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South Africa Wants Pension Funds to Spur Development

Global Pensions | 05 Mar 2010 | 13:08

SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa plans to create financial instruments that will enable state and private pension funds to invest more in development projects, economic development minister Ebrahim Patel said.

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IASB drops plan to alter discount rate calculation

GLOBAL – The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today voted to not move forward with plans to eliminate the use of government bonds to determine discount rates.

Global Pensions | 22 Oct 2009

National pension fund opts for positive engagement

SOUTH AFRICA - The R786bn (US$83.2bn) Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages pension fund assets on behalf of the South African government, has announced it is to shift R65bn to black African fund managers.

Global Pensions | 23 Mar 2009

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Five year mission

Almost five years after the Nigerian Pensions Reform Bill was passed into law, has the country seen significant benefits from the creation of a pension system? Dorothee Gnaedinger investigates

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Video: interview with Jonathan Boersma, CFA Institute

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Raquel Pichardo-Allison speaks to Jonathan Boersma, executive director, Global Investment Performance Standards, at the CFA Institute.

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Are claims that the European Commission's alternative investment fund manager directive will cause an exodus of alternative managers from Europe overblown?

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