News
US
US - Axa SA's private-equity unit agreed to buy $1.9bn of investments in private-equity funds from Bank of America Corp. as the buyout industry emerges from the worst recession in 70 years.
23 April 2010
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Regulation
PricewaterhouseCoopers has become the latest firm to raise fears over proposed pension accounting changes.
23 April 2010
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Accounting
UK - PricewaterhouseCoopers has become the latest firm to raise fears over proposed pension accounting changes.
23 April 2010
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Industry
UK Pensions Awards 2010 attendees donated more than £10,000 to The Prince's Trust.
23 April 2010
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Investment
The number of schemes using non-cash assets to pay off deficits will outstrip buyouts over the next five years, Deloitte claims.
23 April 2010
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Accounting
UK - Companies entering a longevity swap could get a "nasty surprise" if they do not consider the effect on their accounting position, Hewitt Associates warned.
23 April 2010
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Investment
Companies entering a longevity swap could get a "nasty surprise" if they do not consider the effect on their accounting position, Hewitt Associates warns.
23 April 2010
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Investment
The next government could pursue a mass bulk annuity exercise to insure the pension schemes of up to 800 quangos, Pension Corporation claims.
23 April 2010
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Italy
ITALY - Italian schemes are increasingly reviewing their asset allocation and looking to offer lifestyling arrangements to their members in the wake of the losses incurred during the crisis, Towers Watson managing consultant for Italy Fabio Carniol said....
23 April 2010
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Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn's (PFZW) investments in structured credit and interest rate and inflation mandates helped push a return of 5.2% in the first quarter.
22 April 2010
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