IPE's Ireland Coverage – Page 10
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News
Mandate roundup: IPE Quest, Central Bank of Ireland, EirGrid, EY
Austrian pension provider tenders fixed income fund wrapper using IPE Quest
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Country ReportPensions in Ireland: No universal solution
Despite promising comprehensive pension reform and after five years in government, Ireland’s Fine Gael-Labour-led coalition is months away from an election without a significant road map for change
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Country Report
IAPF: Look to the future
Despite a growing economy and regulatory developments in the defined benefit sector, Ireland still faces challenges in its pensions system. Jerry Moriarty urges long-term considerations to form part of future pensions policy
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Country Report
Ireland's DB funding steps up a gear
Irish DB schemes face a new financial buffer from this year. Each of the various ways to meet the risk-reserve standard comes at a considerable cost
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Country Report
Ireland's risk reserve requirement: New duties
Philip Shier and Aidan Kennedy review the new risk reserve requirement for pension funds
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Country Report
Pensions Accounting: Deficit pain lingers
Mick O’Byrne provides an update on the accounting deficits of defined benefit pension schemes of Irish listed companies and state entities
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NewsWednesday people roundup
BlackRock, ABP, PME, Willis Towers Watson, Achmea, AP Pension, Mercer, AXA, ABP, Ontario Teachers, PPF, Aviva Investors, Deutsche Bank AM, Julius Baer, Kempen, Martin Currie, BNY Mellon, Sprenkels & Verschuren, UBS AM, State Street Ireland
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News
Irish DB funds close out 2015 with fall in funding
Volatile equity markets see gains from beginning of fourth quarter wiped out
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Irish pension reform hinges on ‘favourable economic environment’
Deputy prime minister offers no details of when reform proposals are to be published
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Funding reserve poses ‘considerable challenge’ for Irish schemes
LCP warns over challenges facing industry as 10% risk reserve requirement comes into effect
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News
Janwillem Bouma elected as chair of PensionsEurope
Head of Shell’s Dutch pension fund succeeds Joanne Segars after three years chairing pension association
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NewsNetherlands leapfrogs Australia as Denmark remains atop Melbourne Mercer
Slight changes in ranking see Switzerland, Sweden tie for fifth place and Finland slip
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Irish government confirms end of multi-billion pensions levy
Controversial second levy of 0.15% confirmed to end after minister for finance gives 2016 Budget address
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Irish trustee qualifications risk ‘group think’, IAPF warns
Pensions association fears ‘exodus’ of lay trustees triggered by proposed qualifications
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News
Irish sovereign fund could act as catalyst for peer-to-peer lending
Head of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund sees profits in even small investments
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OECD warns of 'implied fiscal risks' stemming from Irish sovereign fund
Fund should be ‘monitored closely’ given implied fiscal risks
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NewsIrish regulator consults on pension trustee qualifications
Pensions Authority considers grandfather clause for currently working trustees able to prove expertise
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Features
Reviving the Celtic tiger
The biggest challenge facing Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, is how to avoid pricing himself out of a recovering Irish market
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Special Report
Ireland: Attention shifts to DC as health of DB sector improves
After several large changes to Irish defined benefit regulation, bigger changes are on the horizon for the defined contribution sector, as the government seeks to boost pension coverage
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News
Irish fund buys out pensioners, transfers €340m to DC fund
US manufacturer Analog proposes additional €190m funding for DC scheme to maintain DB level of benefits
