Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 492
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Features
Groupe expects changes to assumptions under IORP
The Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Européen says it expects to see “significant” changes in the way discount rates and other pension fund assumptions are determined under the occupational pension fund directive. The Groupe, which represents European Union actuarial associations, has issued a 26-page study called ‘Minimum Technical Provisions for Defined Benefit ...
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More than just a pressing need to know
Pension funds need more formal skills to deal with the plethora of new developments in the sector – from the flood of new investment products to changes in finance, pension and social legislation. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Special Report
Skilled delegates the way to ensure democracy
Paid pension fund staff clearly need thorough training in the business area relevant to their role. But the decision-making process at a fund involves many others. In Denmark, more pension funds are taking a serious look at the skills of their delegates elected by members, says Claus Skadhauge, head of ...
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IAS19 under scrutiny
Nina Röhrbein looks at what impact the IAS19 accounting standards review is likely to have on DC and DB schemes across Europe
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Entering into the 26th regime
Proposals for 26th regime pension products come under the critical gaze of the Dutch pension insurers association working party on these products
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Airlines' excess pensions baggage
In the cut-throat world of air transport, one of the biggest upheavals has been the arrival of the no-frills airlines. But it is not only in ticket pricing where these airlines have been able to undercut the national carriers. They have far lower pension costs too. And these add to ...
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Asset pooling steals the limelight
However desirable a pan-European pension fund might be, pension asset pooling is what is on offer currently, Nina Röhrbein finds
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Bonds to the rescue? It’s a blip
The numbers pack a punch. In the autumn Mercer reported that the pension fund liabilities of the top 50 mainland European companies totalled £72bn - compared with a £45bn funding gap for their UK FTSE 100 counterparts. Notably, pensions risk exposure in Germany’s Dax 30 companies was 20% higher than ...
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Dealing with the new giants
The role of pension funds needs to be rethought, according to a group of academics who presented their views in a recent Geneva Association paper. Lans Bovenberg reports
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Finnish proposal garners support
Twenty five EU member states are backing a diluted version of the directive on portability of supplementary pensions, as Jeremy Woolf reports
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The disruptive power of innovation
In the second of the series, Amin Rajan and Jervis Smith argue that beneath the surface of booming markets fund management is changing irrevocably
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When multinational pooling pays off
Having a pooling policy can lead to a more co-ordinated benefit strategy. Jeremy Hill discusses the findings of a recent survey
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Make way for the 'IW PEPP'
With the portability directive hitting opposition, Geoffrey Furlonger suggests that the way forward could be pan-European industry-wide schemes
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Responding to the challenges
Corporate pensions are facing contentious issues right across the board. Rachel Fixsen talks to a range of funds to find out how they are responding. We also highlight the issues of tax, IAS19, asset pooling, liabilities, airlines, multinational pooling and portability
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Tax and pan-European pensions
A big barrier to pan-European pensions - taxation - is being lifted, according to the European Commission’s (EC) Peter Schonewille. Speaking at Multi Pensions 2006 in Amsterdam, Schonewille said that cross-border tax deductions for contributions paid to pension funds in other member states no longer presented an obstacle in 20-22 ...
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Making sense of information
In a dramatically changed research landscape, BNY ConvergEx now offers a new service for both independent research firms and money managers. Stephanie Schwartz-Driver reports
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Face of sector to continue changing
IPE asked three pension funds – in the Czech Republic, Denmark and the Netherlands – the same question: ‘What challenges and opportunities do you expect to face in 2007?’ Here are their answers:
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Ten or 12 funds set to dominate
Joseph Mariathasan looks at where the private equity market is heading and asks whether now is the time to subject them to regulatory scrutiny
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Ahead in 2007
IPE has asked three pensions funds, three investment managers and three consultants to give their opinions on some key issues that will be facing the pensions industry over the coming year
