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Hedge funds enter the mainstream - for good or ill
The New Year will see larger hedge funds and private equity businesses voluntarily submit themselves to increasing oversight, Paul Smith expects, with unfortunate consequences for smaller players
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The changing face of Turkey
The heralding of Turkey as a new entrant to the global economy is the result of a misconception. Turkey has, in fact, been tied into the globalised economy for decades, if not centuries.
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Polish appointment cheers industry
Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak has been nominated as vice-minister in charge of pensions at the ministry of labour and social policy.
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Raising the state pension
The Green Paper also covers the social welfare system."The government’s commitment to increase the social welfare pension from €223 per week to €300 per week means the first pillar state pension is set to rise to a good level for everyone," says chief executive of corporate business at Irish Life ...
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EU issues new warnings over tax discrimination
[15:45 CET 01-02] EUROPE – Germany and Estonia received formal notices from the commission of the European Union (EU) requesting information in different tax treatment of foreign pension funds when it comes to dividends and interest.
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Football fund fed up with spoil sports
[14:30 CET 01-02] NETHERLANDS – CFK, the €560m pension fund for Dutch professional footballers, is in talks with the regulator to implement an investment maximum to avert further scrutiny from members.
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Shifting the goal posts
The scope of IASB’s phase I pensions accounting project has widened since it was announced in July 2006. Stephen Bouvier trawled through the official sound archives to set the record straight
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Keeping a Rendezvous
The government and its social partners are due to discuss pension reform as projected deficits rise. George Coats reports that fundamental change will not be on the agenda
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Which way to go?
The government’s Green Paper is focusing attention on the options to develop Ireland’s pensions sector. Nina Röhrbein reviews them
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Looking to the future
Orlaigh Quinn outlines the role the The Green Paper on Pensions will play in the evolution of Irish pensions policy
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The impact of immigration
For the past decade Ireland, long seen as a country from which people emigrated, has witnessed a strong influx of immigrants, particularly from eastern Europe. But this phenomenon is still too recent to be able to lead to any conclusions of its impact on the pensions industry. “A lot of ...
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Czech Republic "needs early reforms" - IMF
[16:30 CET 30-01] CZECH REPUBLIC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Czech Republic it needs to implement early reforms to its state pension system if it wants to "put public finances on a sustainable path".
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Dutch government 'positive' towards VAT exemption
[16:00 CET 30-01] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch government has abandoned its opposition to a proposed EU Directive giving pension funds VAT exemption on management services.
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'Loophole' revealed in personal accounts contributions
[13:00 CET 30-01] UK – Occupational schemes which offer an employer contribution of at least 6% could be allowed a three-month waiting period before auto-enrolling employees, the government has confirmed.
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PADA rejects flat fee for personal accounts
[16:00 CET 29-01] UK – The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority has issued a consultation on the proposed charging structure for the new regime, but has rejected the idea of a 'flat fee'.
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NewsKaupthing denies NIBC deal is in trouble
[15:30 CET 28-01] ICELAND – Iceland’s Kaupthing Bank has denied its deal with US buyout firm JC Flowers to buy Dutch investment bank NIBC for €3bn is in jeopardy of being blocked.
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NewsEmployers wade into disability insurance pensions row
[15:00 CET 28-01] NETHERLANDS - Employers’ organization VNO-NCW has thrown its weight behind the insurers’ opposition to a proposal allowing pension funds to sell income protection schemes as a disability insurance pension.
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NewsMEP supports need for ‘pillar model’
[15:30 CET 25-01] EUROPE – A minister of the European Parliament has backed fresh calls for the creation of a pensions pillar ‘model’ which could help to support the development of Europe-wide pensions legislation.
