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PERE and PERCO funds on growth path
There are reasons to be optimistic about the French DC market. Jean Kimmel looks at developments since the Loi Fillon pensions reform three years ago
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Trends fuel growth of professionalism
The investments of caisses de retraites are evolving to cope with a changing landscape, as Jean-Claude Angoulvant and Frédéric Petiniot explain
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Solvency II causing consternation
Imposition of the proposed Solvency II rules would force pension funds to shun riskier assets. Rachel Fixsen polls three schemes
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IORP opens door but demand is key
France’s implementation of the IORP directive last year has not spurred new schemes or trends so far. Denis Campana looks at the many issues that need resolving
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Next steps for IAS19
The IFRIC is charged with interpreting accounting standards such as IAS19. Stephen Bouvier examines its current project on the interplay between the asset ceiling and minimum funding requirements
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Pensions panacea
Pension Revolutionby Keith Ambachtsheer ISBN 13/978-0-470-08723-7 Price: $80 (€60) hardcover 336 pages hardback John Wiley & Sons n his preface, Keith Ambachtsheer dedicates his third book to the idea that the adverse events of the first half of this decade have finally created the conditions to realise the pensions vision ...
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Beyond nationhood
The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income Edited by Gordon Clark, Alicia Munnell and Michael Orszag, with the assistance of Kate Williams. ISBN-10: 0-19-927246-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-927246-4 936 pages hardback Price: £85 (€124) Oxford University Press This is a welcome new handbook and it is easy to predict that it ...
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Margins holding up despite high-yield dip
Yield curve/duration Government bonds and other top quality credit have benefited from sharp rise in volatility and subsequent ‘flight-to-quality’ moves. Short-dated bond yields have fallen to such an extent in Europe that the market is not pricing in more European Central Bank (ECB) rate hikes this year. Although most investors ...
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Attracting talented managers is not just a money game
Most pension funds cannot match the salaries big asset management companies offer for top class asset managers. But they have other perks, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Special Report
Platform aims to link big business with SRI
The people behind a new research platform, the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE), want the SRI community to benefit from closer involvement with large financial institutions. ECCE claims to be different from SRI research bodies already in existence due to its connections with big financial institutions, and the quantitative ...
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On track for a new future
Last month Johan Vanbuylen retired as director of FBZ Electriciens, the industry-wide pension plan for the Belgian electrical sector, which he had headed since its inception in 2002. The scheme has 40,000 members and €32m under management. George Coats talks to him
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Turning private equity into a public enemy
As private equity deals get bigger, opposition to activities of buy-out firms has grown. Pension funds’ duty is to achieve the best returns through a diversified investment strategy, which may include private equity. But the jobs of pension members can be harmed by the activities of private equity firms
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Counting the cost
The government may have saddled itself with greater pensions liabilities than it thinks, writes Nick Silver
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Reflections on reaching half a century
Roland van den Brink, managing director of investment at the Dutch PME pension fund, talks to Brendan Maton about family heroes and industry influences
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Quaker values keep DB flag flying
In retaining its defined benefit scheme, the family-owned Musgrave Group is reflecting the ethical values that are the bedrock of its attitude towards its employees. David White spoke with Noel Keeley
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What will scare Goldilocks?
How long can the benign corporate credit market continue? Joseph Mariathasan asks whether surprises may be around the corner
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Swiss moves to tighten regulation
Better late than never. After months of scandals involving Swiss pension funds, the Berne government has finally woken up. This summer it plans to unveil legislation to improve regulation and corporate governance of Pensionskassen.
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CEEC forum aims to promote dialogue
The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) launched a Central & Eastern European Forum (CEEC Forum) at a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 7 March. The forum is designed to bring together representatives from existing EFRP members from the pre-eastward enlargement EU and from private pension institutions operating the mandatory ...
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Europe shows on Robeco radar
Robeco, a Netherlands-based asset manager with global ambitions, has set itself three broad objectives for 2007 and beyond - to invest in Europe, to grow in the US and to seed in the emerging markets. George Möller, who moved from Euronext to become Robeco’s chief executive in 2004, says investment ...
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US pension funds on private equity roll
What might US pension funds reply to Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) about the dangers of private equity? Ahead of June’s G8 summit, the TUC’s general secretary, Brendan Barber, is going to ask pension funds from other countries to rethink their investment policy and stop fuelling buyout fever. Barber said ...
