IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 11
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News
Irish trustee qualifications risk ‘group think’, IAPF warns
Pensions association fears ‘exodus’ of lay trustees triggered by proposed qualifications
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Irish 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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OECD 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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Irish 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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Irish 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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News
IFRS 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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News
Irish 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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IAPF offers tacit endorsement of compulsory saving, collective DC
Pension association notes ‘clear advantages’ of mandatory system, echoing wording of 2013 OECD report
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Irish regulator emphasises value for money in draft DC code
Pensions Authority also provides guidance on how trustees should engage with investors
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News
QE sees deficit at Bank of Ireland pension fund increase by €700m
Increase triggered by falling discount rates, with low inflation cushioning impact
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NewsECB should not consider European pension funds as 'collateral damage'
PensionsEurope calls for regulatory changes to ease burden on pension funds affected by European Central Bank programme
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News
Irish sovereign fund increases exposure to alternatives
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund sees discretionary portfolio return 3.4% over first quarter
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News
Irish regulator rejects calls to water down funding standard for DB schemes
Pensions Authority says relaxing funding standard in wake of quantitative easing would give ‘false impression’ of economic reality
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News
Ireland's sovereign fund targets peer-to-peer lending
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund seeks to establish level of interest in fund vehicle backing peer-to-peer platform
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Significant minority of Irish DB schemes still yet to file funding proposal
Regulator publishes data showing number of pension funds in surplus on rise
