More than three quarters of the Global Pensions 100 Panel have no intention of reducing their equity exposure as a result of recent changes to International Accounting Standards.
Helen Morrissey asks how revisions to the IAS19 standard will challenge European schemes and employers, and examines the global implications of the changes
Changes to accounting standards will hit the manufacturing industry with a £200m increase in finance costs, research suggests.
GLOBAL - Pension funds will continue to shift away from equities to bonds as a result of the latest changes to International Accounting Standards, Mercer says.
Pension funds will continue to shift away from equities to bonds as a result of the latest changes to International Accounting Standards, Mercer says.
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Here it is. Professional Pensions' summary of what changes to accounting standard IAS19 will mean for both sponsoring employers and pension schemes.
The International Accounting Standards Board has published a "near final" draft of its revised pension accounting standard IAS19 - confirming key changes that could see £10bn wiped off UK company profits.
Defined benefit sponsors will welcome the International Accounting Standards Board's changes to IAS19, but will take a hit to profits in the first year, PricewaterhouseCoopers says.
Nine-tenths of FTSE100 firms are breaching accounting guidelines by failing to disclose the sensitivity of their defined benefit scheme liabilities.