In Depth – Page 14
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your asset allocation?
KBC Pensionfonds, National Employment Savings Trust and PME discuss restructuring asset allocations
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Features
The ceiling has no fans
The International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) has proposed potentially far-reaching changes to its asset-ceiling guidance. The proposals have their fair share of critics
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FeaturesCross-Border Pensions: Dutch in first Malta DC set-up
Plegt-Vos is the first Dutch company to relocate a defined contribution plan to Malta.Maarten van Wijk reports
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Industriens Pension
Laila Mortensen, CEO of Denmark’s Industriens Pension, tells IPE about her efforts to improve the fund’s main pension product
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you optimise asset management costs?
Three pension funds - FONSEA, Pensions Caixa 30 and Sampension - discuss asset management costs
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Features
Briefing: Form Filling
Technical breaches of rules on company dividend payments raise corporate governance issues for investors, finds Stephen Bouvier
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Features
Regulation Roundup: Pension developments in Europe
IPE’s overview of regulatory and legislative changes in the pensions landscape in key European countries
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Pensioenfonds Metaal OFP
Belgium’s Pensioenfonds Metaal OF has recently turned 15 but already behaves like a seasoned investor. Greet Grauls, finance manager, and Jan Frederickx, operations manager, talk about the fund’s strategy
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Interviews
On the Record: How do you help members get the best out of DC?
Three pension funds - Almenni, AP7 and Fondo Espero - share insights about their DC schemes
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Features
Briefing: A longevity step-change?
Was 2015’s unexpected increase in the UK mortality rate a blip or a slowing of the mortality improvement rate?
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FeaturesHow we run our money: PFA Pension
Anders Damgaard, CFO of Denmark’s PFA Pension, share his company’s plans to strengthen internal investment capacity and its quest for yield in illiquid markets
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Interviews
On the Record: Do you believe active management adds value?
Three leading pension funds - UK’s Environmental Agency Pension Fund, Germany’s KZVK-VKPB, and Switzerland’s Publica - share their views on active management
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Features
EIOPA: A Dutch view on stress tests
Agnes Joseph, Niels Kortleve, Sibylle Reichert, Peter Vlaar and Siert Vos examine the relevance of EIOPA’s stress testing regime and argue the case for alternative methods of determining a fund’s resilience
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FeaturesHow we run our money: The Kingfisher Pension Scheme
The Kingfisher Pension Scheme’s head of pensions, Dermot Courtier, and pension investment manager, Matt Fuller, talk about the fund’s path to self-sufficiency
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Interviews
On the Record: What is your outlook for 2016?
Three pension funds share their views on the outlook for 2016
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Fondo Pensione Priamo
Osvaldo Marinig, chairman of Fondo Pensione Priamo, talks to IPE about how it is building a new asset allocation to manage its high rate of maturity
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Interviews
On the Record: Do you invest in clean energy infrastructure?
We ask three pension funds - AP3, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse and Strathclyde Pension Fund - about their exposure to clean energy investments.
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Features
German Discount Rates: Biases in pension discounting
In common with many countries, falling interest rates have hit German companies and pension funds significantly by increasing their discounted liabilities.
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FeaturesHow we run our money: Nobel Foundation
Gustav Karner, CIO of the Nobel Foundation, explains how the eponymous awards are funded
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Interviews
On the Record: Are you restructuring your fixed income allocation?
Three pension funds - ÄVWL, PP Pension and Sparinstitutens Pensionkassa - talk about their fixed income portflolios
