All Features articles – Page 351
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Market deep in change
The current downturn in markets has presented Irish pension funds with what Nora Finn, chief executive of the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) calls the new ‘realism’. Parodying the new ‘investment paradigm’ phrase that was banded about liberally just a few years ago, Finn says the new realism means ...
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Croatia's model system
After a year of operations, Croatia’s compulsory pension system has been judged a success. As of the end of 2002 the seven compulsory pension funds accumulated 938,310 members and net assets of HRK2.04bn (E285m). More than that, virtually all contributions are in the correct place and most of the future ...
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Silence on role of custody
Custody services provider, Northern Trust, says the government’s recent pension reform proposals did not address a key aspect of the Myners report on the independence of custodianship. “We’re almost back to before Myners raised the question,” says Steven Hayward, head of UK pensions relationship management at Northern Trust. He says ...
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Give funds freedom to repair damage
The fall in the equity market performance meant Dutch pension funds (excluding insurance companies) lost E34bn in the first nine months of last year. This is the reason for the Dutch pension funds regulation authority for pension funds (PVK) to publish its letter at the end of September formulating the ...
