IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 23

  • News

    Irish funds rose 6% in July

    6 August 2009

    [16:40 CEST 06-08] IRELAND – Irish managed funds reported a positive performance for the fifth month in a row, after they returned of 6% in July.

  • News

    AIB aggregate deficit exceeds €1.2bn

    5 August 2009

    [15:00 CEST 05-09] IRELAND – The pensions deficit of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) - one of the institutions recapitalised by the National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) - rose by more than €150m in the first half of 2009, to €1.26bn.

  • News

    Positive Q2 pushes NPRF above €19bn

    23 July 2009

    [16:15 CEST 23-07] IRELAND – The National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) has grown in value by almost €4bn as it posted a second quarter investment return of 9.4%.

  • News

    Irish pensions paybill to hit €2bn in 2009

    14 July 2009

    [16:55 CEST 14-09] IRELAND – The net cost of pensions to the Irish Exchequer increased by 56.5% between 2004 and 2009 to reach almost €2bn, figures from the department of finance have revealed.

  • Ireland may be better off with first pillar
    News

    Ireland may be better off with first pillar

    10 July 2009

    [16:55 CEST 10-07] IRELAND - The collapse in asset values of Irish pension funds has strengthened the arguments for pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financed pensions rather than funded ones, according to a senior finance lecturer at Dublin’s Trinity College.

  • News

    Irish investment strategy 'too risky'

    6 July 2009

    [14:15 CEST 06-07] IRELAND – The investment strategy of many Irish pension funds was "too risky" and is why around 90% of schemes failed to meet the funding standard last year, the Pensions Board has claimed, and why some are unable to meet liabilities of existing pensioners if the scheme ...

  • News

    Irish managed funds post fourth consecutive gain

    2 July 2009

    [17:05 CEST 02-07] IRELAND – Irish managed pension funds returned an average of 0.5% in June, resulting in an overall positive six months for the sector, Hewitt Associates has revealed.

  • News

    IAA deficit almost trebles in 2008

    11 May 2009

    [17:25 CEST 11-05] IRELAND – The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has admitted its pension deficit is the "most significant challenge" to its finances in 2009, as its pension shortfall has almost trebled to €146.6m in 2008.

  • News

    Irish managed funds find positive ground

    5 May 2009

    [16:30 CEST 05-05] IRELAND – Irish managed funds posted a second consecutive month of positive returns with an average yield in April of 8.7%, according to Hewitt Associates.

  • News

    ESB deficit increases €600m in 2008

    27 April 2009

    [17:00 CEST 27-04] IRELAND – The €2.4bn Electricity Supply Board (ESB) pension scheme has a deficit of almost €2bn following the collapse of investment markets in 2008.

  • News

    Irish gov't urged to extend Pension Board powers

    24 April 2009

    [14:30 CEST 24-04] IRELAND – The Pensions Board should have similar powers to the UK Pensions Regulator allowing it to force solvent companies to address pension deficits before the firm is sold, the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU) has claimed.

  • News

    IBOA members reject AIB pension plans

    21 April 2009

    [16:15 CEST 21-04] IRELAND – Negotiations between AIB Group and the Irish Banking Officials Association (IBOA) are being referred to the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) after members voted to reject the bank's proposals on pay and pensions.

  • News

    SIPTU threatens strikes in call for new pension system

    20 April 2009

    [16:50 CEST 20-04] IRELAND – SIPTU, the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union, has warned discussions with the government on a national recovery plan will need to address the issue of workers in occupational schemes losing their pension through company insolvency, or any lack of agreement could lead to fresh ...

  • News

    IASS has €628m deficit - SIPTU

    17 April 2009

    [16:25 CEST 17-04] IRELAND – An estimated 40% fall in the value of its top equity holdings has caused the funding level of the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme (IASS) to move from a €79m surplus to a €628m deficit, a trade union has claimed.

  • NPRF falls to €15.5bn as Q1 returns -6.7%
    News

    NPRF falls to €15.5bn as Q1 returns -6.7%

    9 April 2009

    [17:00 CEST 09-04] IRELAND – The National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) has posted a return of -6.7% for the first quarter of 2009, and figures show almost a quarter of the fund's assets are now invested under the direction of the Minister of Finance as part of the bank recapitalisation ...

  • Ireland takes uni pensions to boost treasury coffers
    News

    Ireland takes uni pensions to boost treasury coffers

    8 April 2009

    [17:00 CEST 08-04] IRELAND – The government has confirmed the assets and liabilities of certain university pension funds and non-commercial state agencies will be transferred to the Exchequer to improve the General Government Balance (GGB) of Ireland.

  • AIB faces further talks over €1bn deficit
    News

    AIB faces further talks over €1bn deficit

    6 April 2009

    [17:15 CEST 06-04] IRELAND – Negotiations between AIB and the Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) may be referred to the Labour Relations Commission (LRC), as AIB has proposed changes to its defined benefit (DB) scheme saw to help tackle a pension deficit exceeding €1bn.

  • News

    Lawyers highlight obstacles to Irish DB cost cutting

    3 April 2009

    [16:35 CEST 03-04] IRELAND – Law firm A&L Goodbody has warned pension schemes which are considering capping benefits or even the "unthinkable" of altering accrued pension need to be aware of the legal issues involved.

  • Local bias extracts a price
    Country Report

    Local bias extracts a price

    February 2009 (Magazine)

    When the Irish stock exchange was booming, domestic equities were the place to be. But many pension funds were slow to diversify and this is reflected in their returns, finds George Coats

  • Country Report

    Shelved, not forgotten

    February 2009 (Magazine)

    The Green Paper on pensions was supposed to play a key role in the evolution of Irish pensions policy but the market and economic crises have seen it drop off the government’s agenda. George Coats assesses whether it still has any relevance in the new situation