All Features articles – Page 541
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Thorny issues ahead
The EU has been good for Portugal, but will the Euro be roses all the way for the pensions and investment sector? Hugh Wheelan reports from LisbonDuring the Portuguese revolution in 1974 the people handed each other roses and red carnations as they danced in the streets.The image perfectly encapsulates ...
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Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: BELGIUM
As the chart below indicates, there has not been any major shift in the asset allocation policy of Belgium’s larger segregated pension funds during the last 10 years. This has now started to change.Currently, such funds are invested about 50% in Belgian assets. A further 15% to 20% is invested ...
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A bitter pill for pensions
If the issue of wrestling with the implications of the euro seems to be preoccupying the Portuguese investment management community, it is mere posture in comparison to the political and economical knots being tied around the country’s social security retirement system.And when unravelled, this so-called ‘noose’ looks set to present ...
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EXPECTATIONS COMMENTARY
The euro has landed as far as investment managers’ expectations are concerned and euro-zone equity looks like being the brightest spot on the investment map (see pages 16/17). Though we have not given any comparisons to show the change from our December expectations, since this was on the ‘Europe’ basis ...
