All Country Reports articles – Page 38
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Belgium: Keeping it safe and simple
Belgium’s pension funds are erring on the side of caution as they begin the process of re-examining their asset allocation strategies following the downturn. Nina Roehrbein reports
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Country ReportBelgium: A time for courage and action
Karel Stroobants argues that doing nothing about the Belgian pension system is not an option if the country is to avoid collective impoverishment and generational conflict
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Country ReportIreland: A long game in pensions
Christine Senior assesses the roller-coaster of Irish pensions legislation and regulation
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Ireland: New model vital
Irish pension schemes must find new strategies to cope with effects of ageing population, says Conor Daly
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Ireland: At a crossroads
Jerry Moriarty, director of policy at the Irish Association of Pension Funds, assesses the country’s pension challenges
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Ireland: Short private pensions reprieve
Stephen Lalor and Amanda James on radical changes to public and private sector pensions
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Ireland: More rivers to cross
Philip Shier of Hewitt Associates looks ahead to another difficult year for Irish pension funds
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Ireland: Strategic and tactical
Nyree Stewart assesses the National Pension Reserve Fund’s strategic deployment to recapitalise two domestic banks, and its move towards more dynamic decision making
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Ireland: On the road to diversity
The pummelling suffered by Irish pension funds in the recent financial crisis is encouraging them to review their investment risk strategies, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Ireland: Subtle changes needed
The managed fund sector recovered some of its disastrous 2008 losses over the course of last year. Nina Röhrbein assesses the state of play
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Hungary: A case of bad timing
Thomas Escritt reviews the decision to introduce multiple risk portfolios for supplementary pension funds
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Poland: On a collision course
A proposal to cut second pillar contributions to pension funds would leave most OFE pension funds unprofitable and the rest to invest in low-yielding investment strategies, finds Krystyna Krzyzak
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Russia: Deploys the big guns
Russia’s two new sovereign wealth funds were instrumental in supporting the economy during the economic crisis. Martin Delaney reports
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Romania: Teething troubles
Economic difficulties and political turmoil have hindered but not derailed the country’s creation of a three-tier pension system. Thomas Escritt reports
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CEE: Pensions and the economic crisis
The global recession has affected the countries of central and eastern Europe in markedly different ways. Krystyna Krzyzak analyses the significant impacts of the crisis on the region’s supplementary pensions systems
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Spain after the deluge
Most Spanish pension funds increased exposure to equities in 2009, finds Gail Moss. What will they do next?
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Spain: Social security still rules
Ninety per cent of Spanish workers do not have access to a secondary pension fund, and are reliant on the first pillar social security pension. Nina Röhrbein looks at the measures taken by the Spanish government as it seeks to readdress this imbalance
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Portugal on the beaten path
Nina Röhrbein discusses how the prudent person approach, coupled with global financial crisis, has affected asset allocation at Portuguese pension companies
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Supplementing social security
As parametric reforms, which have been gradually coming into force in Portugal since 2002, are set to reduce the first pillar state pension benefits, the government needed to bring in a system to compensate for loss of income.
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Under scrutiny
Gert Verheij discusses new rules concerning structure and risk management at Portuguese pension companies
