Pension System – Page 276
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Interviews
On the Record: Cheap and cheerful or approach with caution?
What is your European equities strategy?
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Country Report
Belgium: Cross-border barriers
Cécile Sourbes asks what lessons can be learned from the failure of UMR to create an IORP domiciled in Belgium
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Country Report
Belgium: Thirst for higher yields
Belgian pension schemes are looking ahead to another year of improving funding ratios as they diversify fixed income portfolios, writes Rachel Fixsen
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The Netherlands: The integral concept survives
Anton van Nunen assesses recent discussions on fiduciary mandates and argues against splitting risk from asset management
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Features
Regulating Europe
Gail Moss reviews pension regulation and law changes under discussion in seven European countries
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NewsNumber of pension funds in Polish second pillar set to shrink
POLAND – Country's pensions regulator approves takeover of OFE Polstat.
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NewsPolish pension funds playing greater role in equity financing
POLAND – Membership in second-pillar pension funds increases 12% year on year.
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Ireland: Clear intentions
Jerry Moriarty reviews the direction of Irish pension tax policy, the funding standard, sovereign annuities and wind-up plans
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Ireland: Funding standard in context
Philip Shier outlines the issues surrounding the funding standard, and looks at European pension funding trends
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Ireland: Reduce, derisk
Pension funds now hold a third of their assets in fixed income, and corporate bonds are set for a boost, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Ireland: The long haul
Pension funds are still missing key pieces of the regulatory puzzle, finds Jonathan Williams, despite the re-introduction of the minimum funding standard. And sponsors face lengthy recovery plans
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Country Report
Ireland: Pressure mounts
Conor Daly and Fergus Collis outline the ways in which Irish defined benefit schemes are dealing with economic uncertainty and the pressures of regulation
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Country Report
Ireland: Working and retiring in Ireland
The retirement age will increase to 66 from 2014. Fiona Thornton puts these changes in context and argues that rules should be changed to allow phased benefit drawdown
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Ireland: For better or for worse
Iain Morse outlines how the NPRF has fared over the last year
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Ireland: Comparative easing
The government’s 2013 budget appears to have taken on board pensions industry concerns over tax relief on pension contributions and the pensions levy, writes Christine Senior
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Features
Which way to go?
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Eddie Dahlberg, who is responsible for Volvo’s pledge to provide pensions
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Features
The middle way
Gail Moss outlines how public sector pension entities can get the best out of the procurement process
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NewsIrish Labour Court backs new DC pension fund for Aer Lingus
IRELAND – Ruling gives unions, company until end of month to agree on remaining issues.
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Central & Eastern Europe: Waiting for 2014
Hungarian pension funds are on the brink of extinction. The only hope is a change of government, and policy, in 2014, writes Barbara Ottawa
