All Editorial articles – Page 9
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Industry experts criticise German plan to allow Dutch-style pensions
Government throws support behind union proposal to encourage industry-wide pension funds
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NewsMark-to-market obligation a 'disease', says Switzerland's AHV
Swiss regulator provides insight into new risk assessment approach for pension funds
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Regulatory roundup: ESMA, EMIR, EIOPA
ESMA publishes final regulatory standards on EMIR; three-year phase-in from 2015 confirmed
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Founding members named for European researchers' long-awaited scheme
RESAVER to be launched next year, European Commission confirms
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NewsIceland's MP Banki offloads pensions business in Lithuania
MP Pension Funds Baltic sold to investment manager Invalda LT
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Austria's Valida appoints board members to tackle admin clean-up
Stefan Eberhartinger, Albert Gaubitzer hired to increase efficiency
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CEE roundup: Russia, Poland, Czech Republic
Russian second-pillar mandatory system faces another year of withheld contributions
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NewsAustrian pension system has diversification problem, expert says
Net replacement rate set to sink to 60% as complexity in second pillar prevents broader appeal
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Germany seeks to simplify infrastructure investments for pension funds
Institutional invests keen on asset class but ‘not at any cost’, survey shows
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Swiss pension fund members willing to sacrifice returns for sustainability
Majority of respondents to RobecoSAM survey in favour of legal obligation to apply ESG criteria
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NewsNew German pension pooling vehicle 'not in high demand'
Consultants say lingering questions over use of Investment KG meaning pooling vehicle established last year not attracting much interest
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Germany to impose Solvency II measures on local pension funds
Final draft for the new insurance law transfers elements of Solvency II onto funds despite industry objections
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Independent EIOPA funding will be ‘difficult to resist’ - NAPF
UK pension fund lobby group will look to offset potential new levy in reduced levies elsewhere
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Features
The shore will turn the ship
After five years of intense negotiations and acrimonious disputes, the Dutch have finally settled on a new financial framework (FTK), expected to take effect, at least in part, as of January 2015.
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Features
Pension pot pitfalls
Like compulsory voting, compulsory pensions have not taken off to a great extent: Australia practices both, Switzerland has had mandatory supplementary pensions since the 1980s, and pensions are compulsory for most workers through collective labour agreements in the Netherlands.
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Collective lessons from professionals
Experience shows that the benefits of intergenerational solidarity and collective pension risk sharing are often not appreciated, particularly by those who feel they are shouldering a greater share of the burden than they ought.
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I’ll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak
The court scene from The Merchant of Venice dramatises the balance between justice and equity. Argentina’s conflict with its ‘holdout’ creditors, which led to default on its New York-law bonds, suggests that it ought to be required reading for sovereign debt investors.
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Pictet, Lombard Odier publish figures for first time in centuries
Traditional banks, asset managers change legal form to limit liabilities for owners
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NewsMetzler becomes first asset manager to launch German Pensionsfonds
German regulator BaFin gives go-ahead to launch multi-employer Pensionsfonds
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