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Special Report
The risk sharing revolution
Risk sharing pension schemes offer the ability for employers to control their pension costs while providing a better deal for members than defined contribution arrangements. But have too many corporate fingers been burnt by the cost and liabilities involved in offering defined benefit plans? Ian Farr asks whether compnaies can ...
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Special ReportSqueezing the life out of DB pensions
Are tightening pension funding regulations throttling Europe’s defined benefit (DB)pension plans? Is a threat to extend Solvency II to pension funds the final nail in their coffin? IPE readers give their verdict.
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Special ReportTrying to play a longer game
Two asset managers and a pension fund discuss their priorities with Charles Neilan and explain their views on longer term asset management mandates
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FeaturesMixed messages at a time of crisis
While the asset management industry is opening to foreign investors and independence is increasingly valued, the general outlook is still conservative, finds Nina Röhrbein
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FeaturesIORP II: towards a new solvency framework?
Jacqueline Lommen reviews the two recent CEIOPS papers and calls on the pensions industry to make an active contribution to the upcoming IORP II public consultation
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Features
Tackling the technicalities
After years of neglect Poland’s new government now needs to push on with the reforms to its pension system which it began in 1999
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FeaturesReviewing the Rendezvous
France’s review of its 2003 pension reform is underway. George Coats looks at the story so far
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Special Report
Assessing the key factors
Michael Atzwanger explains the current issues affecting the Italian pension fund industry
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News
Trustees classed as money laundering 'low risk'
[15:50 CEST 05-08] UK – Professional trustees may avoid having to register as a Trust or Company Service Provider under new money laundering regulations, as occupational pension schemes have been classified as “low risk”.
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FeaturesSlow progress expected
A long-time insider outlines the options available to the new pensions minister to Maria Teresa Cometto
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News
OECD releases new governance guidelines
[16:30 CEST 04-08] GLOBAL – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its new pension fund governance guidelines for public comment.
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Allow pensioners on all schemes’ boards – MPs
[16:15 CEST 01-08] NETHERLANDS - Dutch MPs have tabled an amendment of the Pension Act giving pensioners of industry-wide schemes an equal say on the board, like their fellow pensioners of company pension funds.
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NewsFSA tells insurers to speed up annuity transfers
[16:45 CEST 31-07] UK – The UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Services Authority has revealed the process of transferring pensions annuity cases between at insurance companies is being delayed in over 60% of cases in part because participants are confused by the forms to be completed.
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Dutch institutions too relaxed in tackling fraud - FEC
[15:15 CEST 31-07] NETHERLANDS – Financial institutions and service providers do too little to tackle fraudulent real estate transactions in the Netherlands, an official analysis of criminal and supervisory investigations has found.
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Allianz mulls pan-European pension fund
[16:00 CEST 30-07] GERMANY – The insurance group Allianz is considering rolling out a pan-European pension fund but regulations could yet hinder the project.
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NU nets half its missing trawlermen members
[14:15 CEST 30-07] UK – UK life insurance firm Norwich Union is still attempting to track down over 6,000 people who were thought to be members of the UK trawlermen defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, after it was found some members had never received payouts.
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Employer pain warning on Dutch executive pensions tax
[11:00 CEST 30-07] NETHERLANDS – Employers with businesses in the Netherlands might need to adjust their executive pension arrangements if Dutch lawmakers approve additional tax restrictions backed by the government, Towers Perrin has warned.
