All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 51
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NewsMigros outperforms benchmark after portfolio restructuring
CHF17bn scheme for retailer returns 4% after successfully restructuring to core-satellite portfolio
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NewsAustrian pensions 'safe' even for young, says social minister
AUSTRIA – On TV Q&A, Hundstorfer promises 20 year olds they will receive a pension.
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NewsGermany's Patrizia re-shuffles portfolio, opens new offices
Company aims to increase focus on commercial property in wake of LB Immo Invest deal.
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NewsSecond-pillar proposals put Czech pension system on sound footing – IMF
CZECH REPUBLIC – Organisation says second pillar will grow despite being voluntary and widely criticised.
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NewsGermany's BVK adopts UN's Principles for Responsible Investment
€49bn scheme becames first German pensions-related provider to adopt UNPRI.
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NewsSwiss structural reform will 'increase possibility of criminal activity'
Re-insurance company PKRück rejects notion new supervisor will be able to deter people with 'fraudulent intent'.
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NewsSwiss roundup: Towers Watson, Swiss Leader Index, Zurich BVK
Largest listed Swiss companies increase coverage ratios to 88% – far from pre-crisis levels.
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Germany: Liberal tradition
Versorgungswerke, the odd ones out in the German funded pension system, are a successful model of funding first pillar pensions. Barbara Ottawa reports on the critical factors
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Germany: Rise and fall of funded pensions
Funded schemes for German civil servants are drawing criticism – for investment policies, low contributions or because they are being discontinued in many cases. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Austria: The long wait
Barbara Ottawa reports on why Austria is still waiting for an amendment to the law on Pensionskassen and what the industry is doing in the meantime
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NewsSurvey shows surge in pension interest among German SMEs
More than third of respondents see 'medium' to 'very good' chances to increase participation.
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BVK returns 4.9%, lowers fixed-income duration 'considerably'
Pension fund for Bavaria increases allocation to equities, alternatives to 9%.
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NewsGerman roundup: North Rhine-Westphalia, Wacker PK, Solvency II
North Rhine-Westphalia to withdraw money from civil servants pension fund after court decision.
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NewsAustrian roundup: ECJ gender ruling, arithmetica, FMA
AUSTRIA – Mandatory second pillar would be 'feasible way' to fill pension gap after ECJ gender ruling.
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NewsPension returns fail to dent DAX30 liabilities
German listed companies gained 8.7%, but low interest rates upped liabilities by 11%.
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NewsSwitzerland's BVK to re-tender 'large part' of portfolio
The CHF21bn (€16bn) Zurich public pension scheme will leave strategic asset allocation in place.
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NewsAsset management roundup: APK, Morningstar, Norwegian Pension Fund Global
Austria's APK outperformed last year, not least because of its actively managed equity portfolio.
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NewsSwiss Pension Conference: Risk is fine if you can afford it
Speakers agree risk must be rewarded, but disagree on which risks are rewarded sufficiently.
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NewsSwiss pension funds lack 'honesty', experts say
Delegates at Swiss Pensions Conference say funds must be more forthright about return assumptions.
