Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 336
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Features
EFRP seeks priority in insolvency cases
Responding to the European Commission’s White Paper on Pensions from February late last month, the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) has called for the proposed review of the IORP Directive to grant pension funds greater security in the instance of sponsor insolvency.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Kay - make your voice heard
The Kay review is the best thing we’ve had on short-termism for decades
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Features
Pensions Accounting: A man on the moon? Easy
IFRIC Draft Interpretation D9, Employee Benefit Plans with a Promised Return on Contributions or Notional Contributions, refuses to die
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Opinion Pieces
LIBOR litigation looms
US pension funds are still trying to understand the impact of the LIBOR scandal on their assets to assess whether they should launch a class action against the banks involved in the case. The matter is highly complex and could lead to tens of billions of dollars in claims, not just from pension funds but also from cities, states, lenders, insurers and other investors who say they were hurt by the allegedly manipulated rates.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: EU clears the decks
The Brussels legislative programme for the financial sector will be as frenetic as ever from now until early 2013. It is a race to achieve as much as possible before electoral canvassing by MEPs starts ahead of the parliamentary elections in May 2014.
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Features
Bearing the brunt of margin calls
Earlier this year, the industry cheered as Brussels granted pension funds a temporary exemption from the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Yet concerns over the impact of the regulation on funds persist, reprieve notwithstanding.
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Features
Kay seeks corporate governance ‘settlement’
John Kay’s long-awaited final report on long-term decision making within the UK’s equity market did not offer many surprises. Many of the proposals had already been hinted at in February’s interim report, such as the abolition of quarterly reporting to aid companies in more long-term thinking.
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term Matters: Hedge fund concerns
Hedge funds have, without doubt, delivered ‘loadsamoney’, especially for their staff and their richest and smartest customers over the past few decades. And there is also no doubt that short-selling can send a useful signal to the market about hidden risks.
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Fault lines
Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen read the runes of Dutch politics, which will be the crucial factor in determining the future of the country’s occupational pension system
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Country Report
The Netherlands: Anxiety management
Nina Röhrbein gauges views on how the likely changes to Dutch pensions will affect investment and risk strategies
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Country Report
The Netherlands: PPI to spur DC growth
The Dutch affinity with defined benefit schemes has limited the take-up of defined contribution, writes Nina Röhrbein. Could the PPI vehicle change this?
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Country Report
The Netherlands: From FTK to FBK
Jean Frijns, Guus Boender and Theo Kocken inspired a lively debate at the IPNederland conference in June. Leen Preesman and Mariska van der Westen report
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Country Report
UK: The third way
Nearly two decades after Tony Blair espoused a ‘third way’ in UK politics, the current government is in favour of a defined ambition approach in occupational pensions that would combine elements of DB and DC. Jonathan Williams asks whether the industry wants it
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Country Report
UK: Reassurance needed, not insurance
As longevity improves and fewer people are saving for pensions, Malcolm McLean argues for the industry to rebuild confidence
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Country Report
UK: Super trusts – how they work
Gail Moss takes the NAPF’s super trust idea and runs an international comparison
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Country Report
UK: Questions remain
With auto-enrolment just a few months away, Pádraig Floyd assesses the future shape of DC pensions
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Country Report
UK: How to aim for the impossible
Rudyard Ekindi, director at NEST, discusses how the scheme hopes to achieve long-term and strong performance
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Country Report
UK: Challenges ahead
Pete Drewienkiewicz outlines the broader range of tools available to pension funds to hedge liability risk
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Country Report
UK: Contributions and deficits to increase
Nick Bunch reviews the findings of LCP’s nineteenth annual report on the UK’s defined benefit landscape
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Country Report
UK: Trustee power
Matthew Claisse and Lorant Porkolab highlight important new proposals regarding the powers of pension fund trustees in corporate transactions
