All Country Reports articles – Page 7
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Brexit and sponsors: The great unknown
Trustees need to think about market volatility and employer covenants in light of Brexit
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Consolidation: Panacea or pipedream?
Legislative changes will be necessary to enable consolidation
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Consolidation: Pressure to unite
Are mergers or other forms of consolidation likely for UK pensions?
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Country ReportUK pensions: Running the rule on costs
A large proportion of institutional investors’ costs remains opaque. Will a new UK initiative change this?
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Variable Income: Lowdown on drawdown
Dutch variable income pension products, introduced following a 2016 law change, differ markedly in their approach
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RAAs: Value protection or moral hazard?
Are regulated apportionment arrangements the answer for insolvent employers?
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Italian pension fund portfolios tend to be less diversified and domestically focused than other European institutional investors. This looks set to change with a turn towards alternatives
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Country ReportNorway: Ahead of its time
Norway’s local government fund makes extensive use of ESG strategies
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Asset allocation roundup: Busy in alternatives
Recent investment activity of large Nordic institutional investors
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Finland asset allocation: Views from Helsinki
Three major Finnish pension investors in focus
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Sweden: AP funds power on
Buffer funds seek greater flexibility to invest in alternatives
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Asset strategy: Threat or opportunity?
Outlining the dynamics of the Nordic institutional investment market
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Denmark: Pension risk faces scrutiny
Assessing responses to the Danish FSA’s recent discussion paper on pensions risk
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Finland regulation: Seeking pension diversity
Finland is making it easier to set up a pension fund, with the aim of increasing competition
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Asset Allocation: Ticino maintains aim
Pierre Spocci, director of the Istituto di Previdenza del Cantone Ticino, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the pension fund’s stable strategy
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Asset Allocation: When diversification fails
What do Swiss pension funds do when risk budgets are stretched and diversification has failed? Barbara Ottawa reports
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Asset Allocation: A diversification call
Gail Moss writes that French pension providers are looking to diversify their asset allocation to counter political and economic uncertainty
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Lombard Odier Pension Fund: A blueprint for multi-asset
Lombard Odier Pension Fund has developed an innovative multi-asset approach based on absolute return and diversification
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Good governance boosts returns
Best practice in governance has been shown to produce above-average investment returns, say Manuel Ammann and Christian Ehmann
