All articles by Martin Hurst – Page 9
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News
Norwegian pension reform facing delay
NORWAY - The proposed reform of Norway’s state pension system is now unlikely to become law until after 2005’s general election, a political advisor says.
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Features
Conservative approach
Management of pension funds in Spain is dominated by a few major financial institutions and insurance companies. The top three providers, BBVA, La Caixa and Santander manage 45% of total assets under management, while the top 10 represent three quarters of the market. Santander’s asset management unit is one of ...
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Features
Spanish trustees need to go back to school
The issue of education in financial and investment matters as a fundamental need of pension fund trustees in Spain was confirmed in a recent survey carried out by Mercer. The survey into corporate governance among second pillar pension schemes was the first of its kind in Spain. One of its ...
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Features
Shedding light on the long road ahead
Following the EU Pension Fund Directive, much of the pensions focus of last month’s Seventh Annual World Cup of Investment Management in Barcelona was on trustees and the structure of the pensions industry. At the conference Alan Pickering, chairman of the European Federation for Retirement Provision, said that the EU ...
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Features
Bewag believes in 'safety first'
The Berlin-based Bewag Pensionskasse feels that its policy of extreme prudence over the past three years has paid off. Risk is almost a dirty word, as management – and doubtless the members too – content themselves with the chosen ‘safety first policy. The fund, Bewag Pensionskasse, which was Germany’s twelfth-largest ...
