All articles by Nina Röhrbein – Page 27
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Country Report
UK: The promise of the future
The regulator, associations and funds themselves are increasingly grappling with the issue of defined contribution pensions, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Country Report
UK: DMGT Pensions DC scheme
Ten years after creating its first trust-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, Daily Mail & General Trust plc (DMGT) set up a contract-based DC plan in October 2007. It now has five contract DC plans, covering three divisions and two associated companies.
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NewsEFRP proposes EU Stewardship Code on corporate governance
EUROPE – The European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP) has proposed an EU Stewardship Code on corporate governance acceptable to all member states, which could follow in the footsteps of the UK Stewardship Code.
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Special ReportBP, investors’ blind spot
Has the need for dividends compromised the green credentials of pension funds when it comes to oil companies such as BP? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Features
Jump the hurdle
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Dirk Lepelmeier (pictured), managing director of Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung (NAEV), the pension fund for North Rhine Westphalia’s medical profession about the challenge of successfully obtaining an annual internal rate of return in a highly volatile market
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NewsATP's H1 results boosted by domestic equities, interest rates
DENMARK – Domestic equities and interest rates helped Denmark's largest pension fund ATP – ranked fifth in IPE's Top 1,000 European Pension Funds – to a half-year profit of DKK11.7bn (€1.6bn).
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NewsGlobal cleantech investment soars by 63% in first half
GLOBAL – Clean technology venture investment worldwide has soared by 65% in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period last year.
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NewsSwiss financial executive pay soars by 73% in 2009
SWITZERLAND – Executive remuneration in the Swiss financial sector increased year-on-year by more than 70% in 2009, according to the Swiss Foundation for Sustainable Development (Ethos).
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Features
ING OFE: Investing with your hands tied
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Grzegorz Chlopek (pictured), CIO and vice-president of ING PTE, Poland’s second biggest pension fund (with assets of €11.4bn) about the challenge of operating as a large institutional investor in a highly regulated market
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Country Report
Italy: Restrictions, restrictions
When it comes to asset allocation, Italian pension funds remain more restricted than their counterparts in the west of Europe due to the limits of legislation, writes Nina Röhrbein. Italian funds also often have their hands tied by employees who make individual investment choices from a pool of guaranteed and balanced lines the funds are obliged to offer – that is, if they even join a pension fund
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Special Report
Local supporter
Nina Röhrbein finds out how the Minneapolis-based Community Reinvestment Fund is helping to funnel capital into distressed urban communities
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News
G20 leaders should strengthen shareholder rights
GLOBAL - G20 leaders have been called upon to strengthen shareholder rights in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
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NewsDenmark's ATP makes first foray into UK with new office
EUROPE – The Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension ATP has made its first foray into the UK market by opening an office in London.
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News
Germany's BVK to boost investment in emerging market debt
GERMANY – The Munich-based Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), the largest pension fund in Germany, is set to increase its emerging market debt (EMD) exposure over the coming months.
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News
ICGN pressures White House on 'proxy access' and majority voting
GLOBAL – The White House is being pressured not to implement a 5% ownership threshold and a two-year holding period for investors to nominate board directors on corporate proxies.
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NewsRBC Dexia offers liquidity-risk framework for institutional investors
GLOBAL – Classical Value at Risk (VaR) measures fail to address portfolio risk in difficult market liquidity circumstances, according to a report published by RBC Dexia in partnership with RiskMetrics Group.
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News
China, Egypt and Vietnam worst for ESG investors
GLOBAL – Among leading emerging market economies, China, Egypt and Vietnam have performed the worst in terms of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators, according to responsible investment research specialist EIRIS.
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Country Report
Switzerland: Doing the splits
Nina Röhrbein looks at how Switzerland is dividing up the AHV/AVS Social Security Fund to avoid what has been described as ‘an unhealthy state of affairs’
