IPE's Spain & Portugal Coverage – Page 8
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Emphasis on governance improves returns at leading Spanish pension funds
Survey by Towers Watson shows correlation between set pre-determined investment targets, risk management and outperformance
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APG among cornerstone investors in €500m Hispania Activos listing
Hispania to target multi-family residential, office and hotel real estate investments
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Fund managers expect anaemic euro-zone growth until 2019 – Towers Watson
One-third of managers have high expectations for US equity, real estate
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LCP warns of 'balance sheet surprises' on global mortality calculations
Varying mortality assumptions hiding 'true cost' of corporate pension impact on balance sheet
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Portuguese Parliament OKs government's pension reform plans
State to make cuts to occupational pensions system, raise retirement age
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FTT backers push forward as institutions respond with damning letter
German, French finance ministers meet to discuss implementation
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Spain meets European Commission deadline with new pensions law
Law breaks traditional link between pension increases, inflation
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Family office tenders €200m Spanish real estate mandate using IPE-Quest
Investor also on lookout for manager for $500m US real estate portfolio
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Telefónica reconsiders illiquid alternatives in light of ageing membership
Spanish pension fund opting for alternative beta investments over further hedge fund, private equity commitments
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Spain: A flight to the known
Spanish pension funds have increased their domestic government bond holdings as economic confidence slowly returns. Gail Moss reports
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Spain: Crisis prompts overhaul
Social partners are set to agree changes to state pensions, according to Gail Moss, while the industry awaits detailed proposals aimed to boost supplementary pensions
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Portugal: Cautious steps towards risk taking
Portugal’s supplementary pension funds have increased their equity weightings but are still cautious on fixed income, writes Gail Moss
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Spain: Crisis philosophy
Gail Moss finds that Spanish pension funds are confident about their ability to weather the storms of financial and economic turmoil
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Spain:Looking ahead
Cécile Sourbes interviews Angel Martínez-Aldama, director of the Spanish investment and pension fund association (INVERCO)
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Portugal: Serious challenges
The 2011 nationalisation of pension assets reduced Portugal’s supplementary pension savings by a third, writes Gail Moss. Development of the second pillar remains a priority
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NewsSpanish pension funds rebound in Q4, but returns still sluggish for 2011
Schemes lose 0.76% in 2011, compared with Q3 loss of 3.1%, according to INVERCO.
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Spain: Shift from conventional assets?
Some see diversification as a trump card as they weather domestic and global economic turbulence, writes Cecile Sourbes
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Spain: The pensions piggy bank
Spain’s heavily indebted regional communities are in pursuit of the €65bn Social Security Reserve Fund. Some think that might not be such a good idea, writes Jim Robinson
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Spain: Lessons from Chile
Enrique Munita and Inigo Sagardoy outline aspects of Chile’s funded pension system that might apply to Spain
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Portugal: The wind of change
Gail Moss assesses pensions policy in Portugal following the bail-out
