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Country ReportSwedish roundup: €3.3m fine for Avanza Pension
Plus: Mercer enters Swedish asset management market with multi-asset launch
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AkzoNobel pays off shortfall at UK subsidiary pension funds [updated]
Sponsor pays €639m in final payments to two schemes to bridge funding gaps
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Interview: ATP boss on NOW: Pensions sale and future plans
Sale of UK subsidiary comes as Denmark’s biggest pension fund looks set to get even bigger
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Economists advocate age-based approach to pension cuts
Netherlands’ current rules on reducing pension payments are unfair across generations of savers, argue Theo Nijman and Lans Bovenberg
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NewsNorway oil fund chair slams government plan to take more SWF money
Idea ‘violates’ good budget practice, says central bank governor Øystein Olsen
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RBS incurs £102m cost of equalising pension payments
UK’s third-biggest pension scheme reveals GMP equalisation costs and slashes equity exposure
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Chart of the Week: DC overtakes DB in top seven pension markets
€35.6trn invested in 22 markets, Willis Towers Watson reports, with DC making headway in the UK, Canada and Japan
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Alecta beats benchmark in 2018 despite 3.5% loss
Group solvency falls; employer costs reduced at biggest Swedish pension fund
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How the financial crisis took the shine off the Dutch pensions system
Ultra-low interest rates mean the state pension is now the best element of Dutch system, says pensions law professor Yves Stevens
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NewsCompenswiss moves to tackle mounting cashflow problem
Compenswiss feels ‘forced’ to increase monthly divestment to meet pension payments
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NewsSweden’s AMF reports 1.3% gain as property shines
CEO says investment profit testifies to lower market correlation of portfolio assets
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NewsUK proposes seven years in jail for ‘mishandling’ pension funds
The Pensions Regulator to get more powers to investigate schemes and gather information
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Unions slam Dutch government’s pension reform plans
Employers have urged unions to return to negotiating table but strike action is planned
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UK roundup: Pfizer subsidiary agrees £158m buy-in deal
Plus: Apollo agrees further funding arrangements with RPC schemes; JP Morgan invests in Smart Pension
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UK’s share of EU pension liabilities is €9.8bn, government says
Bill will be based on staff data as of 31 December 2020, according to the withdrawal agreement
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Dutch scheme assets fall by €46bn in fourth quarter
Majority of members now in underfunded schemes, regulator reports
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Dijsselbloem to lead Dutch committee on discount rate
Committee is expected to conclude that pension funds must lower their assumptions for returns
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Major Swiss pension funds outline losses after ‘sobering’ 2018
Migros and APK are latest to report overall losses after equity market falls
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Dutch minister rules out immediate measure to prevent benefit cuts
Pension funds won’t get funding relief until unions, employers and the government agree on full reform package
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UK roundup: Apollo strikes funding deal with RPC pension funds
Also: XPS reassures on GMP costs as liabilities estimated to rise by less than 1%
