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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Winter 2010


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Cover

DB v DC

European employers continue to replace defined benefit schemes with defined contribution alternatives, but can DC ever be as popular as DB?

Editorial

A Very European Issue

In November, the PLANSPONSOR Europe team headed to Frankfurt for European Finance Week and the European Pension Fund Congress run by the European Federation for Retirement Provision (EFRP), with consultation for the EU Commission Green Paper on Pensions closed the same week providing a timely platform for discussion of the original findings.

Feature

Leaving So Soon?

Progress on changing Belgian retirement habits is hampered by political stalemate

Asset Mix

Look Before You Leap (In)

Alternative investments are increasingly popular with pension funds, but are there risks as well as opportunities?

Q/A

Karina Litvack

Director, Head of Governance & Sustainable Investment at F&C Asset Management

Rules/Regs

New and ‘Improved’?

A shift in pension accounting standards could bring big changes for European plan sponsors

Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade - Winter 2010

Each issue, in this section, we will profile recent product enhancements, personnel moves, and mandate wins to help keep you current. Forward your news to us at news@plansponsoreurope.com for inclusion in future issues.

The Interview

Practice What You Preach

This issue, PLANSPONSOR Europe caught up with Bob Michele, Global Chief Investment Officer of J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Global Fixed Income and Currency group, to discuss his career, his own provisions for retirement, and the latest investment opportunities for plan sponsors in Europe.



Top of Mind

Tipping Points

Private sector must work closer with UK government, says Iain Duncan Smith

Savings 'Bonds'?

Survey offers solutions for savings inertia

Kamp ‘Counselling’

Dutch cabinet to modify pension reforms

European Economic Woes Continue

The Greek Finance Ministry has said it has narrowly missed its January-October target to reduce its budget deficit. The unwelcome news comes as the EU said it would take action to support Ireland, if needed.  

Collateral Damage?

Swedish pension fund sues BNY Mellon

Auto-Enrol = More Opportunities, More Work?

Auto-enrolment to change UK pension job roles, says PMI

‘Czech Mates’?

EC presses ruling on discriminatory pensions
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