IPE's Spain & Portugal Coverage – Page 6
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Special Report
Spain: Political standstill halts reform
The Spanish pension system needs significant adjustment to ensure its sustainability, but politics has got in the way
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News
UniCredit considers Pioneer IPO after Santander merger cancelled
UniCredit to evaluate Pioneer Investments as part of previously announced strategic review
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News
Spanish roundup: Social Security Reserve Fund, Vidacaixa, Barclays
Government transfers largest-ever amount from country’s reserve fund
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Friday people roundup
AP4, Nordea Bank, Oddo Meriten, ETFs Source, PMA, PME, SPF Beheer, Investec, Schroders, Bouwinvest, BpfBouw
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News
Equity holdings drive 5% return at Spanish pension fund Geroa
Scheme reports 6.5% average annual return since inception in 1996
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News
European equities drag down Spanish pension funds' Q1 returns
Corporate schemes increase allocations to non-EU fixed income assets
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News
Lancashire Pension Fund buys into Spanish gas distributor
LGPS acquire 12.5% stake in Madrileña Red de Gas
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News
Pensions Caixa 30 returns 3.1% on back of equity performance
Alternatives suffer from poor performance of commodities
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News
Pension industry, EU governments warn over 'inferior' FTT proposals
Inferior design of FTT, impact on market liquidity criticised by industry
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News
Spanish pension funds return nearly 3% over 2015
Total assets under management grow by 0.8% to €35.5bn
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News
PGGM enters €2.3bn risk-sharing deal with Banco Santander
Asset manager expects ‘stable, robust’ return in SME loan deal
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News
Third-quarter volatility drags down returns for Spanish pension funds
Pension fund association cites strong uptick in volatility on international markets
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News
Lancashire County Pension Fund buys first direct wind farm stake
Assets consist of interests in eight onshore wind farms in Northern Portugal
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Country Report
Pensions in Spain: Hit by uncertainty
Uncertainty over Greece is only one of several factors that have influenced trends in asset allocation over the past year
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Special Report
Portugal: Focus on sustainability
Reforming the country’s public pension system is an integral part of the government’s efforts to impose fiscal stability, as agreed in its bailout programme.
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Special Report
Spain: Low incentives to save threaten pensions sustainability
Spanish tax reforms lack measures to encourage pension savings by workers and contributions by employers, raising questions about the adequacy of future benefits
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News
Spanish funds more aware of risk achieve better return, says Towers Watson
Consultancy’s survey of largest pension investors funds those considering risk of individual asset classes see outperformance
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News
Danish fund sees UK court back €700m case against failed Portuguese bank
TDC Pension among institutional claimants including New Zealand’s pension reserve fund
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News
Greek uncertainty causes blip in Spanish returns
Spanish occupational schemes rebounded from losses caused by Greek uncertainty by July