All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 34
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NewsDeutsche Bahn pension fund cites onerous regulation for merger decision
GERMANY – Managers say single Pensionskasse 'can no longer cope' with EU regulation.
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NewsLocal media 'leaks' report on Swiss second-pillar reform plans
SWITZERLAND – Government reportedly aims to lower conversion rate from 6.8% to 6%.
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NewsSwitzerland releases draft report on pension fund voting rights law
SWITZERLAND – Implementation of Minder Initiative to allow schemes to abstain in 'certain cases'.
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NewsSwiss court to decide on raft of appeals in BVK corruption trial
SWITZERLAND – Both winners and losers appeal five of six verdicts handed down last November.
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NewsSwitzerland's Corestate creates German fund management subsidiary
EUROPE – Strategy includes acquisition of existing management companies for further growth.
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EC asks ECB, Joint Research Centre to conduct IORP II studies [amended]
EUROPE – Brussels seeks to gauge potential impact on markets, occupational pension funds.
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Germany's Union Investment to exit agricultural commodities
GERMANY – Asset manager cites dwindling demand due to increasingly negative public opinion.
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Swiss experts warn against linking second-pillar pensions to first
SWITZERLAND – Avenir Suisse wades into heated debate on Swiss conversion rate.
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Voluntary pension contributions on rise in Hungary, Ukraine
EUROPE – Voluntary funds increase assets by 14%, says local association Stabilitas.
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Switzerland: Magic number crunching
Swiss pension funds have enjoyed a major recovery in the funding levels over the past months. But the fundamental problems remain, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Switzerland: Cage fight against complacency
Some think the second pillar is perfect, so 17 years ago four people set out to challenge that view with an innovative approach and an international viewpoint. Innovation Zweite Säule co-founder Werner Nussbaum tells Barbara Ottawa about challenges past and present
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NewsSwiss watchdog tackling conflicts of interest that 'don't exist' – ASIP
SWITZERLAND – Pension fund association accuses top supervisor of over-regulation.
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NewsSwiss schemes should be allowed to 'abstain' from voting at AGMs
SWITZERLAND – Pensions industry says abstinence a form of active shareholder engagement.
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European schemes breath sigh of relief on delay of solvency rule
EUROPE – Dutch, German schemes welcomes decision to postpone pillar one in revised IORP.
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Swiss pension fund BLPK turns to voters to decide funding fate
SWITZERLAND – Pension fund for canton of Basel struggles to resolve funding problems.
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Towers Watson reveals impact of QIS on German pension funds
GERMANY – Technical reserves for Pensionsfonds soar by 50% using new solvency requirements.
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German pension fund association calls for 'breathing room' on funding
GERMANY – Germany must ‘lose fear’ of temporary underfunding, chairman says.
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Swiss schemes cut bonds, abandon securities lending
SWITZERLAND – Schemes ‘rethinking’ temporary lending of securities over risk concerns.
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NewsNAEV's Dirk Lepelmeier sets up consultancy in Düsseldorf
GERMANY – Asset manager rumoured to have left German pension fund in mid-April.
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Polish pensions industry continues to consolidate
POLAND – Local Allianz subsidiary to take over Warta pension fund, pending regulatory approval.
