Funding – Page 93
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NewsLiabilities at Bank of Ireland pension fund increase by €1.3bn
IRELAND – Lender sees scheme's 13% return offset by more than 1% drop in discount rate.
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NewsDutch stick with risk-free discount rate despite pension fund pressure
NETHERLANDS – Ministry of Social Affairs aims to ensure 'all generations' can count on pension.
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Lloyds, RBS reflect on impact of changes to IAS19 accounting
UK – Changes to accounting standards would have increased losses, UK banks say.
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Ilmarinen returns 7.5%, agrees €100m shopping centre deal
FINLAND – Country’s second-largest private pension provider sees fortunes rebound.
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NewsAchmea remains wary of 'unsustainable' defined benefit products
NETHERLANDS – Dutch insurer says it will continue to 'withdraw' from guaranteed products.
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NewsPensionDanmark achieves record-high return despite market turbulence
DENMARK – Danish fund targets real estate, infrastructure to keep portfolio 'robust'.
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NewsPNO Media reports 15.2% return on back of equity portfolio
NETHERLANDS – Coverage ratio fails to improve beyond 95.6% reported at year-end, however.
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NewsFixed income portfolio helps ING pension fund return 14.4%
NETHERLANDS – Scheme cites negative US market sentiment, dollar depreciation for loss on equities.
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NewsDutch scheme attributes woeful coverage ratio to age of participants
NETHERLANDS – Royal Leerdam pension fund struggling to keep pace with 'extremely long' liabilities.
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NewsRoyal Leerdam among hardest hit as Dutch cuts bite
NETHERLANDS – Glass manufacturer reports lowest funding in list of 50 schemes facing rights cuts.
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Finnish roundup: Varma, Veritas
FINLAND – All assets produce positive return in 2012 at pension provider Varma.
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NewsBerkshire rejects disclosure of council tax data in pension scheme funding
UK – Percentage of council taxes used in local pensions a 'meaningless statistic', county says.
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NewsNumber of pension funds in Polish second pillar set to shrink
POLAND – Country's pensions regulator approves takeover of OFE Polstat.
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Finland's Etera touts new strategy for strong returns
FINLAND – Finnish scheme returns 9.9% after increasing emerging market bond allocation.
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NewsFarmland, loan portfolio drive 11% return at Sweden's AP1
SWEDEN – Buffer fund allocates SEK630m to Australian, New Zealand farmland holdings.
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NewsPension fund for Dutch printing industry returns 13%
NETHERLANDS – PGB cites effectiveness of 'defensive' investment policy.
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NewsSwedish buffer fund AP2 seeks to grow timber, agricultural portfolio
SWEDEN – Chief investment strategist sees assets as better diversifier than traditional real estate.
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Swiss roundup: AHV, Publica, BVK
SWITZERLAND – First-pillar pension fund AHV reports return of 6.8% for 2012.
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ING ordered to pay pension fund for inflation compensation
NETHERLANDS – Arbitrators reject company’s ‘serious grounds’ for refusing payment.
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Danish roundup: Danica Pension, FunktionærPension
DENMARK – Danica profits surge by more than 200% last year on back of high investment returns.
