All articles by Gail Moss – Page 3
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Country ReportIreland: Final countdown to implementation for auto enrolment
Fifteen years after auto-enrolment was first mooted for Ireland, the automatic savings programme is nearly ready to be rolled out
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Country ReportIreland: Interview – Pensions Authority keeps an eye on LDI practices
Pensions Authority CEO Brendan Kennedy is not overly concerned about DB schemes’ LDI position, but feels the regulator needs more information. He speaks to Gail Moss about this and other issues facing the Irish industry
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FeaturesPensionsEurope: Not all doom and gloom for 2022
After the bumper investment returns of 2021 – the best that many pension funds had ever experienced – last year’s results were disappointing.
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NewsMacron presses ahead with controversial pension reforms
The government will require companies to incentivise workers to stay at work beyond age 60 by improving the quality of their working lives
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Country ReportCentral & Eastern Europe: Tax breaks boost Romania’s pensions
Challenges remain as critics eye poor investment performance
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Country ReportCentral & Eastern Europe: Poland’s qualified success with auto enrolment
Participation in the PPK auto-enrolment remains stable if relatively low and assets are growing steadily
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Country ReportCentral & Eastern Europe: Lithuania’s growing interest in alternatives
Local funds would like to see a more diverse range of domestic investment opportunities, including through more local listings
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NewsNo link between executive pay and company performance, summit told
The current executive pay system is broken, enabling and protecting excess with ‘a pretence of accountability’
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NewsGreece’s funded supplementary system heads towards first €24m
New Greek pension system ‘will lead to higher pensions’
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NewsManagers with a 1.5ºC goal may risk fiduciary concerns, says report
Strategies most likely to be adopted are ones that superficially align with 1.5ºC, NZAMI study shows
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NewsCost-of-living crisis no reason to delay second-pillar reforms, says OECD
‘We will need to continue to develop and strengthen a multi-pillar system combining different types of pension schemes,’ said OECD secretary-general
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Country ReportNordic region: Norway's wealth fund reassesses investment strategy
Review recommends great flexibility for its investment managers
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FeaturesUK fiduciary managers wrangle with LDI fallout
UK Gilt yields rose throughout 2022, even before September’s well-publicised spike caused by the unfunded mini budget. Fears of global inflation, exacerbated by the energy crisis and geopolitical uncertainty following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, took UK 10-year yields from around 1% in January to 3% in mid-September.
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NewsAct now to curb downside climate risk, investors warned
‘At present, many investments are not accurately priced with regard to climate transition,’ says Thinking Ahead Institute
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Country ReportSpain: Industry gives a partial thumbs up to pension proposals
Can Spain’s new workplace pension system work well without auto enrolment?
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Country ReportPortugal: Pension funds navigate uncertain times
Schemes are employing defensive measures to protect against portfolio risk
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FeaturesUK sovereign debt in turbulent waters as challenges remain
The buttoned-up Gilts market has never seen or done anything like it. Trusty stalwart of liability matching for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, the blue-chip security has already poleaxed a British chancellor of the exchequer just a month in office, and has effectively done the same to prime minister Liz Truss.
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NewsUK’s legal investing framework limits sustainability impact, says PRI
Many UK investors are still hesitant to change their established practices and pursue sustainability impact goals
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NewsBelgian pension funds maintain 4.02% long-term real return, says PensioPlus
Plus the association said over 80% of Belgian pension funds now incorporate some form of ESG factors within their investment policy
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NewsBuyers beware? SPP panel ponders bulk annuities
Pensions industry should focus on long-term implications, says regulator
