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Features
Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: SPAIN
Asset allocation in Spain is set to change as a result of the both the euro and also because of the changing domestic pension and investment scene. Spanish funds have fewinvestment restrictions: simply that 90% must be invested on recognised stock markets, 1% in cash and the other 9% is ...
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Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: UK
Superficially, little is changing on account of the euro’s introduction on 1 January 1999. UK funds are not undergoing investment reviews solely on account of the changes to European currencies. However, there are a number of changes occurring just below the surface.Firstly, the typical allocation to European equities has been ...
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Slow death of DB
Only a fifth of occupational pension schemes will be on a defined benefit basis by the year 2018, according to a recent survey by Bacon & Woodrow. And employee-sponsored health and welfare insurance contracts will be the norm for over half of UK employees in the first quarter of the ...
