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Pension liability transfers to increase; Young generations face wealth deficit; Kraft's planned US pensions freeze raises concerns at Cadbury
17 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
UK - Legal & General has officially entered into the longevity insurance market.
17 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
Legal & General has officially entered into the longevity insurance market.
17 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
Four more pension schemes entered the Pension Protection Fund last month.
17 February 2010
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United Kingdom
UK - Some £7.8bn (US$12.3bn) of pension scheme risk transfer deals were completed in 2009, despite challenging financial landscape, analysis from Hymans Robertson revealed.
17 February 2010
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DB Buyouts
Some £7.8bn of pension scheme risk transfer deals completed in 2009, despite challenging financial landscape, analysis from Hymans Robertson reveals.
17 February 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - Exchange traded funds tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers revealed.
16 February 2010
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Mexico
MEXICO - The country's state pension fund (afores) posted average returns of 5.5% for the month of January, according to data released by the Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (CONSAR).
16 February 2010
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France
FRANCE - President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that negotiations on pension reform will start in April in a bid to rein in France's ballooning pension deficit.
16 February 2010
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Equities
GLOBAL - Investment managers expect global equity returns to clock in at the 10% range in 2010, helping to fuel economic recovery this year, a survey by Towers Watson found.
16 February 2010
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