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Hedge funds and private equity 'have positive impact'
[13:30 CET 02-11] NETHERLANDS - The effect of private equity investors and hedge funds on the Dutch economy and companies are modestly positive on average, researchers from Erasmus University have claimed.
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Small funds may be unaffordable in future – DNB
[16:30 CET 01-11] NETHERLANDS – The average pension fund may well be too small to be affordable, says Klaas Knot, director of supervisory policy at the Dutch central bank DNB.
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Too much of a good thing?
How much information is too much? One might ask that question after reading the provisions of the 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, a new bill that is sponsored by George Miller, a Democrat congressman from California. Last month a hearing on the bill was held at ...
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Criticism mounts over Danish SP policy
Uncertainty over the future of the mandatory second pillar SP, long seen as a back door tax on Danes, continues with mandatory contributions suspended and its future under review, Rachel Fixsen reports
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IASB mulls over average salary
“We can’t pretend that we’re not doing something that we’re doing,” Mary Barth told her fellow IASB members on 19 September. “I think we have to be honest with the world about what we’re doing as opposed to pretending that we are not changing things when we are.”The bad news ...
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Knitting together the EU quilt
Europe requires private placements. Iain Morse reports on how this can be achieved
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Steffen re-elected CEIOPS head
[16:30 CET 31-10] EUROPE – Thomas Steffen of the German financial services watchdog BaFin has been re-elected as chair of the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).
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Netherlands needs FGRs to become 'pensions champion'
[15:30 CET 310-10] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch financial services sector could stimulate its international pensions position through the creation of cross-border asset-pooling vehicles based on existing mutual funds for joint accounts (FGRs), pension fund experts have argued.
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Ireland doomed without pension reforms – IMF
[16:00 CET 30-10] IRELAND – Ireland’s public debt will increase to unsustainable levels in the absence of pension and other reforms, argues the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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AP1 exits Carnegie committee in protest
[15:45 CET 30-10] SWEDEN – AP1, the largest Swedish buffer fund SEK221bn (€24bn) AP1 has withdrawn its delegate from the nomination committee at Carnegie bank, in protest against the proposed new chairman.
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‘Solvency II must be modified’ – AEIP
[15:30 CET 30-10] EUROPE – The European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (AEIP) has warned the Solvency II proposals must be modified to suit main IORP directive principles for pension schemes.
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Former minister calls for local pensions ringfence
[16:30 CET 29-10] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds should support the domestic financial services industry by ring-fencing capital for domestic investment managers, former foreign affairs minister Ben Bot has suggested.
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Cable & Wireless considers buyout
[16:15 CEST 29-10] UK – Telecoms group Cable & Wireless (C&W) is in the early stages of talks to sell off its £2bn UK pension fund, IPE has learnt.
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Morley keeps watch on European diversified launch
[14:00 CET 29-10] UK - Aviva’s asset management arm Morley has launched a multi-asset fund targeted at smaller UK pension funds but which it hopes to be able to roll out across Europe in due course.
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PKA and Sampension act on Burma
[16:45 CEST 26-10] DENMARK – More Danish pension funds are moving to offload holdings in French oil company Total and US firm Chevron, in support of the Danish government’s stance on trade with politically-troubled Burma.
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Outgoing gov't pulls PZU privatization
POLAND – The Polish government today withdrew an agreement to float the state-controlled insurance giant PZU on the stock market.
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Ombudsman warns pension schemes are 'misleading' members
[11:00 CEST 26-10] IRELAND - The Pensions Ombudsman has alleged "communication in the pensions industry is sometimes misleading", leaving members uncertain about their contributions and potential benefits.
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Bank of Ireland secures LifeBalance deal
[16:58 CEST 25-10] IRELAND – The Bank of Ireland has agreed a deal with union officials to introduce a hybrid DB/DC pension scheme, following the closure of its final salary scheme last year.
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German Cabinet passes 'acting in concert' bill
[16:00 CEST 25-10] GERMANY – The government today passed a disputed bill for more transparency of investments in the German market.
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Germans up support for compulsory second pillar
[15:30 CEST 25-10] GERMANY – Making occupational pension provision compulsory would help ease fears over poverty at retirement, an increasing number of Germans agree.
