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‘Untouchable’
The National Pensions Reserve Fund in Ireland was purposely structured to enable it to match the returns achieved by private pension funds, the fund’s main architect, finance minister Charlie McCreevy told the recent UK and Irish Pensions & Investment Summit in Dublin. “The fund’s investment strategy and management was conducted ...
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Drive to increase pensions coverage
If anyone should be purring, it is Anne Maher, of the Pensions Board in Ireland, where she is chief executive. Last month, the new Pensions Act passed through both houses of parliament and was signed by president McAleese. This was the culmination of five years of work for the Pensions ...
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Social security creates space for DC plans
Portugal’s new centre-right government, which came to power in March, could provide a spur to the development of private pensions in general and defined contribution (DC) plans in particular. This appears to be the consensus of the country’s pensions industry. Publicly, the view is that nobody knows what the new ...
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Dutch stick by their guns
Pension funds in the Netherlands are reviewing their position. Both the investment and liabilities sides of this very developed market are under scrutiny after a prolonged period of disappointing investment returns and diminishing pension reserves. A model to follow for other European countries when it comes to pension provision, the ...
