Patent debate highlights future trends in developing cross-border pension funds (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
Patent debate highlights future trends in developing cross-border pension funds (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
When Unilever launched Univest, its tax-transparent, cross-border pension pool, in December 2005, asset servicing providers heralded it as the gateway case for a revolution in the management of multinational pension assets. But 18 months and one patent application on, the mooted mass-migration into cross-border pools has failed to materialise.