementation now likely in 2014, Solvency II is looming. Rachel Fixsen examines some of the implications for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish pension institutions
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The Nordic Region: Investing in cleaner solutions
The outlook for investing in renewables, and cleantech in general, ought to be optimistic as the world is fighting to stop global warming and other climate issues. Pirkko Juntunen assesses the approaches of Nordic institutions
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Spain: Shift from conventional assets?
Some see diversification as a trump card as they weather domestic and global economic turbulence, writes Cecile Sourbes
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Spain: The pensions piggy bank
Spain’s heavily indebted regional communities are in pursuit of the €65bn Social Security Reserve Fund. Some think that might not be such a good idea, writes Jim Robinson
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Spain: Lessons from Chile
Enrique Munita and Inigo Sagardoy outline aspects of Chile’s funded pension system that might apply to Spain
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Portugal: The wind of change
Gail Moss assesses pensions policy in Portugal following the bail-out
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The Netherlands: Social partners take the plunge
The Dutch social partners and cabinet have agreed on a major overhaul of the pension system. Leen Preesman reports
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The Netherlands: Devil in the details
The new pension agreement is an important step towards a necessary reform of the Dutch pensions system, but many of the agreement’s provisions still need to be fleshed out. Olaf Sleijpen of De Nederlandsche Bank finds that the devil is in the detail, as Leen Preesman and Mariska van der ...
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The Netherlands: Better in Belgium?
Mariska van der Westen finds out about the benefits that convinced a Dutch pension fund to join a Belgian OFP
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The Netherlands: Count the cost
An AFM report has revealed that Dutch pension funds are spending up to £3bn a year on hidden asset management costs, reports Mariska van der Westen
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UK: Policy pending
Over a year after the new government assumed office, Jonathan Williams examines whether a flood of new proposals has been beneficial or detrimental to the pensions industry
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UK: Proof in the pudding
Joanne Segars, of the NAPF, says there are flaws in the UK’s pensions policies. Jonathan Williams reports
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UK: Mind the gap, please!
Nina Röhrbein reports on private sector funds’ strategies to deal with funding shortfalls
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UK: Conservative approaches
Raj Mody finds that UK companies could be over-paying into defined benefit pension schemes by up to £5bn (€5.7bn) a year
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UK: The buyout market in 2011
Clive Wellsteed reviews the findings of LCP’s fourth annual report on the buyout market
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UK: PPF: Protector of the UK system
Nina Röhrbein assesses the Pension Protection Fund’s investment strategy
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UK: Not so gold plated
Brendan Maton considers the policy and operational challenges faced by local government pension funds – whose benefits are often described as ‘gold plated’
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UK: Risk takers
Nina Röhrbein outlines investment strategies of funds in the local government sector Reaching full funding is a concern to local authority pension funds. As the funding level for most larger local authority pension funds implies that a significant allocation to growth assets is required, there has been only a moderate ...
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UK: Bucking the governance trend
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Paul Myners, chairman and partner at Cevian Capital, and Harlan Zimmerman
