All IPE articles in April 2002 (Magazine) – Page 4
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Features
Battle for soul of directive
That the Spanish delegation to the European council working group on the pensions directive is trying to introduce quantitative rules has caused a bit of an uproar in Brussels. Those proposing the changes are silent while those opposing them are defending the parliament’s espousal of the prudent man principle. Ironically ...
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Change is in the air
Employee benefits are among the most significant costs to an organisation after salaries. They are also probably the element of the reward programme that differs the most across Europe as differences in legislation, tax, social security and culture have given rise to vastly different benefit environments. However, these diverse environments ...
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Grasping the retirement age nettle
Many companies and their employees have begun to realise over the last few years that pensions have become increasingly expensive to provide. The answer of most corporate employers has either been to increase contributions and/or to reduce benefits. But there is another solution which really requires action from governments and ...
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PVF Achmea: the background
About 10 years ago PVF operated as a body to run pension schemes. Its services included advice to pension plan sponsors on policy matters, management of funds’ investments, pensions administration, collection of contributions and payment of benefits. It also looked after running early retirement and disability insurance cover. Today PVF ...