All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 17
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News
Swiss pension fund benchmarks return less than 1% over 2015
Pictet’s BVG 2015 index for pension fund portfolios estimates lower performance than previous indices
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News
Bonus finalises purchase of Victoria-Volksbanken funds in Austria
Sale will see Bonus grow market share in multi-employer pension, Vorsorgekasse market
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Country ReportBulgaria: Choice for people upheld
Plans to restrict the ability to switch between the funded pensions system and the first pillar have been dropped
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Features
Interview: Bernhard Wiesner - A life in pensions
Bernhard Wiesner, who has retired as head of pensions at Bosch, tells Barbara Ottawa about how he remains positive on the social partner model
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Country ReportArmenia: A compromise, for now
Armenians were given a one-off chance to withdraw money from pension funds following a constitutional challenge but the system will become mandatory in 2017
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NewsGerman pensions industry cautiously welcomes investment law
Finance Ministry presents new draft of law easing burden on pension funds
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Legal experts weigh alternatives to 'Dutch-style' pensions in Germany
Government commissions report on possible reforms in second-pillar system
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Swiss government weighs further changes to pension system
Government commissions Interior Ministry to draw up reform plan over next 12 months
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Shifting discount rate increases pension liabilities for German companies
Liabilities increase by 14% over first nine months, according to Towers Watson
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NewsSeven Swiss institutions join forces to found ESG association
New player in stakeholder engagement, sustainable investment
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One-third of German firms weighing pension-fund closure – survey
Towers Watson warns of ‘panic’ by medium-sized companies to low-interest-rate environment
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NewsAustrian pension reform back to square one after commission dissolved
Pension commission to be ‘restructured’ due to fallout over ‘politically motivated’ statistics
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Country ReportPensions in Switzerland: Retirement reform revisited
Switzerland’s programme for pension fund reform is back on the agenda following the strong showing by the centre right in the recent federal elections
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Country Report
Interview: Stephen Wyss - Prevanto
The new Swiss actuarial consultancy Prevanto is upfront about its origins. One of its managing directors, Stephan Wyss, talks to Barbara Ottawa
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Country Report
Infrastructure: Investing in real assets
Swiss pension funds are struggling to find value in infrastructure investments
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NewsGerman pension fund association demands action on discount rate
Aba warns of impact of accounting standards on occupational pensions companies
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News
Ambachtsheer extols value of good governance in low-yield environment
Pension funds with better governance outperform benchmarks by 2 percentage points, research shows
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Pension funds journeying into unknown like 'Christopher Columbus'
CREATE-Research CEO warns of ‘game-changing’ consequences of QE
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News
Germany's lifeboat scheme nearly doubles pension levy
PSVaG forced to nearly double levy for pension funds due to ‘above-average’ payments
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German, Austrian regulators OK cross-border pension plan
Nestlé Austria to transfer active members to German Pensionsfonds
