Pension System – Page 275
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Austria: Who will take the first step?
The effectiveness of recent law changes to increase participant choice and attract more members to Pensionskassen remains unclear, finds Barbara Ottawa. Employers are waiting to see who will move first
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Austria: Reality check
Natalie Hahn reviews the implications of the recent second-pillar pension reforms for pension members and their funds
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Germany: A study of dream versus reality
Spezialfonds investors would ideally like greater exposure to higher-returning real estate, alternatives and equity, according to Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig and Clemens Schuerhoff
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Germany: We have a few questions
As far as the IORP II quantitative impact study is concerned, the German occupational pension sector does not know what it is good for. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Germany: Forced into strategic moves
Occupational pension funds are adapting their investment strategies to continuing low-interest rates and the impending IORP Directive. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Germany: Wanted: a simpler, stronger second pillar system
The German second pillar appears to have taken a backseat in discussions about reforming the country’s pension system, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Germany: A wish list
Nina Röhrbein asked the German pensions industry what it wants for the occupational pension sector
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Features
Swimming against the tide
While the entire European pension industry seems to be fretting about the implications of a Solvency II-style directive for pension funds, in the far northeastern corner of Europe, solvency takes on an entirely different meaning.
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Developments in Dutch pooling
Recent bilateral agreements and regulatory developments are making the Netherlands more attractive as a jurisdiction for asset pooling, according to Wilfried Mulder and Mischa Muntinga
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A tale of two jurisdictions
Expatriate pensions are still an offshore game, and Luxembourg and Liechtenstein are vying for supremacy, writes Gail Moss
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NewsAIB pension deficit falls 10% despite €1.1bn loan transfer
IRELAND – Deficit falls €81m after transfer of loan portfolio to fund redundancy programme.
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Indexation ambition
Nina Röhrbein interviews Bernard Walschots, CIO of Rabobank’s Dutch pension fund
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The Netherlands: Regime change
Uncertainty is unsettling the Dutch pension fund industry as a new pension framework takes shape, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Country ReportThe Netherlands: It’s not easy to get right
Cees Harm van den Berg and Gerard Roelofs find that the UFR has led to heightened awareness of interest rate risk and many funds have changed their hedging policy.
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The Netherlands: Mixed views on risk factors
Allocation based on risk factors rather than traditional asset categories is gaining traction, says Miranda Schoutsen, but some investors are wondering whether the old ways are not better
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The Netherlands: Is this what our system needs?
Dutch pension reforms are constantly shortsighted. To be sustainable the system needs vision and decisiveness, argues Corine Hoekstra
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The Netherlands: Sky-high success
André de Vos spoke with Toine van der Stee of Blue Sky Group, the manager of the KLM pension funds
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Interviews
On the Record: Cheap and cheerful or approach with caution?
What is your European equities strategy?
