Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 714
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Positive outlook
In 2001 the Luxembourg specialised investment funds – or, as they are more correctly known, the funds whose shares/units are not sold to the public in accordance with the law of 19 July 1991 – kept up with the general growth of volumes on the Luxembourg investment fund market. Specialised ...
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Sitting on a $1trn time bomb
The US economy is sitting on a trillion-dollar time bomb, in the form of unrealistic pension return expectations. It affects defined benefit, defined contribution and cash balance plans alike. Is this an alarmist proposition? Alarming, yes. Alarmist, no. The average pension fund in the US is assuming a 9% return ...
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PVF Achmea: the background
About 10 years ago PVF operated as a body to run pension schemes. Its services included advice to pension plan sponsors on policy matters, management of funds’ investments, pensions administration, collection of contributions and payment of benefits. It also looked after running early retirement and disability insurance cover. Today PVF ...
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Front-to-back office systems
Pension funds and asset managers are under pressure to diversify their investments to meet growth targets, while the choice of financial instruments available to them grows ever wider and more complex, as does the range of markets across the globe, including a growing number of online trading platforms. Investors need ...
