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Dutch pension regulator says recovery plans could be scrapped next year...
Many Dutch pension schemes may be able to scrap their recovery plans by summer 2010 if the global economy continues to pick up, according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the country's pension regulator....
A huge amount of work has gone into meeting the various deadlines set by US and European regulators for the start of central clearing of credit default swaps. The next deadline may be one of the most difficult...
Senior politicians in Brussels are calling for Solvency II to be extended to incorporate occupational pension schemes. But actuaries and other solvency experts say this would be a disaster for plan sponsors...
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A huge amount of work has gone into meeting the various deadlines set by US and European regulators for the start of central clearing of credit default swaps. The next deadline may be one of the most difficult to meet, however. The Operations Management...
Firm or flexible?
Fonchim, Italy's largest occupational pension scheme, has been spared the worst of the fallout from the credit crunch thanks to tough investment laws. But the question over whether to loosen asset restrictions may be back on the table. Blake Evans-Pritchard...
The PPF principle
The result of the recent economic dislocation is an increase in corporate insolvencies - many of which will result in deficit-ridden pension schemes falling into the lap of the UK's Pension Protection Fund. It is timely that the organisation has reviewed...
Survey reveals record £96bn deficit for FTSE 100 pension schemes
The financial crisis has plunged the pension schemes of the UK's 100 largest companies into a £96 billion deficit, according to a report by the London-based actuarial consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).
The Big Interview: Redington's Robert Gardner
The co-founder of pension consultancy Redington Partners talks about the pros and cons of switching funds out of equities and into fixed income.
Can one size fit all?
With the dust only just settling on Solvency II's passage through the European Parliament, the European Commission has moved its attention to whether the European Union (EU) should take a similarly harmonised approach to pension solvency. For proponents...
New York pension probe widens; Politician charged
NEW YORK - Raymond Harding, a former chairman of the New York Liberal Party, has been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar kickback fraud involving the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Valued at $122 billion, it is the city's biggest...
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