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Features
Lifting the lid on the trade-offs
They say all roads lead to Rome. Well, they did recently for some key players in the European community’s pension arena, attendees to a forum on the pan-European pension funds directive organised by Mefop, the Italian foundation for the development of the Italian pensions market. Among the speakers in the ...
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Assessing impact of next year's French reforms
To give it its full title the French Law 2003-775 on pensions was definitively approved on August 21 this year and will be applicable as of January 1, next year. Its objective is to achieve an actuarial equivalence between private and public sector. This harmonisation principle of this law has ...
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Special Report
The future for responsible investment
It has been a fascinating autumn for those that believe in responsible investment. There have been so many developments, there has hardly been time to catch your breath. Granada, and BSkyB are just two examples of UK companies whose governance has been heavily questioned and indeed influenced. In the Netherlands ...
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Features
Coming out of the woods
It is cold in Stockholm but asset managers are happy. The market recovery has translated into new mandates for some Swedish houses, with the rest contenting themselves with the fact that the worst is probably over. At a safe distance from the downturn, managers say it had its benefits. The ...
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Features
ABP hits IPE-Awards jackpot
European superfund ABP scooped the board at the 2003 IPE-Awards in Amsterdam on November 20th by carrying off no fewer than five of the trophies - including the coveted Gold award for European Pension Fund of the Year. The incredible haul by the Dutch public pension fund for government, ...
