All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 50
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NewsSwiss pension funds grossly underestimating AM costs
True cost of asset management almost four times higher than previously stated, according to c-alm.
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NewsSwiss Symova reports 4% return in first six months of operation
Credited above-benchmark return with lack of exposure to foreign bonds.
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NewsSwitzerland has too many pension funds, experts say
Consultant Alberto Romaneschi says country has about '2,000 Pensionskassen too many'.
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NewsSwitzerland's AHV to replace head of asset management
Fund also looking for quantitative ALM strategist, derivatives overlay specialist.
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NewsRegulations need re-drafting to break big three rating agency monopoly, says Feri
Board member of Feri EuroRating says investment laws must 'widen scope', include European firms.
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NewsSwiss pension funds uncertain about real estate bubble
Swisscanto says results would change if question limited to regions like Zurich, however.
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NewsBasel pension fund returns 4.1%, closes in on full funding
PKBS return comes in well above industry average of 2.9% for last year.
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IMF warns Poland on transfer of second-pillar pension assets
POLAND – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Poland that the shift of assets from the second pillar of its pension system should not lead to increased spending.
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NewsChina could become 'separate asset class', says RCM
Asset manager see growing institutional interest in specialist mandates for the country.
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NewsMore than 2m Germans want occupational pensions, survey says
Survey finds that 2m Germans intend to join occupational schemes in next 12 months.
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German roundup: BVV, aba
€21.8bn Pensionskasse for German banking industry returns 4.2% for 2010.
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NewsSwiss government concedes mistakes in assessing AHV
Admits it underestimated impact of immigration and structural changes in Swiss economy.
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NewsAba head questions importance of cross-border pensions
Heribert Karch 'unconvinced' increasing competition will lead to more efficiency.
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NewsEFRP questions Commission's Call for Advice on IORPs
Call has come too soon and relies too heavily on Solvency II, warns EFRP head Chris Verhaegen.
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Fair-finance moves to shake up Austrian severance-pay funds
AUSTRIA – Co-owner calls for evaluation of severance-pay funds to be included in amendment of legal framework.
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RCM fund managers re-assess China
Mark Konyn, CEO of RCM Asia Pacific, talks to IPA’s Barbara Ottawa at the Asia conference that Allianz Global Investors holds in Berlin every year.
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NewsSwitzerland's PKZH to sign UNPRI, draw up exclusion policy
€10.5bn pension fund becomes third Swiss scheme to commit to UN's SRI principles.
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NewsMajority of Germans oblivious to 'three-pillar' pension system
70% of respondents confuse second, third pillars, while 60% admit ignorance of first-pillar entitlement.
