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Features
The case for buyouts
The underlying conditions for corporate buyouts have never been better, but as David White argues, take-up still remains relatively modest
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VB issues warning on Dutch VAT (amended)
[14:00 CEST 05-09] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch association of industry wide pension funds, VB has said the Dutch government should stop charging pension funds tax on the use of investment management services.
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Partial passport smacks of timidity
Sheila Nicoll welcomes the European Commission’s response to UCITS III but argues it could have gone further
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Technology no longer isolated
Pension funds are dealing with the need for up to date systems to cope with enhanced compliance, investment and member communication demands. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Bulgaria’s new pensions landscape: looking over the horizon
Although now freer to invest, Bulgaria’s pension system struggles against frequent legislative changes, a black economy and corruption, writes George Coats
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Regulation versus self regulation
IPE asked three pension representatives – in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK – the same question: ‘Are pension benefit protection schemes a necessary evil?’ Here are their answers:
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Solvency II nears maturity
International ambitions for Solvency II emerge as reforms for capital adequacy take shape, writes Jeremy Woolfe
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Scandal-hit PZU gets new CEO
[16:45 CEST 04-09] POLAND – Agata Rowinska has today been appointed by the Treasury as new chief executive to the Polish insurance giant PZU.
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Call for Denmark’s SPSS to be scrapped
[12:00 CEST 29-08] DENMARK - The Danish government’s decision to carry on suspending payments into the Special Pensions Savings Programme does not go far enough and the scheme should be scrapped completely, according to the Danish Insurance Association.
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Liechtenstein complications with Swiss fund
[16:30 CEST 28-08] LIECHTENSTEIN/SWITZERLAND – The Swiss senate has raised enquiries about the linkage of Liechtenstein’s second pillar pension schemes to the Swiss pension protection fund.
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Middle-aged men 'dominate' pension trustee boards
[16:00 CEST 28-08] UK – Pension trustee boards lack diversity, while trustees struggle coming to terms with the complexity of pension legislation, a new study has found.
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Indictments handed down in Fribourg pensions scandal
[14:30 CEST 28-08] SWITZERLAND – A magistrate investigating the past financial woes of the city of Fribourg’s pension fund has indicted the city’s treasurer and three other treasury employees, accusing them of falsifying accounting documents.
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First funds approved for Romania’s second pillar
ROMANIA – The Private Pension Supervision Commission (CSSPP) has authorised five second pillar pension funds for sale in Romania.
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Citigroup buyout not a trend, says report
[16:00 CEST 24/08] UK – Citigroup’s recent move into the buyout arena is unlikely to result in a major venture for the financial service company, actuarial consultant Punter Southall has said.
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Prosecutor to vet premier’s pension claims
SLOVAKIA – The Bratislava prosecutor's office is to examine comments made by Slovak prime minister Robert Fico about pension fund management companies.
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IASB clarifies IFRIC application
[16:45 CEST 22-08] EUROPE – Market commentators have incorrectly assessed the effects of IFRIC 14 on pension schemes, the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) said today.
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Most schemes silent on wind-up legislation – Paternoster
[16:51 CEST 21-08] UK – Inadequate governance at the vast majority of UK scheme means their rules do not reflect current legislation for winding up lump sums, suggests pension buyout firm Paternoster.
