All Country Report articles – Page 11
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Country ReportInvestment strategy: Asset allocation at a time of uncertainty
Senior investment figures give their views on asset allocation
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Country ReportProfile – Carola Schouten: New pensions minister to push for solidarity
The Hague’s first dedicated minister for pensions has a prodigious task ahead in implementing new collective DC framework
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Country ReportQ&A: Regulator takes stock on climate risk reporting
IPE asks DNB climate policy specialist Sven van den Beld for a progress report on how pension schemes are monitoring carbon-related risks
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Country ReportDutch pension funds tackle inflation
With a nominal liabilities framework under the current FTK rules and a new system around the corner, Dutch schemes are not rushing to inflation-proof their portfolios
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Ireland (February 2022)
Ireland’s new trustee code is bedding in following its publication last autumn. The code aligns Ireland with IORP II, with rules on governance, administration, controls, DB management and ‘fit and proper’ requirements.
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Country ReportChallenges await after a year of policy change
Reform of the Irish pensions system is in motion with policies set out last year
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Country ReportAuto-enrolment: a never-ending story?
COVID, Brexit and elections all contributed to the delay in the introduction of the workplace schemes
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Country ReportRevised code of practice beds in
Ireland’s Pensions Authority published its revised code of practice for occupational pension scheme trustees last November, to a lukewarm reception. After a lukewarm response, trustees are getting to grips with what is required of them
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Country ReportFunding levels down, but outlook good
An update on the accounting deficits in Irish DB pension schemes
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe (January 2022)
A combination of poor policy decisions and conservative asset allocations have conspired to stifle the development of supplementary pensions in the CEE region since the widespread adoption of the World Bank’s three-pillar model in the 1990s, as IPE Editor Liam Kennedy writes in this issue.
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Country ReportM&A reshapes CEE pensions market
Some European insurance groups are retreating from the CEE region, while others are snapping up assets. All this is reshaping pillar-two pensions
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Country ReportInterview: Dace Ljusa
After 18 years as CEO of Latvia’s SEB Pension Fund, Dace Ljusa has just stepped down. She is now turning her sights to developing a strong corporate governance ethic throughout her home country and the Baltics
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Country ReportPoland’s slow start on pensions
Poland’s automatic enrolment programme continues to suffer from an endemic lack of trust
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (December 2021)
Our report on the Nordic region leads on Denmark’s ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70%, and with a 2030 deadline. That plan, the most stringent in the region, needs capital. And while there is no shortage of local pension fund investors willing to contribute, they say more detail is needed on the specifics.
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Country ReportDenmark: Ambitious Denmark leads on green-energy transition
Pension funds play a key role in achieving carbon emissions target set for 2030
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Country ReportFinland: Declining birth rate is main worry
The country’s defined benefit pension system is largely healthy, but long-term challenges need to be addressed now
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Country ReportFunds collaborate on green credit
Swedish funds team up with fund managers by providing seed money for two new sustainable bond products
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Country ReportInflation: Schemes keep wary eye on inflation
Few players anticipate rampant inflation rises, but pension funds are atuned to the actions of central banks around the world
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Country ReportIceland: Pressure to relax limit on foreign investing
Pension funds look for flexibility to adjust their exposure to global opportunities
