All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 15
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'Best times' over for alternatives, warns chair of Nokia-Siemens fund
Industry must anticipate lower returns from alternatives, but should still consider allocations, says Thomas Friese
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Aon Hewitt Switzerland loses head of investment consulting
Beat Zaugg leaves months after Dominique Grandchamp’s appointment
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Switzerland's SBB uses yen, US dollar exposure to reduce risk
Pension fund’s investment strategist sees foreign exchange as separate asset class
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Swiss Pensionskassen returns for 2015 better than expected
Swisscanto survey shows 1.13% average return
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NewsComplementa: Swiss schemes increasing alternatives, FX hedging
Consultancy’s risk study shows success of more ‘expensive’ strategies
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Industry veteran Rürup makes case for hybrid pensions in Germany
Former German government adviser warns of ageing shift
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NewsSeven Pensionskassen fail German regulator's stress test
BaFin president expects individual plans to ‘need more money soon’
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ECB planning to collect data from European pension funds – BaFin
Talks on guarantees in Germany ‘altered’ by low interest rates, new regulation
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Interview: Roger Tischhauser
Roger Tischhauser is responsible for 40% of the assets in the Swiss second pillar and is an agent for reform in the pensions debate
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Second Pillar: Technical difficulties
Despite the challenges facing Switzerland’s second-pillar pension the necessary overhaul of the system is still a long way off, says Barbara Ottawa
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Interview: André Tapernoux
Pension funds should be more realistic about evaluating liabilities, André Tapernoux tells Barbara Ottawa
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Studies on German pensions ignore unfunded liabilities, says Mercer
Consultancy questions whether reform will come this year
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Experts call for auto-enrolment option for German pension funds
Studies on industry-wide pension plans, tax incentives ‘moving in right direction’, aba says
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NewsBlackRock wins mandate to manage assets at RESAVER scheme
Asset allocation, fee structure for pan-European IORP still under review
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NewsRules for German occupational pension funds 'make no sense'
Actuaries, pension schemes criticise ‘wrong incentives’ of regulatory regime
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Handelsblatt delegates split over how to deal with 'painful' liabilities
Low interest rates test Germany’s ‘untouchable’ pension promises
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Investment Tax Reform: A simplification gone wrong
The investment industry has successfully lobbied against many new requirements in the investment tax reform law. Barbara Ottawa says it might not be so fortunate in the future
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Interview: Karl Timmel CEO, VBV
Karl Timmel, CEO of Austria’s largest Pensionskasse, VBV, helped to set up the second pillar in the country more than two decades ago
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Pensions in Austria: Broadening the horizons
Like their international counterparts, Austrian Pensionskassen must find new sources of return. Barbara Ottawa reports on the potential opportunities
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Domestic Accounting: Discounting the future
The new discount rate to be applied to pension liabilities under German accounting standards simply postpones a serious problem
