All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 4
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NewsSwiss lawmakers reject variable pension payouts
Parliamentary commission says pension providers cannot alter benefit payments to ease funding pressure
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PensionsEurope joins criticism of Romanian reforms
European pension fund lobby group calls new capital requirements “disproportionate”
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News‘Keep second pillar simple’ says Swiss BVK
Conference delegates debate individual choice and variable pension payouts at Swiss Pensionskassen
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Aon sets up German pension fund, DAX companies top up funding
UnitedPensions Deutschland AG is the 33rd Pensionsfonds to get a license from German BaFin
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NewsMajor German pension providers invest in rating agency Scope
European rating agency gets Swiss license and appoints new head of digital development
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Austrian pension funds post 5.3% average loss for 2018
Funds hit by equity volatility but long-term average remains over 5%
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Swiss regulator: More pension funds to be underfunded after 2018 volatility
Authority defends the introduction of further risk assessment tools for collective pension funds
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Industry fears ‘de-facto nationalisation’ of Romanian second pillar
Government cuts fees for occupational pension providers and increases capital requirements
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Swiss pension fund group criticises regulator on proposed reforms
Industry lobby group publishes statements on consultations regarding second pillar interest rate, collective pension schemes and collective investment pools
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Romania: Weighing the second pillar
Romania must weigh short-term budgetary constraints against long-term capital market development as it considers its second-pillar pension system
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NewsSwiss regional parliament agrees to split €4bn pension fund
Canton of Wallis/Valais to close its public Pensionskasse and inject CHF1.35bn
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German Pensionskassen, BaFin in ‘uncharted territory’ over solvency
Three Pensionskassen in talks with German regulator over 2017 losses, more might follow
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IPE Conference: How Ireland’s sovereign fund will invest from 2019
Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, tells delegates of the €9bn fund’s new strategy
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Corporate governance group adds members, targets Vodafone
Swiss investor group and UK foundation join as telecoms company criticised for tax policy
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Evangelische Bank expands business with ESG launch
Provider launches asset management subsidiary to grow customer base outside of German churches
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IPE Conference: Irish government wants to lead in green finance
Irish finance minister tells IPE Conference 2018 that the government now wants to promote green finance
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IPE Conference: Rethinking retirement income adequacy [updated]
Researcher Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald gives an update on her Livings Standards Replacement Rate method in Dublin
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Country ReportSwitzerland: In need of a reformist zeal
The Swiss pension system needs reform but consent is needed in a federal referendum. Have politicians learnt from campaigning during the rejected Altervorsorge 2020 proposals?
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Mortality: How a year makes a difference
Swiss longevity assumptions have substantial effects on key technical figures in Pensionskassen
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Werner Hug: Less complexity, more solidarity
The Swiss second pillar has become too complex and lost sight of its original principle of employer patronage towards employees
