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      This webinar will help trustees and pension managers look at the challenges facing open DB schemes, specifically looking at the issues they could face as a result of The Pension Regulator’s new Funding Code of Practice and asking how this could affect the affordability of benefits, future service contributions, investment strategy and benefit design.

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      The pandemic has affected the retirement plans of many. Some have been forced into an early retirement because of redundancy, whilst others have delayed retirement due to their pension losing value. Those who have struggled with a reduced household income, have even been dipping into their pensions whilst still working to make up for the shortfall.This webinar will uncover the steps that can be taken to support pension scheme members in the lead up to and at retirement.

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      In 2015 George Osborne, then the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, decided that those age over 55 could take much more of their pension in cash. This has since opened up a range of possibilities for DC scheme members in the world of pensions.

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Norway pension fund loses $52bn in Q3

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global returned -8.8% or -NOK284bn ($52bn) due to stumbling global stock markets, third quarter results show.

  • Norway
  • 28 October 2011
EDB ErgoGroup settles dispute over DB, DC pension switch

NORWAY - EDB ErgoGroup ASA has agreed to costs totalling some NOK9m ($1.7m) per year to settle a pension dispute with employee unions over its decision to transfer some staffers from a defined benefit to a defined contribution plan.

  • Norway
  • 25 August 2011
Norway Global Fund overseer resigns

NORWAY - The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that Martin Skancke has resigned his position as head of the department overseeing the Government Pension Fund Global.

  • Norway
  • 25 August 2011
One-third of Nordic investors to increase hedge fund exposures

NORDICS - Nordic investors are continuing to show optimism in hedge funds with nearly a third planning to increase their exposure this year to strategies like global macro, event driven and long/short funds, a new report shows.

  • Sweden
  • 15 August 2011
Government Fund returns 0.3% in Q2

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global was up 0.3% in the second quarter after rising bond prices helped to offset drops in the global equities markets.

  • Norway
  • 12 August 2011
CPPIB-led consortium takes stake in gas transportation network

CANADA/NORWAY - A consortium of investors including the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has agreed to acquire a 24.1% stake in Norway's Gassled Joint Venture.

  • Canada
  • 06 June 2011
Norway's Global Pension Fund to reduce Europe exposure

NORWAY - Norway's Government Pension Fund Global should reduce its weighting to Europe and will consider changes to its fixed income portfolio, finance minister Sigbjorn Johnsen said in a report to parliament today.

  • Norway
  • 08 April 2011
Monday Movers

Norges Bank, New York City, HSBC, Lockheed Martin, RAM, SPAA

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  • 04 April 2011
Week on the Web 18 March - 24 March 2011: What stories have you missed out on this week?

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

  • United Kingdom
  • 25 March 2011
Norway Global Government Pension records fifth highest returns ever

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global returned 9.6% in 2010, driven by widespread gains in global stock and bond markets.

  • Norway
  • 18 March 2011
NBIM CIO Enge steps down

NORWAY - Bengt Enge, the investment chief at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), has stepped down.

  • Norway
  • 08 March 2011
New mandate for GPFG management

NORWAY - The Ministry of Finance has finalised a new policy for Norges Bank's management of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) with a stronger focus on risk management.

  • Norway
  • 11 January 2011
Norway sets new mandate for management of oil fund

NORWAY - Norway's Finance Ministry issued a new formal mandate for the management of the Government Pension Fund Global, the world's second-largest sovereign wealth fund.

  • Norway
  • 11 November 2010
Global Fund makes first property investment

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global has made its first investment in real estate since it received the okay to invest in property in March.

  • Norway
  • 04 November 2010
Gjedrem signals objection to losing $520bn fund

NORWAY - Norges Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem signaled his opposition to removing Norway's $520bn oil fund from the central bank after a Cabinet minister suggested the fund's size may require putting it under new management in future.

  • Norway
  • 03 November 2010
Norway fund to purchase NOK800m a day in currencies

NORWAY - Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is to purchase foreign exchange in November equivalent to NOK800m ($135m) a day.

  • Norway
  • 29 October 2010
Norway Government fund hits $512bn

NORWAY - Norway's Government Pension Fund Global has grown to NOK3trn ($512bn) for the first time in its 14-year history.

  • Norway
  • 19 October 2010
Norway fund to include private equity and infrastructure

NORWAY - Norway's Government Pension Fund Global intends to broaden its investments to include infrastructure projects and private equity investments in a bid to increase returns.

  • Norway
  • 05 October 2010
UK alternatives trail Scandinavia

UK/SCANDINAVIA - UK pension funds are lagging behind their Scandinavian counterparts in allocating to alternative asset classes, a consultant says.

  • United Kingdom
  • 16 September 2010
Norway sheds investments in three firms - UPDATED

NORWAY - The Norway Pension Fund Global has divested from two Israeli companies and a Malaysian business claiming the firms engage in "grossly unethical activity".

  • Norway
  • 23 August 2010
Norway state pension fund returns -5.4% in Q2

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global saw 5.4% (155bn kroner, $25bn) wiped off its investments in the second quarter of 2010, pulled down by a decline in global equity markets and a massive loss on its stake in BP.

  • Norway
  • 16 August 2010
Norway's Pension Fund to boost investments in Asia

NORWAY/ASIA - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's second largest, will increase investments in Asia, as the region leads the global economic recovery, said Norges Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem.

  • Norway
  • 01 July 2010
Norges Bank appoints State Street for real estate

NORWAY - Norges Bank has appointed State Street Corporation to provide fund administration services for the real estate portion of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund.

  • Norway
  • 20 May 2010
Changes afoot for Norway's DB market

NORWAY - Radical changes to laws governing defined benefit plans in Norway will be needed to adapt the schemes to the new old-age state pension, a commission tasked with examining the future of pensions in the country's private sector has concluded.

  • Norway
  • 07 May 2010
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