IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 17

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Danish pension fund PFA extends loan for Irish wind farm

2013-12-13T13:19:00Z

Loan guaranteed by Danish Export Credit Agency EKF
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Irish electricity fund retains DB after long-running dispute

2013-12-09T16:24:00Z

Agreement on company’s pension accounting method with utility company agreeing to recognise DB fund once more
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Ireland’s largest defined benefit schemes still 'under pressure'

2013-11-21T09:32:00Z

Lane Clark & Peacock survey cites falling euro corporate bond yields
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Irish government announces changes to DB priority order

2013-11-20T13:25:00Z

Government pledges to use pension levy income to guarantee at least half of accrued benefits
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Irish pensions industry should absorb cost of €530m levy, government says

2013-11-13T10:43:00Z

Finance Ministry concedes industry’s ability to do so still very limited
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NPRF sees bailed out bank outperform investment portfolio

2013-11-12T14:53:00Z

Holdings in bailed out Irish banks boost third-quarter return at reserve fund to 2.3%
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Irish pensions levy 'necessitated' by tax shortfall, government claims

2013-11-11T11:26:00Z

State says it was ‘forced’ to introduce controversial second levy
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Irish actuarial society calls for 'clear, overarching vision' on DC from regulator

2013-11-01T14:43:00Z

Society says fundamental overhaul of DC should come after Pensions Board has planned framefork for new system
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Ireland to introduce replacement pensions levy

2013-10-16T10:58:00Z

New levy to overlap with existing levy, increasing 2014 stamp duty to 0.75% in 2014
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IASS trustees granted 25 years to address €770m deficit

2013-10-14T14:03:00Z

One of Ireland’s largest schemes given significantly longer than usual funding period
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Irish union criticises 'disappointing' IASS benefit cuts

2013-10-09T17:04:00Z

Cuts to benefits paid by Irish airlines scheme to have ‘very significant adverse effects’
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Irish postal scheme preferred bidder for €400m lottery licence

2013-10-09T16:49:00Z

Consortium includes scheme sponsor An Post and Canada’s Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
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Irish DB funds only de-risking 'begrudgingly', regulator says

2013-10-07T14:43:00Z

Cites ‘wiggle room’ granted in achieving funding targets through stricter metrics
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Irish auto-enrolment 'a bit of time away', minister concedes

2013-10-07T14:36:00Z

Burton says launch of auto-enrolment system must wait until economy has recovered
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Industry veteran calls for more professional trustees in Irish pensions

2013-10-02T15:11:00Z

IAPF DC committee chair also warns of ‘unintended consequences’ of governance code
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Four in 10 Irish DB schemes yet to submit funding proposals

2013-08-15T13:15:00Z

IRELAND – Opposition Fianna Fail party reveals 40% remain in breach of June deadline, down from over 70%.
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Aer Lingus to put €140m pension proposal to shareholders

2013-08-02T14:30:00Z

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%

2013-06-10T11:15:00Z

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

2013-05-30T13:45:00Z

IRELAND – Government amends risk reserve one month prior to funding proposal deadline.
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Irish sponsors should be forced to back defined benefit funds – OECD

2013-04-22T14:30:00Z

IRELAND – Report says sponsors should only be allowed to wind up DB funds with 90% or more funding.