News
United Kingdom
UK - The Pensions Regulator should be more accountable and promote high-quality workplace pensions, trustees and scheme managers believe.
08 December 2010
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Netherlands
NETHERLANDS/ASIA - Dutch life insurance and pension company Aegon is to reorganise its loss-making operations in Asia to benefit more from high growth prospects in the region.
08 December 2010
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Global
GLOBAL - The Chinese could challenge Americans as the world's largest consumers by 2025, and will more than compensate for any US sluggishness, Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman Jim O'Niell believes.
08 December 2010
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US
US - BlackRock is set to lose assets it oversees for the $42.9bn Massachusetts state pension fund over fears the firm is not adequately focused on some fixed-income markets.
08 December 2010
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Defined Benefit
Changes to civil service pension schemes will make significant savings but its value for money over the long term has not been established, the National Audit Office says.
08 December 2010
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Europe
The Global Pensions 100 Panel is split over the fate of the eurozone, our survey found.
07 December 2010
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Employee Benefits
More than a third of respondents to the GP100 Panel have experienced changes to their pensions as a result of national or local budget problems.
07 December 2010
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Investment
UK and US defined benefit plans agree measuring liabilities is the most pressing risk factor affecting schemes, but they take drastically different views on most other risk factors, a study shows.
07 December 2010
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US
US - Carlyle Group, the world's second- largest private-equity firm, agreed to buy a 55 percent stake in Claren Road Asset Management, a $4.5bn long-short hedge fund focused on liquid credit assets.
07 December 2010
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US
US/UK - UK and US defined benefit plans agree measuring liabilities is the most pressing risk factor affecting schemes, but they take drastically different views on most other risk factors, a new study shows.
07 December 2010
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