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Falling markets lead to summer of discontent

Global Pensions | 02 Sep 2010 | 15:34

IRELAND - Falling French and German bond yields coupled with declining equity markets in August have left Irish pension funds with the renewed prospect of funding difficulties, Hewitt Associates says.

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DB innovation sees employer contributions cut

GLOBAL - Multinational companies are looking at innovative ways to redesign defined benefit schemes but will cut contributions by 10% in the process, research by Mercer suggests.

Global Pensions | 01 Sep 2010

O’Brien resurfaces at J.P. Morgan Asset Management

UK/GLOBAL – J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Mike O’Brien, BlackRock’s former head of institutional business for EMEA, as its global head of the institutional client group.

Global Pensions | 31 Aug 2010

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Contingent assets - hot property?

Contingent assets have been used in scheme funding arrangements in the UK for some time, but how popular are they overseas? Chris Panteli finds out.

The OECD perspective

Emma Dunkley speaks to Edward Whitehouse, head of pension-policy analysis in the social policy division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about how pension funds around the world have coped with the economic crisis

Currency management forum Sydney 2009

Rachel Alembakis reports from the fourth annual Global Pensions/Westpac Currency Management Forum held in Sydney

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Video: PIMCO’s Andrew Balls talks about the European sovereign debt crisis

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GLOBAL - The European rescue package has provided an out for long-term investors that had underestimated credit risk in their European sovereign holdings, PIMCO managing director and head of European portfolio management Andrew Balls said.

Video: Interview with Robert Gardner, Redington

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