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ABP heads for PUB
[16:46 CEST 15/05] NETHERLANDS – The board of Europe's largest pension fund is close to implementing fundamental changes to its structure, to stave off regulatory pressure on its additional insurance products, Jaap Maassen said today.
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Tyco pays $3bn in settlement
[16:45 CEST 15/05] US – Electronics company Tyco International agreed to pay shareholders $2.975bn (€2.2bn) to settle accounting fraud claims.
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Commission raps nine over cross-border tax
[17:18 CEST] EUROPE – European governments are being put under pressure by the European Commission and could face court action for being in breach of EU law for their taxation of foreign pension fund investors.
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DNB faces pensioner healthcare pressure
[17:15] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Central Bank (DNB), the main regulator of the Dutch pension sector, is facing its own pension crisis over the coming weeks as ex-employees of the DNB are taking the bank to court in relation to lower overall benefit payments.
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Crowding out enterprise annuity pensions
Victor Wong argues that, with China's basic pension system under increasing pressure, the enterprise annuity programme may be a casualty
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Widening the net in Pakistan
Moiz Mushir Ahmad Khan describes how Pakistan’s Voluntary Pension System has finally come into force
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Best practice in Malaysia
Tan Lye Huat highlights the progress being made in applying new corporate governance guidelines in Malaysia
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Smart solutions for the self-employed
The pension needs of the self-employed in Holland have been overlooked in the past, particularly their ability and willingness to bear risk. Alwin Oerlemans and Jeroen Tielman report on some of the solutions proposed at the recent PensionSummit
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Belgium baits the hook for Dutch pensions
Is the new pensions vehicle that Belgium has designed to encourage European pension schemes to domicile within its borders likely to attract Dutch pension funds? Carolyn Bandel finds out
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Swiss second pillar “should up saver rates”
SWITZERLAND – A commission advising the government on second-pillar pensions has recommended Swiss pension funds raise the minimum interest rate on member savings to 2.75% per annum from 2.5% now.
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Growth in German corporate pensions stagnates
GERMANY – Two out of three German companies offer employees a corporate pension provision, reaching around 78% of the working population, according to a study by German market research firm Psychonomics.
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Portability compromise by end of May?
EUROPE – The German EU presidency is hoping to reach a compromise on the portability directive by the end of the month.
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Smooth progress for UCITs programme
As investors are faced with an increasingly pan-European market for pensions investment, UCITS III aims to make cross-border co-operation between funds simpler. Jeremy Woolfe reports
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Regulators tells trustees to up their ante in LBOs
UK – The Pensions Regulator today warned pension scheme trustees they must scrutinise more closely employer covenant changes in cases of corporate transactions such as buyouts.
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Need for pensions wake-up call
Both politicians and trades unions are concerned about pensions in Austria. Barbara Ottawa talks to some of the movers and shakers
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Looking at alternatives and regulation
We asked three German pension funds to explain some of the important issues and challenges currently facing their investment strategies
