All IPE articles in April 1997 (Magazine) – Page 2
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Asset/liability modelling set to increase
Two options will be available for funding company pension promises to meet the requirements of the 1995 pensions law - qualified pension plans (QPPs) and insurance contracts.Since QPPs were permitted in 1987, a large majority of the investments have been in relatively short-term fixed-interest assets and cash. This partly reflected ...
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Winterthur's Pensionkasse marks Austrian expansion
The Winterthur Pensionskasse recently formed by the Swiss group in Vienna is seen as an important step in its pensions provision in Austria and for expansion in central and eastern Europe.The Pensionskasse has just become operational as an independent pension fund and taken on its first three clients, one of ...
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Belgian pension funds look for equality with insurers
Belgian pension funds are looking for a level playing field with insurers as the authorities review the relevant regulations.Pension funds hope to expand into fixed commitment funds by running funds on the basis of a tariff and mortality tables - in addition to conventional funds, according to Hervé Noel president ...
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The tangled birth of the French pension fund system
The new law has passed most legal hurdles, but is the demand really there? Gilles Pouzin reportsSocial unrest has not stopped the introduction of France’s new private retirement system, but the new law has not yet won its battle either. After its second parliamentary approval on February 20, the pension ...
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Unison uncertainty as brokers merge
The future of the Unison consultancy network is in jeopardy as a result of merger plans between US in-surance giant, Marsh & McLennan - parent company of William Mercer - and Johnson & Higgins (J&H), the core of the Unison employee benefits network.The Unison network covers insurance broking as well ...
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