All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 120
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NewsRoelf Pater joins Avida following Aegon departure
NETHERLANDS – Roelf Pater has joined independent advisor Avida International following his departure from Aegon earlier this year.
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NewsUK roundup: Towers Watson on Hutton, Asda closes scheme
UK – Towers Watson has estimated a £80bn (€91bn) drop in public pension liabilities if suggestions made by Lord Hutton are implemented.
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NewsRuling on gender equality could be 'headache' for schemes
EUROPE – Pension annuity policy is set to change in the wake of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) opinion that insurance companies should not charge men and women different prices for the same product.
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FeaturesGermany: Stability heralds change
Weathering the financial crisis with only one major pension-related insolvency does not mean Germany sat still, with regulatory changes coming from inside and out, writes Jonathan Williams
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Trustee education 'key' to spread of fiduciary management in UK
UK – The key to the development of fiduciary management in the UK is trustee education, according to Philip Read, chairman of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
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NewsGreen Paper co-author warns several White Papers could be on way
EUROPE – The European Commission's Green Paper on pensions could be followed by several additional White Papers, Jung Duk Lichtenberger of the Directorate-General Internal Market & Services has said.
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NewsMandate roundup: Lancashire County Pension Fund, Kent County Council Superannuation Scheme
UK – Lancashire County Pension Fund has begun a review of its investment strategy with a view to managing its portfolio more actively.
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FeaturesUK: All change
Following the market recovery, the UK has a new government eager to implement change and a pensions regulator keen to protect scheme members, finds Jonathan Williams
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NewsRobust pensions system may require loss of benefits, says DWP committee member
UK – A member of the select committee for the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said a loss of benefits would be acceptable if it meant keeping pension schemes working.
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NewsEC debt rules still 'inadequate' for countries reforming pension systems
EUROPE – The Polish finance minister has called new proposals for how pension debt is calculated as part of a country's annual debt level "inadequate".
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NewsUK roundup: Baker Tilly, Legal & General, Scottish Widows, Horwath Clark Whitehill
UK – The biggest challenge facing UK trustees, according to Baker Tilly's 2010 confidence survey, is their pension schemes' deficit recovery plans – ahead of both investment strategy and longevity risk.
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Here comes the nudge
Saving and a frugal approach to life is easily preached. But as decades of ever-increasing loans and credit card debt have shown, the British have never been good at living within their own means, or putting aside money for a downturn. In fact, figures showed a marked increase in credit ...
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NewsFriday people roundup
GLOBAL – Jackal Advisory, Begbies Traynor Group, European Fund and Asset Management Association, Hymans Robertson, Ignis Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, Threadneedle
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NewsUK pensions regulator faces legal challenge from Nortel, Lehman Brothers
UK – The Pension Regulator (TPR) is facing a legal challenge from Lehman Brothers and Nortel Group over two Financial Support Directions (FSD) totalling £2.3bn.
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NewsRatings agencies 'inadvertently' destabilised market, says IMF
GLOBAL – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged regulators to rely less on credit ratings agencies (CRAs), as the way ratings are employed has "inadvertently" led to financial instability in the recent global crisis.
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NewsUK roundup: Arnold Laver Pension Scheme, Pension Insurance Corporation, PPF, NAPF, KPMG
UK – Trustees of the Arnold Laver Pension Scheme have entered into a pension insurance buyout deal with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC).
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NewsBerkshire pension fund considers exposure to emerging market currencies
UK – The £1bn (€1.1bn) Royal County of Berkshire is looking to explore its investment options by inviting managers to pitch the advantages of an emerging markets currency portfolio, as well as methods of addressing investment and liability tail risk.
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NewsFrance's proposed changes jeopardising AIFM directive, says Hewitt
EUROPE – Moves by the French government to change the Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) directive are jeopardising the new regulation and could render it meaningless, Hewitt has warned.
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NewsUK roundup: Hewitt Associates, Barnett Waddingham
UK – Hewitt Associates has warned of a new wave of benefit reviews, as pension schemes come to terms with regulations on pension tax relief and the switch to the consumer price index (CPI).
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NewsSweden's AP3 reorganises fund, appoints Hagerud as CIO
SWEDEN – Sweden's third buffer fund AP3 has promoted its head of alpha and beta management to head of asset management and executive vice-president of the board in a shake-up of the organisation's structure.
