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Belgian pension funds delivered median returns of 16,8% in 2005, according to new research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The returns are almost the double of those generated in 2004 (+8.6%).
Belgian pension funds returned 16.8% in 2005
It has taken four years to prepare and survived the tinkering of five ministers but, barring a disaster, nothing can stop the biggest shake-up in pensions for nearly a century. The revolutionary change in Britain’s pensions system will take place on April 6, or A-Day. Many savers will benefit, being able to take bigger chunks of tax-free cash at times that better suit them.
How to make the most of the A-Day revolution - Money - Times Online
Despite wide-spread speculation that pension schemes are increasing their investment in bonds, the preliminary findings of a new survey by Mercer Investment Consulting show the average allocation remains the same as last year, at 35%. The survey of over 425 UK defined benefit pension schemes with more than £177bn in assets reveals that the average allocation to bonds has increased by just four percentage points in the last three years.
Pension fund allocation to bonds remains stable
About 15 million British citizens who were forced to invest in the domestic bond market are losing their savings, and the government is telling them: Too bad!
Bloomberg.com: Europe
The Parliamentary Ombudsman says that the government should compensate 85,000 people who have lost all or part of their company pensions. However, the government claims it cannot be held responsible as the cost of compensation would be too high. The BBC's personal finance reporter Ian Pollock has answered some questions on company pensions crisis.
BBC NEWS | UK | Q&A: Your company pensions concerns
Mercer HR Consulting hat einen internationalen Vergleich der Pensionskassen vorgenommen. Untersucht wurde neben den Performancezahlen auch die Risikobereitschaft bei der Veranlagung. Auf den ersten Blick ist in der Untersuchung klar erkennbar: Wer 2005 stärker in Aktien veranlagte, erzielte eine bessere Performance. Besonders risikofreudig wird in Großbritannien und Irland veranlagt, wo bis zu 85 Prozent Aktienquote üblich ist. Österreichs Pensionskassen zählen mit rund 37 Prozent ähnlich wie jene in der Schweiz, den Niederlanden und Spanien zu den konservativen Anlegern.
Pressetext
Delta could soon become the third major airline in the past two years to default on its pensions. If it does, federal pension insurance would cover some $8.4 billion in benefits. Even so, many Delta employees could end up with less than they expected. And American taxpayers would move closer to the prospect of having to bail out the federal pension insurance agency.
Playing With Pension Reform - New York Times
You may be aware that pension rules are changing on 6th April 2006, but what will that mean for you? Now is the time to understand how the changes will affect your retirement income, review your pensions arrangements and make sure you are on track to get the pension you want. A-day will bring more pensions choices and it's vital to understand the opportunities and risks before making decisions.
50Connect.UK
The U.S. Treasury Department will begin taking money from the $65 billion Federal Employees Retirement System so the federal government can meet its obligations if Congress does not increase the nation’s $8 trillion debt limit, according to a letter written to Congress by Treasury Secretary John Snow. (Registration)
Pensions & Investments
The Dutch central bank has set up a working group looking at ways of making the country an attractive domicile for pension funds, in the context of the directive on occupational pension funds.
Investment & Pensions Europe - IPE.com
The money in 401(k) plans administered by larger U.S. companies now outstrips the total in traditional pension plans, researchers say, confirming a dramatic change that will force younger workers to plan more carefully for retirement. The figures show that even as the value of all retirement plans fell sharply earlier this decade, the value of 401(k)s and similar plans stabilized at $1.60 trillion in 2002, slightly more than the $1.56 trillion total value then held in traditional pension plans. Both figures are for plans covering at least 100 people.
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Business
One of the City's most respected fund management activists has warned of the potential power of the new state pension fund envisaged in Lord Turner's proposals for reforming the retirement system.
Guardian Unlimited Business
Britain's ever-deepening pensions black hole is set to erupt in a big political row for the Treasury as fund managers, regulators – and tens of millions of savers – watch helpless and bewildered at the unfolding crisis in the government gilt-edged market.
thebusinessonline.com
The government was forced to calm panic in the City's gilts market after yields fell sharply to their lowest in half a century, prompting fears for the health of Britain's beleaguered pension funds.
Guardian Unlimited
Das Management von IBM will auch in Deutschland die Pensionskosten reduzieren, 11.000 Beschäftigte wären davon betroffen.
computerwoche.de - Nachrichten
International Business Machines Corp.'s plan to freeze its $48 billion pension sent a chill through workplaces across the nation, with employees questioning whether their own benefits were also at risk.
WSJ.com - How Safe Is Your Pension?
Some 40% of Dutch companies want to change their pension arrangements from a defined benefit to a collective defined contribution scheme within five years, according to a KPMG survey. The companies want to make their pension payouts dependent on members’ contributions, the returns on investments of the premiums and of the insurers’ tariffs on the pension date, KPMG added. According to the consultant, more than 30% of respondents referred to the costs as the main reason for a shift to a DC scheme.
Investment & Pensions Europe - IPE.com
A group of US-pension funds led by William Thompson, the New York City comptroller, is stepping up demands that six companies, including Wal-Mart and Chevron, disclose all direct and indirect political contributions to lawmakers and political parties. The pension funds have nearly $1bn invested in the six targeted companies.
FT.com / World / US - Pension funds insist companies reveal political gifts
A Pension fund giant with 2.5 million members and €168 billion (£115 billion) of assets launched a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell, its auditors and some of its directors yesterday. ABP, which looks after the pension funds of Dutch public sector workers and 25 other Dutch pension funds, is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation over Shell’s exaggerated-reserves scandal.
Natural resources, oil news, mining news, Times Online
Michelle Bachelet is a pediatrician and a Socialist, while Sebastián Piñera is a billionaire businessman and a conservative. They may agree on little as the opposing candidates in Chile's election for president, but they concur on one important point: the country's much vaunted and much copied privatized pension system needs immediate repair.
Chile's Candidates Agree to Agree on Pension Woes - New York Times
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