Markets – Page 173
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NewsIAPF welcomes decision to issue index-linked, amortising bonds
But more must be done to create 'coherent' regulatory framework, association warns.
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NewsIPE Top 400: Amundi bucks French trend in growing institutional assets
FRANCE – Company increases European institutional AUM by 15%, according to Top 400 Asset Managers survey.
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NewsIreland announces details of index-linked, amortising bonds
Issuances aimed at pensions market to raise up to €5bn over next 18 months, according to NTMA.
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NewsDeveloped economies should expect future GDP growth of 'just 1%'
EUROPE – Real GDP growth of 2.5% in developed markets over last 30 years an anomaly, says Research Affiliates.
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NewsDutch retirement age increase to reduce pensioners by half million
Raising age from 65 to 67 in 2023 to cut number of pensioners by half million by 2025.
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Gloor lawyers offer part-admission of guilt, 30 months in prison
Final verdict in case against BVK’s former head of asset management not expected until September.
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NewsPPF levy hike could increase cost of insuring pension funds by 25% – TW
Low government bond yields may force Pension Protection Fund to increase levy, Towers Watson warns.
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NewsDC pension funds present 'considerable' risks for staff
French, Italian and Spanish workers at even more risk than UK counterparts, according to study.
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NewsEuro-zone scenarios to have 'major ramifications' for real estate
EUROPE – Aviva Investors lays out widely differing implications of three potential outcomes.
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NewsPensions liabilities should be discounted against non-bonds – SPC
Liabilities should not be measured solely against bond yields, Society of Pension Consultants says.
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NewsNAPF calls for debate on effect of quantitative easing on pensions
Call comes as Bank of England increases asset purchase facility by £50bn, with size of QE now at £375bn.
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NewsLIBOR scandal could hit pension funds depending on derivatives trades
EUROPE – Industry experts say it's too early to assess impact of attempts to manipulate bank-lending rate.
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NewsInvestors 'remarkably' worried over volatility, regulation – RiskMonitor
Allianz Global Investors survey shows European institutional investors remain in state of high alert.
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NewsPensions saving not to blame for indebted Danes, reports says
Household debt soared between 1995 and 2009 – a period of strong accumulation for pensions.
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NewsSwiss roundup: BVK, Pegeba, artax Fide Consult
Zurich's BVK selects UBS to run masterfund structure designed to boost governance.
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NewsThose who pushed euro should pay, says ING IM strategy head
EUROPE – Markets could rally this summer with 'a lot of bad news already priced-in'.
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NewsGreek renegotiation to increase risk of 'moral hazard', says ING
EUROPE – After initial rally, markets to remain in 'wait-and-see mode', commentators say.
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NewsInstitutions should lobby 'aggressively' against EU trade reporting proposals
Measures to increase transparency will likely stem secondary markets, JP Morgan tells ICMA conference.
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NewsGreek exit would cause no long-term damage, says Germany's BVV
To plan for Italy, Spain becoming 'infected' would question existence of euro itself.
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NewsVolatility hitting corporate yields, not just gilts – Mercer
May turbulence leads to largest month-on-month increase in pension deficits in nearly two years.
