IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 17
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Aer Lingus to put €140m pension proposal to shareholders
IRELAND – Airline hopes extraordinary general meeting can be held later in year.
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Irish schemes see 'slight uplift' as domestic equity returns 4%
IRELAND – Results for May see assets gain in value, but liabilities kept high by low yields.
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Irish government criticised for 'extraordinary' DB funding changes
IRELAND – Government amends risk reserve one month prior to funding proposal deadline.
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NewsIrish sponsors should be forced to back defined benefit funds – OECD
IRELAND – Report says sponsors should only be allowed to wind up DB funds with 90% or more funding.
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NewsIrish call for smoothing not 'complete solution', says IAPF
IRELAND – Opposition Fianna Fáil proposes smoothing, changes to wind-up order.
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NewsIrish deficits fall on first quarter's global equity growth
IRELAND – Consultancy LCP estimates mature fund could have seen funding increase 3.5%.
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NewsAIB pension deficit falls 10% despite €1.1bn loan transfer
IRELAND – Deficit falls €81m after transfer of loan portfolio to fund redundancy programme.
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NewsChange Irish funding standard or 'game over', LCP warns
IRELAND – Re-write of minimum funding standard needed to preserve schemes, consultancy says.
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NewsLiabilities at Bank of Ireland pension fund increase by €1.3bn
IRELAND – Lender sees scheme's 13% return offset by more than 1% drop in discount rate.
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Country Report
Ireland: The long haul
Pension funds are still missing key pieces of the regulatory puzzle, finds Jonathan Williams, despite the re-introduction of the minimum funding standard. And sponsors face lengthy recovery plans
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Country Report
Ireland: Clear intentions
Jerry Moriarty reviews the direction of Irish pension tax policy, the funding standard, sovereign annuities and wind-up plans
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Country Report
Ireland: Funding standard in context
Philip Shier outlines the issues surrounding the funding standard, and looks at European pension funding trends
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Country Report
Ireland: Reduce, derisk
Pension funds now hold a third of their assets in fixed income, and corporate bonds are set for a boost, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Country Report
Ireland: Pressure mounts
Conor Daly and Fergus Collis outline the ways in which Irish defined benefit schemes are dealing with economic uncertainty and the pressures of regulation
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Country Report
Ireland: Working and retiring in Ireland
The retirement age will increase to 66 from 2014. Fiona Thornton puts these changes in context and argues that rules should be changed to allow phased benefit drawdown
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Country Report
Ireland: Comparative easing
The government’s 2013 budget appears to have taken on board pensions industry concerns over tax relief on pension contributions and the pensions levy, writes Christine Senior
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Country Report
Ireland: For better or for worse
Iain Morse outlines how the NPRF has fared over the last year
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NewsIrish pension funds see asset value increase by 17%
IRELAND – Consultancy says returns offset by increased liabilities due to falling Bund yields.
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NewsIrish Labour Court backs new DC pension fund for Aer Lingus
IRELAND – Ruling gives unions, company until end of month to agree on remaining issues.
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NewsIrish roundup: AIB, IBOA, Arnotts, Mandate
IRELAND – Negotiations over closure of AIB fund referred to Labour Relations Commission.
