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BASF Pensionskasse amasses €4.6bn in new fund of funds

2024-07-25T09:30:00Z

The scheme has seen an increase in its allocation to European bonds and global bonds, offset by a decline in emerging market bonds

BASF Pensionskasse tweaks allocation, increasing bonds and private equity

2023-07-31T13:23:00Z

The scheme made new investments in its three bond funds totalling €438m

Aba calls on German government to speed up pension system reform

2024-05-15T09:00:00Z

‘The Rentenpaket II is going in the wrong direction,’ says Aba’s chair Georg Thurnes

DAX company schemes continue alternatives expansion, says WTW

2024-03-26T09:30:00Z

Total pension assets increased in 2023 by 4.9% to €257bn

Dutch roundup: BASF, Aegon, SBMN, SNPF

2014-12-01T11:29:00Z

Pension fund for BASF to place accrued pension rights with Aegon

Investment associations push Germany on separate infrastructure category

2023-10-23T14:55:00Z

Current rules represent at times a ‘massive restriction’ to alternative investments, says German alternative investments association BAI

Banking sector turmoil, monetary policies to impact pension obligations of DAX firms

2023-03-28T14:14:00Z

The discount rate, which has the biggest impact on the amount of pension obligations, will likely remain high this year, says WTW

EC reveals full membership of pension expert group

2018-08-09T10:31:00Z

Chairman of BASF Pensionskasse executive board among appointees

ESG roundup: Another investor culls tobacco firms

2019-05-14T15:07:00Z

Also: AP7 hails climate change actions by German firms RWE and BASF to address lobbying concerns 

How BASF has it taped

June 2005 (Magazine)

Let us rewind to the year 1888. In that year BASF was one of the first companies in Germany to set up a Pensionskasse. Fast-forward to the present: Today it caters for BASF’s German employees with a funding of around E4.5bn, and forms part of a network of schemes with ...

Switzerland: Workplace pension reform faces referendum test

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024

The country is introducing regulations on greenwashing and fund investments, while debating how to fund the first and second-pillar pension systems

IASB proposals could force status change for BASF pensions

2008-09-15T13:45:00Z

[14:45 CEST 15-09] GERMANY - German multinational BASF AG has revealed around 95% of its active-member pension obligation will shift to the IASB's proposed fair value pension measure, if the standard-setter's recently-published proposals to reform pension accounting become GAAP.

German, Austrian pension fund assets could drop by up to 14% in value

2022-12-14T13:09:00Z

Pension funds predominantly favour external ESG ratings/indices to review sustainability factors in investments

BASF shifts €3.76bn in liabilities

December 2005 (Magazine)

Funding level of DAX schemes reaches record high – WTW study

2022-03-25T14:48:00Z

Pension liabilities of DAX companies increased by only €3bn in 2021, or 0.7%, to €412bn, as the discount rate rose by 40 basis points to 1.20%

German government prepares to draft law for reform of second pillar pensions

2023-05-18T11:02:00Z

‘The current figures on the spread of company pension schemes are unsatisfying,’ says aba

European pensions sector fails to use clout in green finance policymaking

2022-09-29T07:30:00Z

Think tank finds that though many European pension funds stand out in climate engagement with stocks they own, they are generally not actively influencing policy

BASF sets up €3.7bn pensions trust

2005-10-18T03:09:00Z

GERMANY – Chemical giant BASF has announced that it will remove €3.7bn in pension liabilities from its balance sheet and fund them via a contractural trust arrangement (CTA) by the end of 2005.

BASF Pensionskasse imposes tariff on new staff

2005-03-10T02:52:00Z

GERMANY – BASF Pensionskasse, the 177-year-old €4bn pension scheme of the German chemicals giant, has imposed a tariff on new staff.

Urbitsch joins BASF

February 2000 (Magazine)