All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 213
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The costs of regulation
Danish pensions funds are overburdened with regulations, and could perform better if they had more freedom to make their own investment decisions, says Peter Dencik, managing director of Singer & Friedlander International Asset Management.Dencik, who used to be deputy executive director of the pension fund administration company PKA in Denmark, ...
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Danish funds outgrow home market
Denmark’s pensions funds are growing so fast that they are keener than ever to look outside their own stock market for investment opportunities. But strict investment regulations keep them largely hemmed inside national borders.In 1995, Danish pension assets were estimated at around Dkr750bn ($115bn). By now, that is thought to ...
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Dipping into Europe's pools
The treatment meted out to Europe’s pensions investors wanting to go the pooled fund route varies considerably from country to country. Some provide substantial tax reliefs, while others offer no such in-ducements. European employers operating cross border can take advantage of these for their local subsidiaries, but generally no advantage ...
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Dutch funds get taste for equities
Rachel Fixsen finds a shift away from the safety of bonds
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The mixture as before
With UK pension funds holding a larger share of their assets in equities last year the long-awaited shift to bonds isn’t happening. Or is it?
