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FeaturesIt’s good to talk
As pension fund investment within the sphere of alternatives grows, David White reports on an innovative platform designed to educate managers about the field through the medium of shared experience
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Features
Across borders
Cross-border arrangements and recognition of local employment and social laws – a difficult task, but it must be kept simple to work, argues Christian Reichel
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Opinion Pieces
A consultant union
A new investment consulting player was born this year, the result of the merger between Mercer and Callan. The combined Mercer-Callan entity employs around 375 people, controls about 20% of the US market and has offices in 14 cities.
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Opinion Pieces
Quo vadis IORP?
What is the future for Europe’s Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) directive?
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FeaturesThe Achilles heel of DC plans
In the third in a series of articles, Amin Rajan argues that DC plans risk sparking a gigantic mis-selling scandal
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FeaturesPensions portability: Where are we now?
Not quite a dead parrot, it will take a lot longer to get the EU’s pension portability directive back to life, says Gail Moss
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AnalysisNews analysis: Swiss schemes exposed to higher risks
SWITZERLAND - Concentration risk in Switzerland’s SPI index, the dominant domestic equity benchmark for Pensionskassen, has increased significantly over the last year as financial turmoil has wreaked havoc on two of the country’s largest listed companies.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Do members care where the money comes from?
[16:25 CEST 12-08] UK/EUROPE - Attempts to introduce an ethical investment policy to the £4.3bn (€5.5bn) Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) have so far met with failure, however the latest resolution passed by Liverpool City Council in July may just be "bland" enough to allow scheme members to have a say ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: The LDI analogy of pensions and airlines
[13:00 CEST 11-06] EUROPE - The move to liability-driven investment strategies has been a hot topic over the last two years. But discussion with consultants has revealed pension funds are still not adopting the strategy’s full process, even though the break-even rate on 40-year inflation has now hit a new ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: The struggle to balance pensions accounting standards
[15:30 CEST 27-05] UK/GLOBAL - Discussion around Accounting Standards Board (ASB) proposals for pensions accounting reforms really began in earnest last week, and what an uphill struggle it seems ASB officials face.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will shifting mortality assumptions kickstart longevity hedging?
UK - Improving longevity has become an increasingly important issue for pension trustees, as while schemes can hedge inflation and interest rate risk, pensioner longevity is not an easy liability to offset.
