All IPE articles in May 2011 (Online)
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Fair-finance moves to shake up Austrian severance-pay funds
AUSTRIA – Co-owner calls for evaluation of severance-pay funds to be included in amendment of legal framework.
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NewsPensions discounts: Rounding up the usual suspects
Brighton Rock's Con Keating defends the UK government's take on the correct discount rate for public sector pension schemes.
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NewsSparinvest targets pension schemes with bond fund
Danish fund manager teams up with US-based Brandes to offer fund that exposes mispricing.
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NewsDanish foundation tenders €54m EM equities mandate
Successful manager should outperform MSCI Emerging Markets index 'irrespective' of style in market.
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NewsDe-risk now or face more deficit swings, warns Aon Hewitt
Pensions deficit of FTSE 350 corporate pension schemes falls from £66bn to £41bn in year to April.
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NewsUK roundup: NAPF, Daily Mail, British American Tobacco
NAPF welcomes approval from upper house of parliament on new pensions regulation.
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NewsInterest rates, longevity squeeze 2010 return at PNO Media
Factors nearly wipe out 13.6% return on investment for Dutch pension fund, leading to net return of 1% last year.
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NewsInflation-spooked investors back bonds, reject equities – Mercer
80% of European pension schemes to increase allocations to inflation-linked, inflation-sensitive assets.
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NewsDutch Cabinet supports raising state pension age to 66
Bill to be submitted to parliament also provides for tax adjustment for second-pillar pensions.
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Wednesday people roundup
Nordea, Industriens Pension, ABV, Baker Tilly, BNY Mellon, Kempen, TickerPR & CoMsultancy
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NewsEFRP questions Commission's Call for Advice on IORPs
Call has come too soon and relies too heavily on Solvency II, warns EFRP head Chris Verhaegen.
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NewsIndustry must represent clients before regulators, says SSgA
Asset managers have role in representing interests of asset-owner clients in talks with regulators.
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NewsAba head questions importance of cross-border pensions
Heribert Karch 'unconvinced' increasing competition will lead to more efficiency.
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NewsFour PKA pension funds merged into single €4.4bn scheme
Four of eight funds administered by Denmark's PKA have now formed Health Professionals' Pension Fund.
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NewsHermes Fund Managers to offer 'internal consultancy'
Plans to share with clients same reporting seen by trustees of BT Pension Scheme.
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NewsAlpinvest seeks to profit from ageing with Hans Anders deal
€40bn private equity investor co-invests in acquisition of Hans Anders, which makes glasses and hearing aids.
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NewsPolitical meddling is 'killing' Dutch pensions system
Regulator trying to grab headlines to show it is 'on the case', says Toine van der Stee, head of Blue Sky Group.
