All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 7
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Austrian investors welcome EU’s sustainable investment proposals
But conference panelists wary of overregulation and hidden agendas
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Swaps, swapped: Switzerland’s AHV moves into physical gold
First pillar buffer fund tenders storage and custody for physical gold allocation
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NewsSwiss investors allocate record CHF391bn to ESG assets
Swiss Sustainable Finance reports significant increase in sustainable investment activity year-on-year
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Preparing for the next set of reforms
Talks on the reform of the Swiss first and second pillar have been prolonged by the 2017 rejection of the Altersvorsorge 2020 pac
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ESG: The Swiss shade of green
Pensionskassen were slow to embrace ESG but many are now committed to integrating sustainable thinking into their strategies
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Proxy voting group Ethos nominates new presidents as Biedermann exits
Swiss pension fund for postal sector still to decide on support for proxy voting service
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Germans trash EU’s proposal for pooled euro-zone bonds
Structure and risk pooling of “sovereign bond backed securities” criticised by investor association
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IMF sees ‘step in the right direction’ in Lithuanian pension reform
Baltic country’s government has agreed on pension reform and put it to parliament
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Austrian pension funds to set own investment caps under IORP II roll-out
Plus: Austrian finance minister promises reform of tax incentives for second pillar
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German Pensionskassen expect regulation-driven consolidation
Future challenges regarding administration of more concern than investments
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German managers reassert dominance over US players in KVG market
Austrian Kepler Fonds best KVG in German market, beating Metzler and Investec
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NewsSwitzerland’s CHF7bn intergenerational pension problem
Pensionskassen need more flexibility to address the annual CHF7bn cross-subsidy problem
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German regulator scrutinising Pensionskassen ‘run-off’ deals
More Pensionskassen are interested in such arrangements, according to BaFin
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NewsSwiss funding levels fell in Q1 2018 after 1.3% average loss
Public sector Pensionskassen APK and PKBS post 2017 investment returns in line with market average
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Swiss investors diversify insurance-linked portfolios after difficult 2017
Significant losses experienced in 2017 from concentrated hurricane risk
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German institutional investors have faith in emerging markets
Pension funds have higher exposure to real estate and equities compared to other investor types
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News40,000 Swiss companies to rethink pension plans as AXA restructures
AXA Switzerland ends full-service guaranteed occupational pension offerings
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German insurer buys €1.8bn Pensionskasse in ‘run-off’ deal
Second transaction this year involving Frankfurt Leben
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AnalysisAnalysis: Pensionsfonds model to get new lease of life in Germany
IPE’s Barbara Ottawa looks at the pension model tipped to benefit from BRSG reforms
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Country ReportGermany: A pensions transition
Insurance companies have to re-define their role in a world in which guarantees are too expensive. But in German pensions they have to keep promises given in the past
