All Country Reports articles – Page 34
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Country ReportSwitzerland: A never-ending road
With impeccable timing, yet another scandal has hit Swiss pensions just as the country is finalising a reform of second pillar supervision. Barbara Ottawa assesses the state of Swiss pension regulation and governance
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Country ReportSwitzerland: A never-ending road
With impeccable timing, yet another scandal has hit Swiss pensions just as the country is finalising a reform of second pillar supervision. Barbara Ottawa assesses the state of Swiss pension regulation and governance
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Switzerland: Not enough of a good thing
Nina Röhrbein charts demand for Swiss domestic property and a market that cannot satisfy institutional demand
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Switzerland: Efficient, secure and transparent pension funds
The relative benefits of a pension fund are impossible to judge as each stakeholder has a different level of expectation. Gérard Fischer looks at ways of defining a ‘good’ scheme
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Country ReportSwitzerland: BVK rises from the ashes
The head of asset management is new, the CEO remains in place for stability and a package of recovery measures should take care of the deficit. Barbara Ottawa asks whether all is really well at the Zurich canton pension fund
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Switzerland: Alternative route to diversification
Are Swiss pension funds overcoming their traditional aversion to hedge funds and alternatives? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Switzerland: The big squeeze: active vs passive
Emma Cusworth asks if active management is stifled by the concentrated nature of the Swiss market
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The Nordic Region: Folketrygdfondet The quiet sibling
Pirkko Juntunen reports on Folketrygdfondet, which manages the Government Pension Fund Norway and the Government Bond Fund within tight regional constraints
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The Nordic Region: Funds seek to restore equity
Jan Willers outlines some of the key findings of a recent survey on Nordic institutional asset allocation and trends within equities
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Country ReportThe Nordic Region: Denmark Home front target
Rachel Fixsen investigates the pressures that Danish pension funds are facing to align their investments in support of the domestic economy
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The Nordic Region: Finland Gradual decline
Reeta Paakkinen outlines the local investment trend in Finnish pension investors’ portfolios
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The Nordic Region: Norway A concentrated equity market
Norway’s stock exchange, Oslo Børs, comprises of 203 issuers, of which 36 are foreign companies. The market-cap totals almost NOK1.5trn (€186bn) and the exchange saw six new listings in 2010.
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The Nordic Region: Denmark’s planned venture capital fund
When key parties from the Danish pensions industry emerged from their meeting with the economics and business affairs minister Brian Mikkelsen back in August 2010, they declared themselves optimistic that somehow they would work together to put together DKK5bn (€670m) of funding to help small and medium-sized enterprises in their ...
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The Nordic Region: External blacklists dominate ESG
Scandinavian investors have for a long time had a sustainably orientated ethical approach. But Nina Rohrbein finds that this is not playing to the positive
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The Nordic Region: Sweden Home bias wanes
Pirkko Juntunen finds that competition reasons may sway domestic allocations among life and pension companies
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The Nordic Region: Early movers and growing assets
Susanne Jacobson and Linda Stany assess the role smaller investors are playing in the responsible investment area
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The Nordic Region: Hedge fund appetite
Charlotte Bonde Tamm presents insights into hedge fund investments among Nordic investors
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Spain: Eggs in one basket
Jim Robinson comments on the asset allocation of Spain’s €58bn social security reserve fund
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Portugal: Diversification away from home
Nina Röhrbein reports on a Portuguese pension market that is stagnating as employers struggle with more pressing issues
