All IPE articles in December 2011 (Online) – Page 4
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NewsStandard & Poor's makes the case for new banking criteria
S&P's Jayan Dhru explains the reasoning behind the agency's new thinking.
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NewsA comedy of errors: The European Commission's stance on Solvency II
Con Keating on the folly of applying Solvency II rules to defined benefit pension funds.
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NewsUK pension fund association urges FTSE to lift free-float threshold to 50%
Minority shareholders would be unable to block majority resolution with 25% threshold, NAPF says.
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NewsDanish roundup: PFA Pension, FunktionærPension
PFA Pension deal could see as many as 22,000 new members join scheme.
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NewsUK roundup: NEST, EIRIS, UKSIF, Mercer, Norfolk Pension Fund, Aries
NEST seeks to boost ESG credentials by signing up to Stewardship Code.
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NewsIreland to review regulation of defined contribution pension system
Pensions Board 'anxious' to gather industry views, simplify regulatory environment.
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NewsRisk-transfer providers must observe code or 'face legislation'
Survey shows third of industry professionals take dim view of pension increase exchanges.
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NewsPGGM builds tool to measure 'social impact' of responsible investment
Pension investor teams up with Erasmus University's Centre for Strategic Philanthropy.
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NewsNEST insists delays to auto-enrolment will not damage scheme
Scheme to act on public-service obligation to 'accept all' where previous providers failed.
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NewsSingle currency, single everything
When you have a single currency, everything must be single, argues Marinos Gialeli.
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Wednesday people roundup
Dexia, Fidelity, First Actuarial, First State, Friends Life, Reyl, SSgA, Swiss Re, T Rowe Price
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NewsSurvey shows growing interest in asset-liability matching among trustees
Overwhelming majority of UK schemes 'structurally under-hedged' for inflation.
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NewsJames Dilworth to replace Elizabeth Corley at AGI Europe
Promotion to take effect once Corley assumes global CEO role next January.
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NewsEconomic scenarios for strategic risk management
Ortec Finance's Hens Steehouwer and Guus Boender take a closer look at SRM.
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NewsFunding at Dutch pension funds increases to 97%, regulator says
DNB attributes improvement to rising equity markets, long-term interest rates.
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NewsUK to abolish short-service refunds, review pension pot consolidation
Pensions minister Steve Webb unveils measures to improve workplace pensions system.
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NewsIORP directive's Solvency II stance could 'stifle' cross-border pensions
Adviser to Belgian Association of Pension Institutions cites prudential law in IORP2.
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UK pension schemes slash domestic equity exposure by a third – NAPF
Annual survey finds continued reduction in equity exposure, further DB scheme closures.
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NewsExtractive companies failing on human rights – Standard Life Investments
Study shows clear gaps on due diligence and grievance mechanisms.
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NewsHenderson squares up for legal battle with pension funds
Source close to case says asset manager appeared to hope claimants would 'go away'.




