All Countries & Regions articles – Page 5
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Asset Class Reports
Sensitivity of selected US equity funds to macro factors
Sensitivity of selected US equity funds to macro factors
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Country Report
Pensions In Italy: Regulation - A system in flux
Changing regulation on fiscal and investment matters never ceases to be a challenge for pension funds
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News
'Best times' over for alternatives, warns chair of Nokia-Siemens fund
Industry must anticipate lower returns from alternatives, but should still consider allocations, says Thomas Friese
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News
Willis Towers Watson sees signs of recovery at German schemes
Equities, real estate contribute to increasing assets in 2015
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News
One-third of German firms weighing pension-fund closure – survey
Towers Watson warns of ‘panic’ by medium-sized companies to low-interest-rate environment
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Features
Reviving the Celtic tiger
The biggest challenge facing Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, is how to avoid pricing himself out of a recovering Irish market
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NewsAustrian pension commission to launch multi-pillar reform talks in autumn
Pension fund association FVPK calls for tax exemptions, measures to boost coverage of second pillar
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News
Pension funds urged to hold nerve over Chinese volatility
Volatility remains despite Chinese central bank rate cut and slight improvement in developed market equities
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News
PPF awards £400m direct lending mandate in 'hybrid' asset boost
UK lifeboat fund opts for single manager to build direct lending portfolio
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News
LPFA appoints interim chair after Truell resignation
Merrick Cockell promoted to interim chair as Truell departs for advisory role
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News
German government mulls greater flexibilities for Pensionsfonds
New proposal would limit pension promises to a minimum, increasing volatility of payouts
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NewsFTSE 350 companies saddled with £100bn of investment risk – research
Analysis shows schemes ignoring covenant, investment risk
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NewsUS, Canadian courts throw out Nortel appeal over ‘misleading’ figures
Judges stand by initial decision to provide UK trustees with equal rights over remaining Nortel estate
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Emerging hopes
Rachel Fixsen looks at the lifting of investment restrictions and their effect on the asset allocation strategies of Italian pension funds
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Features
Belgium’s pensions challenge
Belgium’s pension plan sponsors have struggled to adapt the International Accounting Standards (IAS) 19 accounting model
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
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Country Report
Italy's Second-Pillar: Pension fund competition
A close look at Italian second-pillar pension funds reveals structural imbalances and growing risks. For the many employees without a supplementary pension it is hard to decide what to do
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Features
Cyprus: Hotel Employees Provident Fund
Rachel Fixsen reviews the Cyprus Hotel Employees Provident Fund with Marinos Gialeli, its general manager
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Country Report
Interview: Elsa Fornero - Easing Italy’s pain
Elsa Fornero explains how the pension reforms she introduced while in government brought Italy back from the brink of financial collapse
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Country ReportItaly's pension reform must foster equality
The Italian government needs to implement equitable pension reform measures if it is to avoid tension between the generations
