Pension System – Page 251
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NewsPension funds must 'catch up' with legal view of fiduciary duty
Trustees should focus on ‘doing the right thing’, says Keith Ambachtsheer
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Additional risk does not pay off over very long term, study shows
Larger allocation to ‘risky’ assets fails to produce higher returns on average over last seven years, PPCmetrics data shows
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NewsPension funds warned over wait for UK Gilt real-yield improvement
AXA IM says real-yields on UK Gilts not expected over 0.5% in long term due to supply, demand pressures
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Ortec designs 'consolidation module' for ABB schemes worldwide
Swiss company creates ‘centre of excellence’ to increase governance over different plans, maintain ‘decentralisation’
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NewsNordic roundup: Skandia, Vattenfall, Unipension, Lærernes, OPF
Skandia teams up with Vattenfall to invest SEK2bn in wind farms
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Dutch Senate approves financial assessment framework for pensions
Vote comes after state secretary Jetta Klijnsma makes concessions on discount rate
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Institutional investors to cut risk exposure with shift into value
Survey of institutional investors shows control over potential rate rises, positive outlook for equities
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French roundup: ERAFP, Agirc-Arrco, Cour des Comptes
French public sector pension fund to increase Pacific SRI equities with €400m mandate
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UK roundup: Lancashire County Pension Fund, PIC, Hannover Re, RGA
Lancashire fund tenders investment consultancy framework agreement as it reviews investment arrangements
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UK institutions begin hearing against RBS over £12bn share issue
Hearing to discuss case against RBS over allegedly misleading information in 2008 issue
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Private equity to woo DC pension funds, says Coller Capital survey
Quarterly Barometer of institutional LPs also signals appetite for direct investing, buy-and-build and credit
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NewsNortel scheme moves to next judgment after £340m win in Canadian case
Lawyers for trustees, PPF lose argument for issuing FSD against Canadian estate but secure £340m funding for deficit
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Dutch pension fund to invest in Actiam microfinance fund
Actiam Institutional Microfinance Fund III launched for six institutional investors, including SPF and SPOV
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Towers Watson challenges intermediary insurers in longevity swap market
Consultancy to create Jersey-based insurance cells capable of transacting with reinsurance market directly
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Danica invests DKK1bn in mid-sized Danish firms via new fund
Move is ‘natural progression’ of Nordic direct investment strategy, Danske unit says
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IPE Views: In praise of EIOPA
Towers Watson’s Mark Dowsey offers some rather qualified praise for EIOPA’s efforts to date
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Strathclyde boosts New Opportunities portfolio with new mandates
UK’s largest local government fund to move into social infrastructure, renewable energy production
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Unilever to close defined benefit pension fund in Netherlands
Company set to replace €6bn DB scheme with collective defined contribution fund
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NAPF urges members to stop abstentions in policy overhaul
UK pension fund representative body writes new corporate governance policy for members to move away from ‘box-ticking’
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UK roundup: PPF 7800 Index, Partnership, medically underwritten buy-ins
Funding shortfalls at UK pension funds shoot up as Gilt yields falls dramatically in November
