All articles by Paula Garrido – Page 2
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Integrale's long track record
Belgium has a long tradition of pension provision that has undergone many reforms through the years. Some players have been present in this market since its very early days, adapting themselves to the different social environments. Liège-based Integrale is one of them. Decades ago the way the Belgian state managed ...
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Taking the slow road to reform
The development of the Italian pension fund industry has slowed down. Political discussions regarding the reform of the system, changes in the labour market and the never-ending negotiations about the transfer of the TFR into pensions, have increased uncertainty about the future growth of the industry. According to a recent ...
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Pension funds score better
All compulsory industry-wide pension funds in the Netherlands have ‘passed’ the first performance test of the Z-score system introduced in 1998. The results were published last month by the Asociation of Industry-wide Pension Fund (VB) and the Company Pension Fund Organisation (OPF) Under the Z-scores system pension fund boards have ...
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Dutch stick by their guns
Pension funds in the Netherlands are reviewing their position. Both the investment and liabilities sides of this very developed market are under scrutiny after a prolonged period of disappointing investment returns and diminishing pension reserves. A model to follow for other European countries when it comes to pension provision, the ...
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Funds' fees under scrutiny
The attraction for Belgian institutional investors of investing through funds is understandable. The Belgian market is a small one, and the size of the average pension fund makes investment funds the easiest and quickest way of achieving portfolio diversification. Also there are good fiscal reasons for investors taking this indirect ...
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FTSE adds 82 companies to its SRI indices
GLOBAL- Index provider FTSE has added 82 new companies to FTSE4Good, its socially responsible investment index series. These companies have been included in the index for having met the corporate social responsibility criteria required to be part of this universe.
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SEI's multi-manager funds attract €5bn from Europe
EUROPE - US-based SEI Investments experienced a significant business growth in Europe during 2001. The firms’ manager-of-managers investment solutions attracted a total of $1.7bn (€1.9bn) from European investors last year...
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Portuguese pension funds negative results in 2001
PORTUGAL- Despite positive returns of 3.9% in the last quarter of 2001, Portuguese segregated pension funds obtained a median investment return of –2% for the year, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt in Portugal...
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More difficult to select hedge fund managers
The suitability of hedge funds within institutional portfolios has been under debate since hedge funds first appeared in the market. Even though more institutions across Europe are now having some exposure to this type of investment, many are still concerned about risk, lack of transparency and other issues that in ...
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Taking a long and hard look
Despite a tough year marked by investment underperformance, it wasn’t all bad news in the development of the Irish pensions industry during 2001. First there was the announcement of the tendering process for the C7bn National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) and, a few weeks later the publication of the Pensions ...
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What next for investment?
Despite declines in the markets, equity investments were here to stay and investors should focus on the long term and stick to their strategic asset allocation. This was the message from panel members discussing their first topic of the session, namely, the future of the equity culture and focussing on ...
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Opening up third pillar market
The long awaited Irish Pension Bill was finally published in July last year, providing for the introduction of Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs). This new step was welcome by the industry as a good means of promoting the further development of the Irish market for retirement. There had been criticism, ...
