All Editorial articles – Page 2
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NewsDutch pension investors plant trees for carbon storage
Horeca & Catering pension fund plants own forest while Achmea takes in reforestation programme planting one million trees
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Asset owners targeted investment costs during crisis, say data firms
“In the pandemic, you focus on the things you can manage,” says ClearGlass chair
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Austrian pension funds return 6.72% over H1 2019
Pension fund association identifies active management, Federal Reserve decision, and equity markets as the main drivers
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Swiss government sets out state pension reform plans for autumn debate
Parliament to decide in the autumn on proposed increase to women’s retirement age, new first pillar funding and other reform measures
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FeaturesChoose correctly on the private-debt journey
The short to medium-term outlook for private debt is complex to read, to say the least. There is mounting anxiety that the credit cycle may have run its course.
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Generali Germany, Viridium ‘confident’ about run-off regulatory approval
Talks with regulator still going on, but executives hopeful of approval ‘before summer’
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NewsState pension fund could help ‘anchor’ Germany’s credit rating: Scope
Researchers call on government to use its position as safe haven to finance pension gap
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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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NewsAmended longevity tables may save providers up to 50bp in buffers
Slower increase in longevity after Heubeck fixes flaw
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Swiss collective pensions vehicles get green light for equities boost
Pension funds will have more say in Anlagestiftungen decisions under new law
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NewsCERN pension fund appoints new custodian after 'extensive review'
Plus: academic Jacob Bjorheim named as external expert on investment committee
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DAX scheme funding levels hit by European stock performance
As liabilities increase with lower rates and longer life expectancy, returns at DAX companies fail to boost funding
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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 regulator scrutinising Pensionskassen ‘run-off’ deals
More Pensionskassen are interested in such arrangements, according to BaFin
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First products for new German industry DC plans out on the market
Two consortia present new models for industry-wide DC plans
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Swiss government rejects ideas for more pension fund comparability
Government seen ‘deciding against transparency’
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Swiss legislator removes barriers to individualised high earner pensions
Amendments to 1e-plans introduce more investment options but also more risk
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NewsDACH roundup: Austrian energy company sells pension fund
Even fewer company-operated Pensionskassen remain in Austria
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Coast clear for first German pure DC plans from 2018
Major pensions legislation will become effective after being passed by Bundesrat
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NewsGerman government ignores industry in revised pensions reform draft
Final draft of the new second pillar law sent to parliament – largely unchanged
