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Features
From direction to implementation
As the EFRP approaches its 2003 annual conference delegates might expect an air of congratulation at the work achieved on the pan-European pensions directive, while wondering where the organisation’s work goes from here. The buzzword going forward though will be “implementation”. Just what will be the impact on member states ...
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Keys for success in influencing Brussels
Legislation passed by the EU is not the end-result of decisions taken behind closed doors by Eurocrats or Euro-parliamentarians. The adoption process is to some extent open to the input of market players. The variety and number of interests represented on the different pieces of legislation, however, require interested stakeholders ...
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Preparing for battles ahead
It may not be saying much, but custody has never been so exciting as it is in Germany at the moment. For one thing, the master KAG concept is putting global custodians on the map as nothing has before. And, of course, there is matter of State Street digesting the ...
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'Strengthen system', IMF tells Dutch
The International Monetary Fund says a strengthening of the Dutch pension system is needed to protect the solvency of occupational pension funds. It adds that the planned merger of regulatory bodies will bolster the supervision of the big, dominant pensions conglomerates. In a recent report on the Netherlands, the IMF ...
