IPE's Belgium Coverage – Page 8
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NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, UZ Gent, Vanguard, Dimensional, Northern Trust
European pension fund tenders $100m US, European high-yield corproate debt strategy using IPE-Quest
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NewsDanish pension fund ATP invests €475m in Belgian real estate
Scheme enters joint venture with local subsidiary of AXA Real Estate
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European pension funds warm to LDI as derivative allocations grow
Mercer asset allocation survey shows schemes calling halt to equity exodus on back of bull markets
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Retention of full funding requirement 'opposite to EC’s objective'
European Commission says it wants to ensure ‘sound provision of services’
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NAPF bemoans IORP II lobbying after cross-border funding fiasco
Francesco Briganti defends Commission’s stance, says it had no choice to reverse plans
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NewsBelgian pensions reform could spark DB closures, expert warns
Rules for harmonisation of pensions rights for blue, white-collar workers expected
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Belgium: Belgian funds on course
Belgium has doubled occupational pension fund participation in the last 10 years and returns were a healthy 6.7% in 2013, writes Iain Morse
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Belgium: A DC future: KBC Pensioenfonds
KBC has introduced a DC pension fund for new members starting from the beginning of 2014 and closed its DB fund. The fund is one of Belgium’s largest pension schemes, founded in 1941 with €1.2bn in assets and 15,500 active members.
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Fund managers expect anaemic euro-zone growth until 2019 – Towers Watson
One-third of managers have high expectations for US equity, real estate
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NewsDexia AM rebrands following acquisition by New York Life IM [updated]
Chief executive says end of ‘period of uncertainty’ should allow it to attract new business
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BAPI applauds doubling of second-pillar membership in Belgium
Association hails ‘democratic’ approach to growing country’s second-pillar system
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Brussels attempting to 'run before it can walk' on pan-European pensions tracker
Belgian, Dutch, Danish experts agree national systems need to come before Commission introduces pan-European system
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IORP II: Keep it proportional
PensionsEurope gives a general thumbs-up to Brussels’ planned improvements to governance standards for occupational pensions
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Euroclear pension fund to leave Netherlands for Belgium
Former participant in beleaguered Mercurius to become pan-European OFP scheme
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New York Life Investments acquires Dexia AM for €380m
Acquisition brings US company’s assets under management to more than $480bn
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FinEx Capital makes bid to acquire 100% of Dexia AM
Protracted talks with Hong Kong-based private equity firm GCS broke down in July.
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Belgian pension fund OGEO reports 9% return for 2012
BELGIUM – Expansion plans could include Flanders region, Brussels, director says.
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Belgium: Cross-border barriers
Cécile Sourbes asks what lessons can be learned from the failure of UMR to create an IORP domiciled in Belgium
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Belgium: Thirst for higher yields
Belgian pension schemes are looking ahead to another year of improving funding ratios as they diversify fixed income portfolios, writes Rachel Fixsen
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Belgium: Change on the way
Challenges in the form of regulation and lower expected returns mean Belgian pension funds must seek economies of scale and improved governance, writes Karel Stroobants
