IPE's Spain & Portugal Coverage – Page 5
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Special Report
Spain: Sustainability quest continues
Several strategies are being considered to ensure the country’s statutory pension scheme remains affordable
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News
Equities underpin Spanish pension fund returns in Q2
Average allocations to cash rose in second quarter of 2017, INVERCO data shows
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News
Portuguese pension returns boosted by EM equity in Q1
Gains boosted five-year annualised returns to 5.1%
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Banco Popular bailout costs Dutch healthcare scheme €1m [updated]
PFZW and PME both lost out, while ABP sold before the Spanish bank was rescued
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Equities boost Spanish pension fund returns in Q1
Investor interest in alternatives growing but without major asset allocation shift
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Special Report
Spain: The end of two-party dominance
Spain’s political plight is in some respects similar to other Western European countries but in other ways fundamentally different
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News
Basque fund ups local investments after strong 2016 return
Geroa Pentsioak’s return was more than double the 2016 average from other Spanish pension funds
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Pensions Caixa 30 gains 4.2% despite hedge fund drag
Spain’s largest corporate pension scheme will increase equities and reduce fixed income this year
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Portuguese funds see returns fall as debt allocation struggles
Average return for 2016 was less than 2% due to ‘cash drag’ effect, says Willis Towers Watson
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Spanish social security 'to run out of money in July': report
Retirement age increase mooted as policymakers grapple with funding crisis
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Spanish pension funds return 2.7% over 2016
Pension funds join search for alternative assets as average returns decline
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Portuguese pension funds move into positive return territory
Third-quarter performance brings returns into positive territory for first time in 2016
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Spanish third-quarter pension fund returns continue upswing
‘Outstanding’ performance came from plans with more exposure to long-term fixed income
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NewsDanish pension fund forced to resolve Espirito Santo lawsuit in Portugal
British Court of Appeal tells investors legal action should be resolved in Portugal
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Country ReportSpain: Focus on safety first
Pension funds are reducing their risk levels in response to uncertainties generated by Spain’s failure to form a government, Brexit and Italy’s banking crisis
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Country ReportPensions Caixa 30: Risk-reduction exercise
Gail Moss finds out what Spain’s biggest corporate pension scheme has been doing to reduce risk in its investment portfolio
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Country Report
Portugal: An eye on European clouds
Against a backdrop of a steadily recovering domestic economy, private pension funds in Portugal have maintained stable asset allocations over the past year
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News
European equities pushing down returns at Portuguese pension funds
Pension funds make -0.16% over first half of year
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Fixed income lifts Spanish pension fund returns over first half
Pension funds had made -3.33% for 12 months to end of March
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Special ReportPortugal: Back on the right track
After lawmakers stabilised the public pension system, Portuguese private pension funds are poised to grow their participation in the country’s economic system
