All Pensions in Belgium Report articles
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Country ReportBelgium: Focus on risk and returns
Pension funds face lower returns and greater regulatory pressures
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Country Report
Pensions in Belgium: Look to the future
Gail Moss finds that despite healthy returns last year, 2017 will be more challenging for Belgian pension funds
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Country ReportPensions In Belgium: Limited by size constraints
Belgian pension funds are well funded, but their small size restricts their opportunities to diversify, according to Gail Moss
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Country ReportExxonMobil goes ahead with cross-border pension fund merger
Dutch scheme to join Belgian OFP
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Country Report
Slow shift in perspective for Belgian pension funds
Having enjoyed good returns in 2014, Belgian pension funds are now seeking alternatives to bonds, writes Gail Moss
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Special Report
Top 1000: Belgium - Plenty more to do
The new government has received a raft of recommendations to fix the disparities in the country’s pension system. Is it too little too late?
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Country Report
Belgium: A DC future: KBC Pensioenfonds
KBC has introduced a DC pension fund for new members starting from the beginning of 2014 and closed its DB fund. The fund is one of Belgium’s largest pension schemes, founded in 1941 with €1.2bn in assets and 15,500 active members.
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Country Report
Belgium: Belgian funds on course
Belgium has doubled occupational pension fund participation in the last 10 years and returns were a healthy 6.7% in 2013, writes Iain Morse
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Country Report
Belgium: Thirst for higher yields
Belgian pension schemes are looking ahead to another year of improving funding ratios as they diversify fixed income portfolios, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Country Report
Belgium: Cross-border barriers
Cécile Sourbes asks what lessons can be learned from the failure of UMR to create an IORP domiciled in Belgium
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Country Report
Belgium: Change on the way
Challenges in the form of regulation and lower expected returns mean Belgian pension funds must seek economies of scale and improved governance, writes Karel Stroobants
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Country Report
Belgium: Working longer
An Van Damme analyses Belgium’s attempt to raise the age of retirement through incentives rather than legislative decree
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Country Report
Belgium: Clarity after deadlock
After more than a year of political deadlock, Belgium’s new government has pensions in its sights. Christine Senior reports
