Pension System – Page 277
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Features
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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Features
Indexation ambition
Nina Röhrbein interviews Bernard Walschots, CIO of Rabobank’s Dutch pension fund
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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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?
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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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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
