All Country Reports articles – Page 18
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Staring contest
There is no end in sight to capital controls, despite the government’s tentative first steps towards easing the restrictions that have been in place since 2008, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Still a competitive market
KLP is on track boost its position as the country’s second largest public pensions provider following the exit of Storebrand and DNB from the local authority market, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Could do better
Denmark’s pension system might have achieved the top score in the most recent Melbourne-Mercer international rankings but there is still work to be done. Rachel Fixsen spoke to Torben Andersen, chairman of the new Pension Commission, about the work in hand
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Rethinking traditional allocations
Casper Hammerich outlines some of the key findings on asset allocation from the ninth Nordic Investor Survey
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Retirement age rise
Reeta Paakkinen outlines reforms to Finland’s pension system, that will increase the retirement age and the accrual rate for earnings-related pensions
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Pensions In Nordic Region: Time for action on carbon
Investors like AP4, AP2 and the Church of Sweden are ahead of the game in portfolio decarbonisation, writes Caroline Liinanki
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Spain: A pessimistic outlook for pensions
Spanish workers can expect to receive detailed information from their employers about their retirement outlook, according to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo. Few think this will boost supplementary retirement savings at a time when the government is reducing tax incentives
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Portugal: Confidence returns
Portugal’s supplementary pension funds have increased their equity weightings but are still cautious on fixed-income, writes Gail Moss
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Gail Moss assesses investment trends for Spanish pension entities, which have recorded their second successive year of high returns
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Pensions Caixa 30 to move from Spanish bonds to illiquid assets
Evolution not revolution is the name of the game for Pensions Caixa 30, Spain’s largest pension fund with €4bn assets under management, a further €1.59bn in insurance policies and almost 44,000 members at present.
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Risk off
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo looks at the supply and demand issues shaping the pension de-risking market
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Ten years of LDI
Barry Jones wonders how many people in 2004 would have thought investments would be the single biggest investment exposure for UK schemes by 2014
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A national rule for local funds
Taha Lokhandwala looks at radical proposals to reform local government pension investment in England and Wales
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Implications of FTK
Dennis van Eck outlines the changes contained within the new Dutch FTK and the effect they will have upon pension funds
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Focus on the future
What should be the focus of the national pensions dialogue? IPE asked leading figures where the discussions should go
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Dutiful fiduciaries
Paul Lee outlines the perspective of the NAPF on the Law Commission review and its implications for pension funds
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A nationwide debate
Leen Preesman sets the stage for the consultative debate on the pensions system that will take place throughout the Netherlands this autumn
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Does DC stand for Duty of Care?
Sally Ling looks at two areas that came under the scrutiny of the Law Commission in its review of the fiduciary duties of UK investment intermediaries – defined contribution (DC) providers and investment consultants
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An emotional business
Tim Jones, CEO of NEST, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo how the master trust is dealing with its customer base in its attempt to raise awareness of pensions and its model to reduce transaction
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A buoyant de-risking market
Charlie Finch reviews market practice in buy-ins, buyouts, longevity swaps and LDI
