All IPE articles in September 2013 (Magazine)
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Securities Services: KAS Bank: ‘We call it custody 2.0’
Over recent years custody has changed drastically from simple safekeeping to high-tech data management, says Albert Röell, CEO of KAS Bank, and custodians sit, like spiders, at the center of a web of data trade and position data.
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: The thrifty thousands
Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at Towers Watson, noted earlier this year that the world’s leading investors are upping their internal resources and adopting the organisational characteristics of asset managers. Urwin’s focus was on what he calls the ‘Thrifty Fifty’ largest institutional asset pools. Our reference to ‘Thrifty Thousands’ on the cover of this year’s Top 1000 supplement owes a debt to Urwin’s coinage.
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Improvement, not punishment?
Michel Barnier appeared to make a major concession when he announced a delay in the implementation of solvency requirements in the revised IORP Directive last May. But the result has arguably not been greater clarity. Cécile Sourbès outlines a number of scenarios for the future of the Directive
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Information overload
The amendment to the law governing Austrian Pensionskassen needed to be amended before it was even implemented. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Discouragement for early retirement
The government has held the official retirement age at 65, while introducing measures to progressively raise the minimum early retirement age, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Tax reforms and Solvency II on the agenda
Some pension funds defy a 2% cap on dividend payments agreed in the government-industry pact while the regulator continues to update and tighten the rules, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Final phase of reform aims to take account of all risks
Finland’s financial regulator wants risks faced by pension providers to be assessed using the same principles as in the rest of the financial industry, according to Rachel Fixsen
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Pressure for deeper and more thorough reforms
The government is working on new measures to overcome the growing pension deficit, which is expected to swell to €20bn by 2020, writes Cécile Sourbes
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Progress on pooling through AIFMD implementation
Jonathan Williams notes the advent of the Investment-KG pooling vehicle but few policies to support occupational pensions ahead of September’s federal election
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Reform on the cards under new government
Pension fund members will no longer be able to draw assets from their accounts from 2014, but capital controls remain in place. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Heart of the matter
The latest law change focuses on reorganising Ireland’s regulatory structures, instead of delivering the promised amendments to the wind-up order, writes Jonathan Williams
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Focus on the second pillar
The focus of the pension fund industry is now on second-pillar reform, which is set to open up the investment universe for pension funds, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: A two-way street
The cabinet’s endorsement of FTK2 means important decisions for Dutch pension funds and social partners, according to Nina Röhrbein, with risk shifting to members
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Hybrid approach at centre of new regime for 2014
Norway’s Banking Law Commission is proposing to replace the present defined-benefit schemes with a hybrid system. Rachel Fixsen reports
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Urgent public pension reforms needed
To meet EU and IMF demands to cut its public debt, Portugal is proposing to raise the pension age and cut benefits across the board, says Cécile Sourbes
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Reform full steam ahead
The government plans to boost company pension plans while further reforming state pensions, writes Cécile Sourbes
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Ongoing review plots changes with Solvency II in mind
The temporary discount rate floor is to continue until a new method of calculating the discount rate under Solvency II is ready, according to Rachel Fixsen
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: Eyes on next reform
Swiss funds are still dealing with structural reform to occupational pensions. New governance rules and the next reform are already on the horizon, says Barbara Ottawa
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Top 1000 Pension Funds: All hands on deck
The UK pension industry is changing across the board, emphasising the importance of improving regulation, governance and fees structures, Jonathan Williams reports
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Features
Top managers run more than €2.5trn in assets
The UK’s leading 100 asset managers now run more than €2.5trn in institutional assets, according to IPE’s annual ranking.
