All Country Report articles – Page 44
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Central & Eastern Europe: Croatia bucks the trend
In contrast with Poland, and despite the poor state of its economy, the EU’s newest member backs second-pillar pensions and is making proactive changes to the system, as Krystyna Krzyzak outlines
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Central & Eastern Europe: Worth the long-term risk?
The Polish government is set on its plan to dismantle the second pillar. Krystyna Krzyzak sees grave implications for Poland’s capital markets in the plan, which could also backfire on the government’s plan to reduce the debt burden
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Central & Eastern Europe: A temporary pensions raid
Managers of Russia’s non-state pension funds are openly critical of the government’s current reform track, according to Krystyna Krzyzak
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Central & Eastern Europe: A progressive step
The Caucasus nation of Armenia has taken a very international approach to setting up a funded second and third pillar, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Central & Eastern Europe: Tempered optimism
Latvian pension funds remain cautiously optimistic about their future as the country enters the euro area on 1 January, according to Rachel Fixsen
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Switzerland: 2020 is getting closer
There have been quite a few recent changes to the second pillar. But a new reform initiative aims at a more comprehensive approach and is getting the industry’s support, Barbara Ottawa finds
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Switzerland: Is factor-based allocation new?
Factor-based allocation may be theoretically interesting for Swiss pension funds but it is hard to implement in a practical way, according to Lukas Riesen and Diego Liechti
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Switzerland: Investment challenges persist
Gail Moss asked leading commentators for their views on the asset allocation challenges currently faced by Swiss pension funds
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Switzerland: A change of direction
The existing second pillar remains a holy cow in the Swiss social system. But it seems increasingly possible to convince members that there is no alternative to variable pension payouts, Barbara Ottawa finds
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Switzerland: East-west divide
There is a clear difference in the level of funding of public pension schemes across Switzerland, Nina Röhrbein finds
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Switzerland: A mountain of problems
The challenge of applying IAS 19 to Swiss pension provision is a burden that the IASB has done little to ease. Stephen Bouvier reports
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Switzerland: Solidarity put to the test
Peter Zanella assesses the hurdles pension funds must overcome when considering a variable pension model
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Nordic Region: A shift to alternatives
Nina Röhrbein reviews recent Nordic institutional investor mandates
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Nordic Region: Slow progress on AP
Sweden is making slow but steady progress in its overhaul of the AP buffer funds, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: A dwindling band
Finland’s government is looking to improve the regulatory framework for corporate pension funds, according to Reeta Paakkinen
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Nordic Region: The search continues
Reeta Paakkinen finds Finnish pension investors continuing to seek alternatives to traditional equities and fixed income
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Nordic Region: High salary, high fees
Well-paid Swedes face high charges if they opt out of the ITP pension system in favour of a private plan, finds Rachel Fixsen
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Nordic Region: Fine-tuned for yield
Reeta Paakkinen assesses Ilmarinen’s recent changes to its asset allocation
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Nordic Region: Unity is strength
Rachel Fixsen charts the ongoing trend towards consolidation in the Danish pension market
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Nordic Region: A thematic search for yield
Casper Hammerich outlines key findings on asset allocation from the eighth Nordic Investor Survey
