IPE's Iceland Coverage – Page 6
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Country ReportPensions in Nordic Region: Iceland - Opportunities abound
Icelandic funds are looking to step up their foreign exposure now that exchange controls are being lifted. But they are in no rush
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NewsIcelandic pension funds use just 77% of foreign investment freedom
Nordic country votes unanimously to lift foreign exchange controls for individuals, firms
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Icelandic pension funds shift sharply into direct mortgage investment
Frjalsi more than doubles mortgage debt allocation since January to 5%
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Denmark's PFA to close Greenland unit PFA Soraarneq by end of year
Move sees exit of Arctic country’s only registered pensions insurer
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Iceland's Sameinaði, Stafir merge to create Birta pension fund
Merged scheme to take fourth position in Iceland size ranking
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Special ReportIceland: Back from the cold as funds diversify abroad
Iceland’s central bank is relaxing capital controls and encouraging the pension sector to look to a future without restriction
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NewsIcelandic economy's strength to limit pension fund outflows, says central bank
Central bank predictions come as government publishes draft laow to relax capital requirements in place since 2008
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NewsSameinaði, Stafir merger to create Iceland’s fourth-largest pension fund
Merger proposal to be put to member vote in autumn
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NewsIcelandic pension chiefs resign after being named in Panama Papers
Chief executives named in leak from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca
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NewsIceland further relaxes capital controls for pension funds
ISK20bn exemption to run for first four months of 2016
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Country ReportFor-profit DC 'product-focused, not outcome-focused' – survey
Latest IPE Focus Group sees split between UK and Dutch markets
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Special ReportIceland: Glimmers of hope
After seven years of capital and currency controls, restrictions on pension funds investing outside the country are beginning to be relaxed
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NewsIcelandic pension funds offered exemption from capital controls
Central bank says funds will be offered ISK10bn to invest overseas by end of 2015
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FeaturesIceland: A glacial pace of change
Pension funds have welcomed the long-awaited lifting of capital controls imposed during the financial crisis as they look to reallocate their assets
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NewsIcelandic pension funds agree to finance $300m silicon metal plant
Local pension funds to offer part of financing required for factory in country’s north
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NewsIcelandic funds 'optimistic' about relaxation of capital controls by 2016
Finance minister expected to place Bill before Parliament this week, unlikely to be full lifting of restrictions
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NewsUK schemes able to expedite wind-up process after High Court ruling
Ruling allows pension schemes to sell s75 debt to third-parties, speeding up winding-up process after sponsor insolvencies
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Country Report
Pensions In Nordic Region: Staring contest
There is no end in sight to capital controls, despite the government’s tentative first steps towards easing the restrictions that have been in place since 2008, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
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NewsIcelandic pension funds recover from financial crisis, says OECD
GLOBAL – Pension funds reported strong returns last year, with Icelandic funds recovering all losses made during 2008, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Icelandic pension assets near €12bn
ICELAND – Net pension fund assets at the end of April increased by ISK16bn (€102m) over the month, following increases in both equity and fixed income investments.
