All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 19
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Financially literate members take more equity risk
Academic papers presented in Vienna show obstacles to market participation
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Swiss BVK defends cuts in technical parameters as 'necessary'
Union mulls complaint because of ’radical’ changes to pension levels
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German government mulls greater flexibilities for Pensionsfonds
New proposal would limit pension promises to a minimum, increasing volatility of payouts
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Bonus acquires Victoria Volksbanken pension, provident funds
Smallest Austrian multi-employer pension fund provider grows assets by more than 120%
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Germany's Union increases institutional assets with Austrian deal
Asset manager working to ‘integrate’ Volksbanken Invest KAG
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NewsAustrian finance minister warns of pension fund 'oligopoly'
Calls on industry to create more attractive pension products
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KAS looks to 'export' Dutch transparency standards to Germany
Bank currently in with German pension funds on need for cost data
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Concern over pension-fund shadow banks 'exaggerated', PIMCO says
Institutional investors have little in common with unregulated banks, asset manager says
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Insurers, banks natural partners in long-term financing – Swiss Re
Former ECB head Trichet calls on institutions to ‘bias equities’
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Pension funds in search of yield at risk of 'herding', Swiss experts warn
Liquidity risk ‘on the rise’ as investors ramp up exposure to less liquid instruments
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Mercer Switzerland head of retirement to leave consultancy in autumn
Willi Thurnherr rumoured to be leaving for another international consultancy
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Under-regulated pension funds could 'distort' lending market, minister warns
Economist thinks over-regulation ‘just a phase’
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Switzerland's AHV drops soft commodities due to 'political sensitivity'
First-pillar fund’s future commodity investments to include energy, precious metals only
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Definition change leads to surge in Swiss schemes' alternatives allocations
New regulation almost triples allocation to asset class at MPK
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NewsSwiss pension plans see liabilities rise by 4% in 2015
Swiss interest rates dropped by further 25 basis points in first quarter according to Towers Watson study
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pensionskassen keep calm under negative rate storm
Switzerland has not seen negative rates since the 1970s, years before the creation of the current BVG second-pillar system
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NewsAustria introduces stress tests, ratings rules for pension funds
New risk-management directive also covers derivatives
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Asset Management Costs: Effects of transparency
The requirement to publish total expense ratios in the annual reports of Swiss Pensionskassen is changing the market
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Altersvorsorge 2020: An ageing reform package
Switzerland’s system of direct democracy is complicating the debate about pensions reform
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Allianz becomes sole owner of Austrian Vorsorgekasse
Austrian bank BAWAG sells share in provident fund that claims around one-sixth of severance pay fund market
