All Country Report articles – Page 12
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Country ReportIceland leads the world on pensions
Nation’s retirement system rates high in pensions index for adequacy and sustainability, allowing it to pip the Netherlands and Denmark
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Switzerland (November 2021)
Swiss pension funds are aligning their portfolios with sustainability goals. We speak to some of the leaders. Our report also assesses the ongoing pension reform discussions, looks at investment trends and features the latest research on risk, investment and funding levels
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in Spain (November 2021)
Spain is moving ahead with pension reforms but there is little indication about the future shape of the second pillar. Our report also assesses Spanish pension investment strategies
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Country ReportAsset allocation: Homework pays off
Spanish pension funds are reaping the benefits of portfolio diversification and sustainability investing
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Country ReportESG: A green transformation
Swiss pension funds are moving their entire portfolios towards sustainability
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Country ReportResearch: Healthy so far but reform still vital
Swiss pension funds have coped well with the effects of COVID but the pension system needs to be brought up to date
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Country ReportInvestment strategy: Shifting from fixed income
Swiss pension funds are rebalancing their portfolios but allocating to certain asset classes could prove challenging
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Country ReportPension reform: Second pillar in limbo
Spain pushes ahead with pension reform but there is little indication of the likely shape or timing of the second pillar
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Country ReportPensions reform: A middle way to reform the second pillar
A new proposal could win a majority in parliament
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October 2021)
President Macron’s pension reforms were pretty much shredded by the pandemic. Asset managers and policymakers had been hoping that a successful reform programme would channel savings into supplementary pension vehicles like the FRPS. Instead, progress has been very slow indeed. We also profile the public sector scheme Ircantec and highlight Indefi’s latest research on the French institutional market.
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Country ReportIrcantec: High ESG ambitions
Ircantec’s latest four-year plan has a strong emphasis on social responsibility
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Country ReportFRPS: Awaiting lift off
France’s new form of supplementary pension fund is only gaining traction slowly
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Country ReportResearch: The French experience
Outsourcing to third-party managers and the push towards defined contribution pensions were key themes in a year made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in the Netherlands (September 2021)
Dutch pension funds are hesitant to exclude companies or entire sectors from their investments universe and instead prefer to take the route of engagement, as we find out in our latest in-depth report on Dutch pensions. The report also covers how experiences from other countries can help illuminate the current Dutch pension reform, and analyses why the traditionally sleepy market for pension administration is undergoing unprecedented upheaval.
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Country ReportDC switch shakes up the admin market
A combination of new technology and pension reform has prompted alliances between existing players and the entrance of new players
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Country ReportTo engage or to divest?
Dutch pension funds are taking a variety of approaches in their portfolio exclusion policies when it comes to ESG
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Country ReportPrivate markets: Seeking post-COVID alternatives
Italian pension funds continue to invest in private markets ahead of a potentially promising post-Covid recovery phase
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Country ReportSecond-pillar pensions: The virtuous circle that will not start
Italy’s second-pillar pension system is developing but the industry awaits more decisive policymaking
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Country ReportCountry Report: Pensions in Italy
Italian pension funds are growing their allocation to illiquid asset classes at an increasing pace, spearheaded by a number of innovative institutional collaborations. In addition, the sector is more and more making investment choices with ESG factors in mind, as we analyse in our latest in-depth on Italy’s pensions. The report examines the impact of COVID-19 on the health of the country’s second-pillar pensions system, and finds why its future growth is dependent on more decisive policymaking.
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Country ReportESG gains ground
Italian pension funds are increasingly making their investment choices with ESG factors in mind
