All Country Report articles – Page 36
-
Country Report
An introduction to the APF vehicle
Leen Preesman examines the Netherlands’ latest pensions creation, the general pension fund, or APF
-
Country Report
Asset Management: The rise of multi-asset
Gill Wadsworth looks at the changes adopted by pension funds as they seek investment opportunites that offer stability, diversification and healthy returns
-
Country Report
Interview: The bigger picture
René van de Kieft, the incoming CEO of MN, talks about the current state of the Dutch pension system and its destructive focus on average contributions
-
Country Report
UK Budget Changes: Further nails in the coffin
Kevin Davey assesses pension changes announced by the government in its July Budget
-
Country Report
Derisking: Granular buy-ins
James Mullins expects medically underwritten buy-ins to gain popularity, with market volume set to reach £1.5bn this year
-
Country Report
Calpam Pensioenfonds: Proud independence
One thing is certain for the Calpam Pensioenfonds (CPF): it wants to remain independent for as long as possible
-
Country Report
Commentary: Returning market sense to UFR
The new UFR is an uneasy compromise that requires sophisticated decision-making on the part of pension funds, argues Jens van Egmond
-
Country Report
Ultimate Forward Rate: Ultimate consideration
Formerly just an esoteric formula buried in Solvency II legislation, the DNB’s recent reduction in the ultimate forward rate will affect the viability of Dutch defined benefit pension schemes
-
Country Report
Pensions in The Netherlands: A continuing soap opera
Now that attempts to radically overhaul the Dutch pension system have floundered owing to legal problems, union opposition and politics, efforts to future-proof the second pension pillar have favoured evolution over revolution
-
Country Report
Defined Contribution: An innovation conundrum
The end to compulsory annuitisation poses questions. When and how will Britons save, invest and draw down their DC savings?
-
Country Report
Derisking: Unintended risks
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo asks whether UK trustees are taking the right approach to interest rate and inflation risk
-
Country Report
UK Pensions Governance: The head and the heart
Trustees are at the heart of UK pension funds. Do they need to get better at what they do?
-
Country ReportNestlé blocked from moving Dutch scheme to Belgium
Employee representatives refuse to approve proposal due to concerns over governance, fund structure
-
Country ReportAon Hewitt awarded Lockheed Martin fiduciary management mandate
Company to provide full fiduciary services to defence company’s £230m in DB assets
-
Country ReportMN exits UK fiduciary market despite vow to stand by business [updated]
Dutch manager sells business after seven years that have seen it struggle to transfer full-service fiduciary management to UK
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Country Report
Regulation: Frustration paramount
Italy’s pension system is in the midst of a reform process that started 20 years ago
