Asset Allocation – Page 306
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Slow death of DB
Only a fifth of occupational pension schemes will be on a defined benefit basis by the year 2018, according to a recent survey by Bacon & Woodrow. And employee-sponsored health and welfare insurance contracts will be the norm for over half of UK employees in the first quarter of the ...
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Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: DENMARK
Denmark, as a result of public referendum, is not entering the euro. However, the national banks involved have agreed to maintain exchange rates Danish Krone (DKK) vs euro in a narrow band. Additionally, for Danish pension institutions, the rules of congruency are changed from this month. Sixty per cent of ...
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Major pension funds see future in Europe<BR><BR>KPA
Looking at the US, the recent interest rate cuts obviously has been one of the main factors easing the global financial crisis, but it has also sent back the equity prices to what they are now being fairly high levels compared to those of interest rates. It will be interesting ...
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Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: FRANCE
Most pensions are provided by national pay-as-you-go (PAYG) schemes, which hold about a year’s contribution income in the form of reserves; these are invested in short-term deposits and bonds. Apart from a handful of schemes operated by large companies such as IBM, most supplementary provision is in the form of ...
