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13 October 2011

FN: Why solvency for pensions would be a dreadful mistake


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この記事は、年金基金はその長期的な給付義務を果たす能力を損なう結果となるソルベンシー規制を欧州当局によって適用される心配はないと達観してはいられないと指摘する。


Many defined benefit pension scheme managers quite rightly feel threatened by regulatory developments. Top of the list of worries for many of them is the possibility that the European Union will impose a solvency regime on pension schemes, restricting their freedom to invest in risky assets, similar to that of Solvency II, a Directive aimed at insurers.

The bureaucrats like the idea of a solvency regime for the best of reasons: they want to protect retirement pools from risk. The pension scheme industry, however, is adamant that restricting their investment freedoms would be a dreadful mistake, causing a drag on returns so great that when they come to making payments to their pension scheme members, they won't have enough money to do so from their own resources.

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