IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 10
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NewsWednesday people roundup
BlackRock, ABP, PME, Willis Towers Watson, Achmea, AP Pension, Mercer, AXA, ABP, Ontario Teachers, PPF, Aviva Investors, Deutsche Bank AM, Julius Baer, Kempen, Martin Currie, BNY Mellon, Sprenkels & Verschuren, UBS AM, State Street Ireland
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NewsIrish DB funds close out 2015 with fall in funding
Volatile equity markets see gains from beginning of fourth quarter wiped out
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NewsIrish pension reform hinges on ‘favourable economic environment’
Deputy prime minister offers no details of when reform proposals are to be published
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NewsFunding reserve poses ‘considerable challenge’ for Irish schemes
LCP warns over challenges facing industry as 10% risk reserve requirement comes into effect
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NewsJanwillem Bouma elected as chair of PensionsEurope
Head of Shell’s Dutch pension fund succeeds Joanne Segars after three years chairing pension association
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NewsNetherlands leapfrogs Australia as Denmark remains atop Melbourne Mercer
Slight changes in ranking see Switzerland, Sweden tie for fifth place and Finland slip
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NewsIrish government confirms end of multi-billion pensions levy
Controversial second levy of 0.15% confirmed to end after minister for finance gives 2016 Budget address
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NewsIrish trustee qualifications risk ‘group think’, IAPF warns
Pensions association fears ‘exodus’ of lay trustees triggered by proposed qualifications
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NewsIrish sovereign fund could act as catalyst for peer-to-peer lending
Head of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund sees profits in even small investments
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NewsOECD warns of 'implied fiscal risks' stemming from Irish sovereign fund
Fund should be ‘monitored closely’ given implied fiscal risks
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NewsIrish regulator consults on pension trustee qualifications
Pensions Authority considers grandfather clause for currently working trustees able to prove expertise
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Features
Reviving the Celtic tiger
The biggest challenge facing Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, is how to avoid pricing himself out of a recovering Irish market
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Special Report
Ireland: Attention shifts to DC as health of DB sector improves
After several large changes to Irish defined benefit regulation, bigger changes are on the horizon for the defined contribution sector, as the government seeks to boost pension coverage
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NewsIrish fund buys out pensioners, transfers €340m to DC fund
US manufacturer Analog proposes additional €190m funding for DC scheme to maintain DB level of benefits
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NewsIrish pension assets increase nearly 20% over 2014
Quantitative easing almost reversed the status quo of pension investment strategy, says Irish Association of Pension Funds
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NewsIFRS Committee breaks ranks with ESMA over IAS 19 asset-ceiling test
International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee confirms it will not develop guidance
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NewsIrish SWF targets real assets, agriculture as it lays out strategy
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund highlights renewable energy, student housing as it pulls back from public/private partnerships
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NewsIrish actuaries caution against pension charge cap
Launch of charge cap to coincide with auto-enrolment or compulsory savings reforms could deter new market entrants, actuaries warn
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NewsIAPF offers tacit endorsement of compulsory saving, collective DC
Pension association notes ‘clear advantages’ of mandatory system, echoing wording of 2013 OECD report
