Pension System – Page 288
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Country Report
Spain: The pensions piggy bank
Spain’s heavily indebted regional communities are in pursuit of the €65bn Social Security Reserve Fund. Some think that might not be such a good idea, writes Jim Robinson
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Portugal: The wind of change
Gail Moss assesses pensions policy in Portugal following the bail-out
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Spain: Lessons from Chile
Enrique Munita and Inigo Sagardoy outline aspects of Chile’s funded pension system that might apply to Spain
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Features
Central direction, local implementation
Liam Kennedy spoke with Benedikt Köster and Sven Rogge about Deutsche Post DHL’s pension risk management framework and its implementation
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Dark clouds from Europe
Hans Walter Scheurer discusses the recent European discussions on an appropriate European solvency regime for capital-backed occupational retirement provision
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Measuring pension fund costs
Gail Moss gives practical advice to trustee boards looking to manage investment fees and other costs
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Fiduciary Management: Who’s watching the watchers?
Specialist overseers have a crucial role to play for pension funds using fiduciary managers. But the trustees themselves must watch the watcher, writes Brendan Maton
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Fiduciary Management: Opportunity knocks
Asset managers should recognise fiduciary managers as less of a threat and more of an opportunity, says Nigel Birch
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NewsDutch regulator urges use of pensions 'dashboard' for statements
AFM says employees accruing to little should be altered if deemed at risk.
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NewsDutch labour union federation finally endorses Pensions Agreement
Two largest unions – Bondgenoten and AbvaKabo – still 'do not feel bound' by deal.
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NewsDutch unions to decide on fate of Pensions Agreement
Minister pledges to return to earlier coalition agreement on pensions if new draft rejected.
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NewsDutch pension fund SPMS to increase pension accrual by a third
€5.5bn scheme to increase accrual in bid to offer fully fledged pension arrangements.
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NewsING refuses pensions indexation funding for third time running
Arbitrage committee agrees ING had 'important reasons' to refuse inflation compensation.
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UK: The buyout market in 2011
Clive Wellsteed reviews the findings of LCP’s fourth annual report on the buyout market
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UK: Conservative approaches
Raj Mody finds that UK companies could be over-paying into defined benefit pension schemes by up to £5bn (€5.7bn) a year
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The Netherlands: Better in Belgium?
Mariska van der Westen finds out about the benefits that convinced a Dutch pension fund to join a Belgian OFP
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UK: A breakdown in communication
Sarah Dudney sees frustration in the way asset managers communicate with tustees
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UK: Bucking the governance trend
Nina Röhrbein spoke with Paul Myners, chairman and partner at Cevian Capital, and Harlan Zimmerman
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UK: NEST and the competition
Next year NEST opens for contributions. But competitors are also hunting on the same turf, writes Kalpana Fitzpatrick
