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Country ReportNetherlands: Change on the horizon
It has been the poster boy of the international pensions world, but the Netherlands is now reflecting on recent failings following the publication of the Frijns and Goudswaard reports, writes Liam Kennedy, as the prospect of a real cover ratio looms on the horizon
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Country ReportIreland: A long game in pensions
Christine Senior assesses the roller-coaster of Irish pensions legislation and regulation
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Ireland: New model vital
Irish pension schemes must find new strategies to cope with effects of ageing population, says Conor Daly
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Ireland: At a crossroads
Jerry Moriarty, director of policy at the Irish Association of Pension Funds, assesses the country’s pension challenges
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Ireland: Short private pensions reprieve
Stephen Lalor and Amanda James on radical changes to public and private sector pensions
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Ireland: More rivers to cross
Philip Shier of Hewitt Associates looks ahead to another difficult year for Irish pension funds
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Ireland: Strategic and tactical
Nyree Stewart assesses the National Pension Reserve Fund’s strategic deployment to recapitalise two domestic banks, and its move towards more dynamic decision making
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Ireland: On the road to diversity
The pummelling suffered by Irish pension funds in the recent financial crisis is encouraging them to review their investment risk strategies, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Ireland: Subtle changes needed
The managed fund sector recovered some of its disastrous 2008 losses over the course of last year. Nina Röhrbein assesses the state of play
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Interviews
YouTube not yet the communication star
On The Record How do you communicate with members?
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FeaturesMilitary timing softens crisis blow
Reeta Paakkinen spoke to Caner Öner, senior adviser at Oyak, the €5.6bn Turkish military pension fund
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Features
Follow your members
Social media is boosting communication between pension funds and members, and among members themselves, says Gail Moss
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Features
PP Pension: Steady as she goes
The €796m PP Pension fund is known for consistently producing excellent returns. But after a recent dip in performance, the newly appointed CEO Viveka Ekberg (pictured) and CIO Cecelia Thomasson Blomquist aim to re-establish the fund’s good returns without compromising on its winning philosophy, writes Pirkko Juntunen
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News
Nominal GDP swaps 'could be key to DC guarantee'
[16:20 CET 14-01] EUROPE – Officials at the Bank of Italy have been working on a proposal to create a public swap-based return guarantee for members of defined contribution funds.
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Ten confirmed to join Swiss Ascoop fund
[16:50 CET 18-12] SWITZERLAND – The Ascoop spin-off fund to be created next year will be named Symova and will initially see 10 companies join it.
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Pensions threatened by six-hour daily longevity increase
GLOBAL - People are gaining on average six hours per day in life expectancy, which dramatically highlights the need for pensions solutions, delegates were told at an IPE Awards Seminar keynote speech on living with longevity.
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OECD calls on Ireland to shift public sector pensions to DC
[15:30 CET 05-11] IRELAND – Ireland could reduce its budget deficit by introducing a combination of “major reforms” to public sector pensions, according to the OECD. These could include moving new entrants to a defined contribution (DC) scheme rather than adding them to existing defined benefit plans.
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Auto-enrolment could boost UK DC assets to £900bn
[14:30 CEST 23-10] UK – The planned introduction of auto-enrolment in UK pensions could increase defined contribution (DC) assets from £600bn (€654bn) to as much as £900bn by 2050, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).
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Netherlands tops Mercer poll of pension regimes
[16:15 CEST 15-10] GLOBAL - The Netherlands has come out top in a new global index rating pension systems which assesses the adequacy, sustainability and integrity of regimes, closely followed by Australia and then Sweden.
