All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 34
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Industry welcomes 'pragmatic' HBS despite capital-requirement concerns
EIOPA congratulated for abandoning ‘one-size-fits-all’ proposals for sponsor support, as Towers Watson says HBS would be viable only after further IORP revision
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EIOPA offers up principles-based approach to sponsor support
Revised holistic balance sheet would allow for greater leniency, allowing for sponsors and protection schemes to close funding gaps
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Melbourne Mercer deems Danish pension system best in world
Latest Melbourne Mercer report sees addition of four new European countries, with Finland seeing highest-ever score for pension integrity
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NewsSPK appoints infrastructure, risk premia managers following strategy change
Swedish fund for banking industry appoints manager to oversee 4% allocation to real estate
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Swiss companies trying to 'violate spirit' of executive pay law – Ethos
Swiss foundation questions ways in which local listed companies implement law requiring pension funds to vote at AGMs
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Jonathan Hill approved as Financial Services commissioner
Second vote sees 42 members of ECON approve commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, with 16 opposing
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NewsJonathan Hill to 'deepen single rule book', including solvency rules
Commissioner-designate highlights need to tackle ‘too big to fail’ clearing houses during second confirmation hearing
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Denmark brings foward pension tax charges to lower deficit
Move by government criticised by industry association for leaving Treasury without income when current savers ‘are in nursing homes’
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Pensions funds must tackle principal/agent problems – Ambachtsheer
Schemes should play ‘lead wagon’ on problems that have reduced returns by 1.5% a year, expert says
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'Underdeveloped' pensions holding back Capital Markets Union, says Hill
Financial services commissioner-designate Jonathan Hill backs levy funding for EIOPA in answering further questions ahead of second confirmation hearing
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NewsIORP II remuneration policy ‘impossible’, PensionsEurope warns
European industry group’s IORP II position paper calls for climate assessment to be dropped, proposes significant changes to proposals for risk-evaluation for pensions
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ERAFP's Desfossés questions fossil fuel divestment lobby
Divestment ‘does little’ to address polluting company’s carbon output
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Trustees must 'sing from same hymn sheet' on codes of conduct
Asset managers tempted to do ‘whatever it takes to win’, MSCI governance head warns
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Dissatisfied MEPs give Jonathan Hill 'second chance to convince'
German lawmaker says incoming financial markets commissioner ‘in school detention’
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NewsPension funds still concerned activist stance could damage returns
Schemes believe biggest risk of ESG behaviour is lowering returns, IPE survey shows
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The high stakes of stakeholder group reform
Changes to the governance and funding structure of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) now seem inevitable, after it was adopted as one of the core policies for new European commissioner Jonathan Hill.
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Evergreen mandate takes root
Mark Mansley and Faith Ward of the UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund tell Jonathan Williams about the scheme’s plans for an ‘evergreen’ sustainable equity mandate and discuss how investment management agreements of indefinite length will spread
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IPE Views: Growth trumps regulation at the European Commission
With commissioners-designate calling for ‘quick and effective adjustments’ to regulation and the end of ‘bottlenecks’, is the Brussels putting growth above regulation?
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ERAFP teams up with Amundi to reduce carbon footprint of portfolio
French public sector scheme joins AP4, PGGM as founding signatory of Montreal Carbon pledge
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Reformed Irish SWF could still be used to pre-fund pension liabilities
John Corrigan, head of the NTMA, will ‘not discount’ possibility of ISIF paying state’s pension bill
