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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...
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....
Credit spreads on highly rated names have blown out to levels that are proving irresistible to many buy-and-hold investors such as pension funds. But tail risk in the form of increased default expectations...
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RBS faces £4 billion pensions lawsuit ... and Cherie Blair
NEW YORK & LONDON - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is facing a £4 billion class-action lawsuit taken up by Cherie Blair, lawyer and wife of former UK prime minister Tony Blair, over "false assurances" about RBS's financial health prior to collapsing share...
Pension funds sue BoA over Merrill Lynch purchase
NEW YORK - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (Calstrs) have filed for lead plaintiff status in a New York class-action lawsuit against Bank of America (BoA). The two funds...
UK Pensions - Pension deficit sparks Royal Mail privatisation row
The spiralling deficit on the UK's postal provider Royal Mail's £28 billion pension scheme is accused of being used as a bargaining chip by the government in a bid to force through part privatisation. The latest triennial valuation of the scheme's...
Merrill fined $1 million over conflicts of interest
NEW YORK - Merrill Lynch, now part of Bank of America, has been fined $1 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating securities law by failing to admit conflicts of interest in recommending its brokerage services to pensions...
Difficulties with deficits
Pension deficits have rocketed, with slumping equity markets decimating asset portfolios. Has this made bulk purchase annuity solutions more attractive or are the costs too punitive? Ryan Davidson reports
Collateral damage
The rules of the financial game changed dramatically in 2008, with previously rock-solid investments turning to dust. Securities lending is one example - as the risks for this activity increase should pension schemes and insurers still get involved? Aaron...
Dutch pensions - Extended recovery for Dutch schemes
Following a double hit of declining interest rates and falling equity returns that has decimated the coverage ratios of Dutch pension schemes, the country's government has agreed to extend the timeframe, from three to five years, for schemes to submit...
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