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      This webinar will bring together views from actuaries, lawyers, administrators, trustees and data experts to look at the pragmatic, collaborative solutions that are open to schemes to solve the GMP equalisation challenges in 2021. It will assess the individual challenges schemes face with equalisations and provide some practical options that are available to resolve these issues.

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      In this webinar, PP editor Jonathan Stapleton will be joined by BMO’s chief economist Steven Bell and director of fiduciary management, Christy Jesudasan, alongside PTL trustee director Melanie Cusack and Isio’s head of fiduciary management oversight Paula Champion to discuss the significant impact of these themes on the pensions sector.

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      So far, DC plans have largely been focused on the onset of auto-enrolment and changes to the regulatory framework - be it the ‘charge cap,' ‘pension freedoms' or consultations around ‘value for money', says Annabel Tonry, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

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Icelandic pensions scoop 25% of geothermal company HS Orka

ICELAND - A group of Icelandic pension funds will buy a 25% stake in geothermal power company HS Orka for ISK8.06bn ($71.5m) from Magma Energy, the firm said.

  • Iceland
  • 19 April 2011
Iceland pension funds to block $2bn debt relief

ICELAND - Iceland's pension funds, which hold the bonds behind most of the country's mortgage debt, will try to block proposals to forgive as much as $2bn in bad loans that the government says it is considering.

  • Iceland
  • 15 October 2010
OECD: Assets to GDP ratio declines to 63.4% in 2008

GLOBAL - The average assets to gross domestic product ratio for OECD pension funds dropped from 75.5% of GDP in 2007 to 63.4% in 2008, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  • Global
  • 28 August 2009
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley join forces to launch ETF range

IRELAND- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have partnered to launch a range of ETFs under the name of Source. The range has recently received approval from the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority for the listing of 50 ETFs.

  • Iceland
  • 23 March 2009
Iceland turns to pension funds for help

ICELAND - Iceland's government is still struggling to find enough resources to rescue its banking system and has called on the country's local pension funds to repatriate foreign assets.

  • Iceland
  • 06 October 2008
Festa lífeyrissjóður invests in hedge funds

ICELAND - The ISK61bn (US$681m) Festa lífeyrissjóður has appointed Optima Fund Management to run a new hedge fund investment worth €5m (US$7.3m), according to MandateWire.

  • Iceland
  • 22 September 2008
Iceland increases assets for pension payments

ICELAND - Net assets for pension payments increased by ISK200bn (US$2.4bn) during 2007, a report by the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has found.

  • Iceland
  • 28 August 2008
Icelandic funds feel the chill

ICELAND - The real returns of Icelandic pension funds are expected to be as low as 0% to 1% for 2007 because of poor performing domestic equities, but experts remain unconcerned about the long term health of the funds.

  • Iceland
  • 07 February 2008
Merrill Lynch adds to Nordic team

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has recruited Tomas Bristedt to its retail wholesale Nordic team, with responsibility for the Nordic region.

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  • 04 September 2006
Iceland's pension burden "negligible" - Oddsson

ICELAND - The impending burden of pension payments on the Icelandic treasury will be negligible compared to most other industrialised countries thanks to the pension system's remarkably strong economic position, said Central Bank of Iceland board of governors...

  • Iceland
  • 26 May 2006
Icelandic funds up over 21% in 2005

ICELAND - Icelandic pension funds continued their strong performance as they grew 213bn to nearly ISK1.2trn (e13.6bn) in 2005.

  • Iceland
  • 03 April 2006
Icelandic fund searches for hedge fund managers

ICELAND - The e250m Co-operative pension fund is in the process of searching for one to two hedge fund managers in line with its plans to allocate 3% of its total assets to the alternative asset class.

  • Iceland
  • 12 November 2004
Engineers pension fund to hike allocation to alternatives

ICELAND - The Lifeyrissjodur Verkfraedinga, the engineers pension fund, is planning to revise its asset allocation structure to include an increased allocation to alternatives.

  • Iceland
  • 15 June 2004
Icelandic pension fund set to foray into hedge funds

ICELAND - The Co-operative Pension Fund is set to invest 3% of its total assets in hedge funds.

  • Iceland
  • 14 June 2004
Icelandic fund spies private equity, foreign bonds

ICELAND - The pension fund for state employees (LSR), the largest pension fund in Iceland, has made its first foray into private equity and is now weighing investments in hedge funds and foreign bonds.

  • Iceland
  • 05 May 2004
Iceland's biggest fund hires State Street

ICELAND/US - State Street has been appointed to its first custody mandate in Iceland.

  • Iceland
  • 08 October 2002
Exclusive: LSR to seek managers for equities

ICELAND - The massive US$1.3bn (EUR1.3bn) Icelandic Public Employees Pension Fund (LSR) the country's largest, is looking to raise its overseas equities allocation to 40% by 2006, in a move that should lead to a raft of new mandates.

  • Iceland
  • 17 July 2002
Iceland conferences announced

ICELAND - The Institute of Economic Studies at the University of Iceland and the research network of the International Network of Pension Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) have announced two half-day workshops in Reykjavik, Iceland.

  • Iceland
  • 05 April 2002
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic fund reviews overseas equities

ICELAND - An icelandic pension fund is looking to review its overseas equities portfolio.

  • Iceland
  • 20 March 2002
EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic funds ponder EUR136m merger

ICELAND - Four Icelandic pension funds are considering pooling their assets, in a move that could lead to the retendering of about Ikr1.2bn (approximately EUR136m).

  • Iceland
  • 23 January 2002
JP Morgan adds Iceland to custody network

ICELAND - Global custody and fund administration firm JP Morgan Investor Services has extended its market coverage in the Nordic region adding Iceland to its network.

  • Iceland
  • 22 August 2001

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