All Country Reports articles – Page 29
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Central and Eastern Europe: Post traumatic stress
Polish pension funds are not using their freedom to invest more in equities, finds Krystyna Krzyzak
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Central and Eastern Europe: An uncertain year
Poland’s second pillar providers are looking for clarity, writes Krystyna Krzyzak
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Central and Eastern Europe: Sword of Damocles
Romania’s fiscal austerity has sheltered its nascent pension fund industry but the outlook is still unclear, writes Thomas Escritt
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Central and Eastern Europe: Post solidarity
Svobodka Kostadinova and Dr Nickolai Slavchev deliver an overview of the dynamic Bulgarian pension system
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Central and Eastern Europe: National wealth
Iain Morse outlines the development of Russia’s two sovereign wealth funds
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Emerging market equities – ‘Quality’ shines through
Martin Steward finds that a significant change in market leadership after 2009 determines who stays at the top of the emerging equity performance tables – and who falls
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Central and Eastern Europe: Russia’s hot potato
Iain Morse surveys Russia’s nascent occupational pensions market
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Central and Eastern Europe: Domestic pressure
Measures by Iceland’s Central Bank to gradually adjust the krona’s exchange rate are forcing pension funds to invest mainly in domestic krona-denominated assets, reports Iain Morse
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Switzerland: The super regulator
Pierre Triponez, president of new Swiss federal pensions supervisory body – the Oberaufsichtskommission (OAK) – discusses his role and remit with Cécile Sourbes
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Switzerland: Life in a safe haven
September’s shock devaluation of the Swiss franc halted the decline in the value of Swiss pension funds’ foreign assets. On the other hand, ultra- low rates are putting extreme pressure on funds. Nina Röhrbein assesses asset allocation in the light of these extremes
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Switzerland: No magic formula
The minimum interest rate in the Swiss second pillar was recently cut from 2% to 1.5% for 2012, writes Barbara Ottawa. But experts believe this is still too high to be sustainable
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Switzerland: More fairness needed
Pension funds are feeling the pinch in the sovereign debt crisis, writes Gérard Fischer, CEO of Swisscanto. In the long term, they can only deliver their promised benefits through a better distribution of assets, income and recapitalisation contributions between generations
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Switzerland: Efficient stability
Nina Röhrbein reviews current Swiss asset allocation trends
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Switzerland: The problem of converting minds
Legally, Swiss Pensionskassen have to apply a 6.9% conversion rate but the actual rate used is much lower. Barbara Ottawa asks why politics are not adjusting to reality
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The Nordic Region: Guarantees Too much of a good thing
Guaranteed pensions products in Denmark and Sweden for a long time looked too good to be true and perhaps they are. At least, they are too expensive for the providers to retain, which has led to various strategies – either closing the products for new investors or persuading people to ...
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The Nordic Region: Fees under scrutiny
Rachel Fixsen assesses Danish pension funds’ transparency about costs and fees
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The Nordic Region: ‘Luckily, we don’t have Solvency II’
Martin Steward spoke to pension insurer Varma about how it manages its solvency levels and the impact Solvency II-style rules would have
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The Nordic Region: Nordic investors take a cautious line
Henrik Hoffmann-Fischer outlines key findings on asset allocation, as well as trends on global versus regional mandates, based on the sixth Nordic Investor Survey
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The Nordic Region: Solvency II New rules of the game
With full implementation now likely in 2014, Solvency II is looming. Rachel Fixsen examines some of the implications for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish pension institutions
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The Nordic Region: Investing in cleaner solutions
The outlook for investing in renewables, and cleantech in general, ought to be optimistic as the world is fighting to stop global warming and other climate issues. Pirkko Juntunen assesses the approaches of Nordic institutions
