All Pensions Briefing articles – Page 4
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Features
CEE Pensions: Fight for survival
The policies of a number of Central and Eastern European governments towards funded first pillar pensions have left some funds wondering about their future
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Regulation roundup: Europe’s changing pensions
Overview of main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions across Europe
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New ways to talk to your members
As European social welfare budgets come under pressure, persuading stakeholders of the need both to make retirement provision and to save towards it is becoming more crucial. Yet planning and funding a communications strategy to achieve this will be wasted if members neglect to read or simply ignore the literature. ...
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Flaws in the holistic balance sheet
Wilfried Mulder and Peter Vlaar outline fundamental shortcomings in EIOPA’s holistic balance sheet approach
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Briefing: The force of member power
IPE’s October Focus Group poll looked at the issue of engagement with members’ views. This month, we take the debate further by asking leading opinion formers how they see the issue of member power versus pension boards’ investment discretion.
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Briefing: Pensions Accounting, Back to basics
The International Accounting Standards Board has revealed plans to issue a due process document on the future of pensions accounting. Stephen Bouvier asks where this might lead
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Integrity matters
While they have been few in number, the various scandals at European pension funds have brought to light the need for clear and coherent codes of conduct for pension trustees and staff, writes Gail Moss
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Avoiding the trap
The decision by the IFRS interpretations committee to re-examine its asset-ceiling guidance should serve to focus minds once again on how defined-benefit plan sponsors can address the danger of a trapped surplus. Stephen Bouvier explores the issues with two experts from Aon Hewitt’s UK practices
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Teenage years
Fiona Reynolds faced a protest storm soon after coming on board at PRI as executive director. Jonathan Williams caught up with her 18 months into her job
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Blank canvas for Swedish banking fund
After a year and a half of deliberation, SPK’s new investment strategy is finally coming together. When the SEK24bn (€2.6bn) pension fund for saving bank employees moved into its new premises in central Stockholm at the beginning of the summer, it did so with a completely transformed investment portfolio.
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Country Report
On the growth path
Turkey’s supplementary pension assets should reach €11bn this year, finds Reeta Ilona Paakkinen. Auto-enrolment and reform of severance payments would boost growth but remain controversial
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Time to come together
M&A activity is expected to increase as the global economy recovers. Gail Moss looks at the implications for pension funds that sponsors and trustees should consider
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Can small still be beautiful?
Despite the well-documented benefits of consolidation, there are still thousands of pension funds with assets under €1bn. Given that most of them cannot gain scale efficiencies, what can they do to make the best of their situation?
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Hot topics
IPE’s overview of the main regulatory and legislative developments affecting workplace pensions in key European countries
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Let’s be clear on solutions
The growing number of services marketed to UK DB pension funds as ‘solutions’ means it is time for clear definitions, believes Magnus Spence
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National benefit calculation
When they came under criticism, Canada’s top 10 pension funds hired blue-chip consultants to find out what they contributed to the national economy, Christopher O’Dea writes
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Talking about risk
The UK Financial Reporting Council wants business to get serious in its conversation with investors about business risk. Vijay Krishnaswamy and Jon Hatchett tell Stephen Bouvier what these changes mean
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Communications go digital
The pensions industry is one of the worst at understanding its customers, which is one reason why two providers have developed innovative online tools, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Bring on the lawyers
A recent legal opinion on behalf of UK local authority pension funds has ignited controversy, according to Stephen Bouvier
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Too big to fall short?
A new government has broadened the mandate of the Norwegian sovereign pension fund. Nina Röhrbein assesses the changes
