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Three essential goals of pension plan funding are the long-term viability, stability and security of member benefits …. Reform of funding regulations for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to make them more counter-cyclical in nature can help … towards defined contribution plans. If designed properly, funding regulations could help maintain DB systems for the long …
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Favourable conditions such as the growth of pension fund assets, privatisation trends and changing regulations have increased the interest of institutional investors in infrastructure investment. However, data on pension fund investment in infrastructure is limited. National statistical agencies...
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Pension funds are increasingly looking at infrastructure investment with some investors actively pursuing opportunities in the sector. Different countries are at different stages in the evolution of pension fund investment in infrastructure.<p> A survey of a sample of the most significant actors...</p>
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infrastructures continuant de croître, le financement de projets d'infrastructures par le secteur privé s'est développé dans le monde … impliquent diverses formes de financement (primaire ou secondaire, dette ou fonds propres, titres cotés ou non, direct ou … responsables du développement d'infrastructures à avoir recours à des sources de financement potentiellement importantes comme les …
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Australian and Canadian pension funds have been pioneers in infrastructure investing since the early 1990s. They also have the highest asset allocation to infrastructure around the globe today. This paper compares and contrasts the experience of institutional investors in the two countries...
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The economic downturn is likely to have a lasting impact on the fund management industry and on long term asset allocation strategies of institutional investors. On one hand, in promoting more cautious investment strategies and a greater focus on portfolio risk management in the coming years. On...
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This report is structured in three chapters. The first chapter examines the channels through which institutional investors can access green infrastructure, assesses the extent to which this is currently happening, and identifies the barriers to scaling up these investment flows. The second...
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Favourable conditions such as the growth of pension fund assets, privatisation trends and changing regulations have increased the interest of institutional investors in infrastructure investment. However, data on pension fund investment in infrastructure is limited. National statistical agencies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684015
number of non-OECD countries, such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, as well as some OECD countries like … pension funds, given their large size, could be a potentially major source of funding, but most have only recently started …
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This definitional, stocktaking paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the concepts and definitions related to “green” investments that are currently used in the market place. The purpose of this research is not to take a position on a specific definition but rather to explore what...
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