Philip Shier
- Country Report
Ireland: Funding standard in context
Philip Shier outlines the issues surrounding the funding standard, and looks at European pension funding trends
- Country Report
Ireland: More rivers to cross
Philip Shier of Hewitt Associates looks ahead to another difficult year for Irish pension funds
Country ReportPrevailing winds on lifeboat scheme
The establishment of a State Annuity Fund has been under debate for some years. Philip Shier explains the arguments
- Features
Looking into the actuarial crystal ball
The mortality debate is set to run and run over the next decade as scientific advance is likely to be offset by emerging new diseases, writes Philip Shier
- Features
Bill of rights for the mobile
The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on improving the portability of supplementary pension rights, if accepted, could significantly improve the position of mobile workers – both across borders and within member states – but about which many concerns have been expressed regarding excessive costs. Vladimir Spidla, the European commissioner ...
- Features
Woodrow Milliman firms give their market views: IRELAND
The value of Irish pension funds has grown rapidly in recent years, reaching almost IR£26bn by end 1997. For most trustees and managers, the benchmark is the peer group comparison, but there has been a trend for larger, more mature funds to undertake some form of asset liability modelling to ...
