Funding – Page 143
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UK regulator warns of recovery plan reliance on markets
[16:30 CET 11-11] UK – Despite the recent economic conditions, 40% of defined benefit (DB) and hybrid recovery plans with a scheme valuation date between September 2007 and 2008 managed to avoid the Pensions Regulator's (TPR) funding triggers.
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PPF to revise UK insolvency risk assessment
[16:40 CET 10-11] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has proposed changes to the assessment of insolvency risk for the 2011/2012 levy, including the exclusion of registered charges caused by contingent assets when calculating failure scores.
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Irish rules on DB benefit cuts set 'too high'
[16:30 CET 10-11] IRELAND – The Pensions Board has been accused by the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) of setting the bar “too high” for trustees and employers who are seeking to reduce accrued defined benefit (DB) entitlements to help stabilise scheme funding.
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Norway Global sees record return despite external losses
[16:15 CET 10-11] NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global posted its "best ever" quarterly return of 13.5% between June and September, even though externally-managed assets lost ground, and raised the value of the fund to NOK2.55trn (€304bn).
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TNO fund returns 7.5%
[16:45 CET 06-11] NETHERLANDS - The €1.9bn pension fund of TNO, the institute for applied technical research, saw its investments return 7.5% during the third quarter, taking its total return to 9% this year.
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IMF urges Ukraine to backtrack on pensions policy
UKRAINE – The International Monetary Fund has urged Ukraine to return to earlier commitments for wage and pension increases, as it argued the new social standards law passed by the parliament last month could cost up to 7% of GDP in 2010.
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AMF Pension reports 10.9% return
[16:45 CET 05-11] SWEDEN – AMF Pension has reported a nine-month return of 10.9%, allowing it to increase the bonus rate for its defined contribution traditional insurance plan to 8%.
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Irish managed funds drop 2.5%
[16:35 CET 05-11] IRELAND – Irish managed funds produced their first negative performance for eight months and an average return of -2.5% in October, according to figures from Rubicon Investment Consulting.
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Danica's traditional scheme returns 5.8%
17:15 CET 04-11] DENMARK – Danica Pension has reported a "satisfactory" return of 5.8% on its traditional pension plan in the first three quarters of the year.
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London transport authority seeks legal review of PPF levy
[16:00 CET 04-11] UK – Transport for London (TfL) is seeking a judicial review against the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) over an "unreasonable" levy of £9m (€10m) relating to the pension funds of the failed infrastructure provider Metronet.
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Average Dutch cover ratio drops to 108%
[14:30 CET 04-11] NETHERLANDS - The average cover ratio of Dutch pension funds decreased two percentage points to 108% during October, according to Hewitt Associates.
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Etera assets increase by €340m in Q3
[16:55 CET 03-11] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Insurance Company has reported a nine-month return of 8.3% and said the market value of its assets has increased to €5.2bn.
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Super de Boer to lend €10m to its pension scheme
[14:30 CET 03-11] NETHERLANDS - Supermarket chain Super de Boer is lending its ailing pension fund €10m to resolve a dispute with pension officials about the scheme’s recovery plan.
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Levensloop take-up stabilises at 10%
[13:30 CET 03-11] NETHERLANDS – Take-up of the Dutch tax-friendly life course or ‘levensloop’ savings scheme has stabilised as approximately 10% of workers were members of schemes in 2008, the Dutch Association of Insurers (VvV) has claimed.
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Poor governance hit Irish pensions funding - experts
[16:45 CET 02-11] IRELAND - Pensions experts have claimed that a lack of focus on governance strategy had as much to do with the recent lower funding levels of Irish pension schemes as investment strategy.
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Luzern finally secures recovery plan
[16:30 CET 02-11] SWITZERLAND – The CHF4.3bn (€2.85bn) Pensionskasse for the canton of Luzern will increase its members' retirement age and introduce additional contributions to the scheme, in a bid to get it back to full funding.
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Akzo Nobel scheme returns 9.4%
[16:15 CET 02-11] NETHERLANDS - The €3.9bn pension fund of paints giant Akzo Nobel returned 9.4% on investments during the third quarter of 2009, raising its cover ratio to 110%.
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Swiss returns now predicted to average 10.1%
[17:15 CEST 30-10] SWITZERLAND – Calculations conducted by Swisscanto suggest the average return achieved by Swiss Pensionskassen in the first nine months of this year hit 8.2%, but rival firm State Street has predicted the figure is more likely to be 10.11%.
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Philips' Dutch pensions funding recovers to 126%
[14:00 CEST 30-10] NETHERLANDS - The €13.4bn Dutch pension fund of electronics giant Philips returned 7.2% on its investments at the end of the third quarter 2009 .
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NewsATP rebounds with 6.6% return in nine months
[13:00 CEST 30-10] DENMARK – ATP Group has almost recouped the losses it sustained in 2008 and reported an overall investment return of 6.6%, or DKK22.2bn (€2.98bn), in the first nine months of 2009.
