All Special Report articles – Page 79
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Top 1000: Denmark - Ahead on Solvency II
The regulator and pensions association have been working on a standard solvency model that guarantees equal protection for policyholders. Many elements of Solvency II are in place.
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Top 1000: Finland - A focus on solvency and governance
Implementation of Solvency II continues apace. Wide-ranging reforms will raise the retirement age and there has been a focus on transparency following a governance scandal.
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Top 1000: France - Growth for PERCO
Supplementary PERCO plans have seen strong growth but funded pension schemes are still concerned about Solvency II.
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Top 1000: Germany - Issues with AIFMD implementation
New regulations implementing the AIFM Directive might limit the use of certain alternative investment vehicles.
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Top 1000: Iceland - Countdown to the end of capital controls?
Despite their considerable overseas asset holdings, Iceland’s pension funds remain heavily invested in a domestic market showing signs of overheating.
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Top 1000: Ireland - The state steps in
As a new regulatory structure beds down, minor but important changes have been made to reintroduce equity into the pensions system.
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Top 1000: Netherlands - (Another) new FTK
A revised FTK is set for implementation in 2015, and is the prelude to a wide-reaching reform to the Dutch pension system
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Top 1000: Norway - Little interest in hybrids
Hybrid pensions have not attracted very much interest. New mortality tables shine a spotlight on pension providers.
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Top 1000: Spain - Serious about reform
A new round of pension reform, including re-rating the state pension, is just one aspect of the government’s attempt to address the budget deficit.
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Top 1000: Sweden - Spoilt for choice at the regulatory smörgåsbord
Indecision over which entities should be covered by which new European regulation is being addressed by Sweden’s pensions industry and authorities.
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Top 1000: Switzerland - Reforms lack comprehensive support
The government has amended few of its Altersvorsorge 2020 reform proposals following a consultation with the industry.
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Top 1000: UK - A brave new pensions world
Compulsory annuitisation will be abolished and the government is to introduce new defined ambition pensions as an alternative to pure defined benefit and defined contribution.
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Top 1000: Italy - Pensions not prioritised
Pension funds still await a reform of the law that restricts their investments and they remain cautious about SME and infrastructure investments.
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Top 1000: Portugal - Towards sustainability
Raising the retirement age and linking pensions to life expectancy are part of Portugal’s agenda for making its retirement provision more sustainable.
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Special Report - Securities Services: Collateral transformations
Is the securities services industry betting on a new set of complex solutions to a collateral management problem that might never materialise? Brian Bollen investigates
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Special Report - Securities Services: The custodian cornerstone
As the UK continues its discussion of ‘Dutch-style’ collective DC schemes, Carl Giannotta examines changes in the securities services landscape in the Netherlands and how custodians can support such collective schemes across both sides of the North Sea
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Special Report - Securities Services: Margin of error
It’s tough making an honest euro in custody banking. Users of these services might be forgiven for thinking that wherever banks can bury sharp practices in obscure parts of their businesses, they will – and the findings of the UK finance regulator’s recent investigation into transition management won’t put their minds at rest.
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Special Report - Securities Services: In time, every time
Ido de Geus outlines what pension funds and their service providers need to do to ensure they are ready for the collateral-hungry regulatory environment that awaits them in a few months’ time
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Special Report - Securities Services: Minority report
As deadlines for mandatory reporting of OTC derivative trades under EU rules pass, Daniel Ben-Ami finds a fair amount of confusion and evidence of non-compliance
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Special Report - Securities Services: The optimisation opportunity
Collateral optimisation presents an opportunity for the buy-side to take advantage of the collateral shortfall, says Matthieu Baudoin
