Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 418
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FeaturesGermany: More paperwork
Low equity exposure, strict regulations regarding guarantees and a rise in actuarial interest rates have left the German pension system relatively unscathed, according to Barbara Ottawa
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FeaturesIceland: After the meltdown
Icelandic pension funds may no longer invest abroad, but hope that this restriction will be lifted as soon as possible, finds Christine Senior
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FeaturesIreland: Crisis spurs change
Nyree Stewart assesses regulatory changes to Ireland’s pension system
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FeaturesNetherlands: Pragmatism reigns
Mariska van der Westen and Liam Kennedy review the changes that The Hague has in mind for Dutch pension funds this year and next
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Norway: Little interest in new individual savings system
Christine Senior assesses regulatory developments around pensions in Norway
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FeaturesItaly: Crisis puts reforms on hold
A further campaign to increase membership of private pension schemes is not expected until economic prospects improve, reports Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesPortugal: Eyes on risk management
New regulations aim to strengthen awareness of risk, even though Portuguese pension funds have been less affected by the financial crisis than some, reports Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesSpain: Pensions go off the radar
Spain’s ageing population means problems ahead for the pensions system, but proposals to deal with them are not expected until next year, reports Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesSweden: Green giant
Aside from concerns about the performance and costs of the AP buffer funds, the government has also outlined an ESG agenda for institutional investors, writes Robert Melia Watson
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FeaturesSwitzerland: Shifting attitudes
The regulators are under pressure to allow cuts in benefit levels as funding problems increase, reports Emma Cusworth
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FeaturesUK: A chink of light
A small compromise in the treatment of accrued rights might signal a more flexible approach to benefit indexation in the future, finds Liam Kennedy
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Country Report
Accounting for deficits
As UK pension funds continue to battle with worrying deficit levels, there is likely to be more bad news before things get better, finds Richard Lowe
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Country ReportBeset by complications
With DB in retreat and a conspicuous lack of public debate on the future of supplementary retirement provision, where now for UK pensions? Gill Wadsworth assesses progress, including the profound changes in the Pension Act 2008
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Features
Future foundation
Liam Kennedy discussed the investment philosophy of Germany’s VolkswagenStiftung with its CIO, Dieter Lehmann
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The time is right
Paul Kelly and Mitchell Cole discuss why captive reinsurance companies can be useful tools in dealing with DB pensions
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IP Asia
Darwinism meets Asset Servicing
Richard Newell looks at the dynamic shifts that have taken place in the Sibos world since last year’s event, which coincided with the collapse of Lehman Brothers
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Leading fund strategies
Nina Röhrbein outlines leading European pension funds’ investment strategies
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint
Target date: “There is ample room for added value between one size-fits-all solutions and do-it-yourself approaches to long-term investment decisions”
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Features
Doing mortality to death
To invest time following the progress of International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) pensions project is generally to waste part of an otherwise productive existence.
