Pension System – Page 292
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NewsRecovering ABP calls for change in liability discount criterion
€242bn civil service scheme sees coverage ratio rise by 6 percentage points to 111% this year.
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NewsPolitical meddling is 'killing' Dutch pensions system
Regulator trying to grab headlines to show it is 'on the case', says Toine van der Stee, head of Blue Sky Group.
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NewsInterest rates, longevity squeeze 2010 return at PNO Media
Factors nearly wipe out 13.6% return on investment for Dutch pension fund, leading to net return of 1% last year.
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Nordic Region: Altruistic allocation
Rachel Fixsen looks at Danish investors’ allocations to the biotechnology industry
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Nordic Region: Capital controls stifle allocation
Nina Röhrbein assesses the impact on pension funds of the collapse of the Icelandic banking industry
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Nordic Region: Debt crisis shifts allocation focus
Reeta Paakkinen assesses asset allocation trends among Finland’s pension institutions
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Nordic Region: The alternative proves popular
Andreas Larsson discusses Swedish pension asset allocation trends. As the appetite for alternative investments is increasing, investors must have the capacity to hold the associated liquidity risks
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Ways to make DC plans attractive
Gail Moss finds out how DC plans can be tailored to suit different types of individuals
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Nordic Region: Beyond Denmark
Rachel Fixsen reviews ATP’s international expansion plans, which have caused controversy in Denmark
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France: The company and retirement
Nora Ouidir discusses corporate approaches to retirement and human resource issues in France
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France: Continental drift
Richard Bruyère presents the results of the tenth annual I&F survey of the institutional marketplace in France
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France: Learning the lessons of crisis
Jean-Pierre Grimaud discusses the importance of stability for the investment industry
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France: Diversity embraced
Christine Senior reports on the shift away from sovereign debt as French insurers seek yield and reduce risk
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France: How do you spell ‘engagement’?
Dominique Blanc and Samer Hobeika discuss the French approach to shareholder engagement
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Feathering the NEST
Jonathan Williams finds out how the UK’s National Employment Savings Trust is setting out to encourage new members to join
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France: The impact of a shorter horizon
Alain Lemoine makes a gloomy assessment of the wider impact on French pensions reform and funding of the decision to drawdown on FRR
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France: Internalising investment
France’s Fonds stratégique d’investissement plans to increase its regional diversification in 2011 and establish a capital investment fund in Alsace. Stuart Todd assesses these and other goals
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What next after fixed income?
Frank Schnattinger outlines the results of IPE Institutional Investment’s 2011 survey of the German institutional market
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France: Same game, new playing field
Legislation passed late in 2010 completely changed the FRR’s purpose and liability stream. Martin Steward spoke with its CIO about the consequent re-tooling of its investment strategy
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Maintaining value
Martin Steward spoke with Dorrit Vanglo, LD Pension’s new CEO, and head of investment and finance Lars Walberg about tendering €6bn worth of investment mandates
