Markets – Page 158
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NewsDC plans must not employ 'misleading' return predictions
UK – Pensions Institute calls for industry to employ 'plausible' return predictions.
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NewsFrench pension fund UMR on lookout for new majority stakeholder
FRANCE – Scheme likely to replace outgoing CEO Charles Vaquier once shareholder is found.
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Swiss roundup: Swipra proxy voting service, BVK
SWITZERLAND – Swiss pension funds launch proxy voting service to compete with Ethos.
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NewsEuropean Commission unveils Green Paper on long-term financing
EUROPE – Stresses importance of ensuring prudential rules do not discourage long-term financing.
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NewsNordic roundup: PPM, Swedish Pensions Agency, AP3, SPP
EUROPE – Just 3% of entrants to DC system choose active options, says Swedish Pensions Agency.
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NewsSystem risk top concern for Dutch pensions industry, poll finds
NETHERLANDS – Superviser risk ranks second among pension funds in IPNederland straw poll.
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NewsUK pensions industry divided over watchdog's new statutory objective
UK – NAPF welcomes revised 'marching orders' for pensions regulator.
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NewsFund nationalisation 'unlikely', says Cyprus Hotel Employees CEO
CYPRUS – Marinos Gialeli laments 'small death' of euro, dismisses additional loans to Cypriot state.
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NewsUK roundup: Steve Webb, Barnett Waddingham, Towers Watson
UK – Pensions minister Steve Webb confirms earlier start date for new state pension.
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NewsIreland would be 'prudent' to issue inflation-linked debt
IRELAND – Brokerage tells IAPF delegates issuance would bolster country's pension industry.
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NewsAgeing societies require different economic policies, experts say
GLOBAL – Economist says Japan will serve as 'test case' for many European countries.
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NewsHouse of Lords criticises 'major deficiencies' of UK pensions
UK – Report calls for greater pension certainty in DC, welcomes defined ambition ideas.
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NewsTobin tax threatens economic viability of 'repo' market – ICMA
GLOBAL – Association says controversial financial transaction tax will hinder repurchase deals.
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NewsSecond-pillar payout legislation stymies Polish government
POLAND – Country's first large tranche of second-pillar retirees due in mid-2014.
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NewsAmbachtsheer criticises 'dysfunctional' NEST restrictions
UK – Academic calls for license system for auto-enrolment funds, questions Dutch rights cuts.
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NewsUK roundup: Institute for Fiscal Studies, Wolseley, ACA
UK – More UK women are now staying in work as state pensions start later, study shows.
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NewsFrontier markets require 'leap of faith', says RPMI
UK – Head of strategy says railway pension fund approaches emerging markets 'thematically'.
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NewsTesco scheme 'happy' for pension funds to be viewed as new banks
UK – But CIO of supermarket's pension fund warns that schemes are 'not mugs'.
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NewsNine companies awarded mandates for Sweden's ITP pension scheme
SWEDEN – Alecta re-selected as default provider for scheme members making no choice.
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NewsUK pensions minister calls for government-backed DC protection fund
UK – Fund could be best response to 'challenges' posed by private sector solvency requirements.
