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NewsBayer Pensionskasse CEO calls for minimum standards for IORP liquidity risks
Stephan Nellshen said a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to dealing with liquidity risks, especially at the European level, would not work well
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NewsBayer Pensionskasse invests €950m in fixed income
The scheme pushed for investments in interest-bearing registered securities to keep the weight of the asset class stable in the long term
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NewsBayer on track to adjusting pension plans for employees
The company plans to decouple the basic pension provided by the Rheinische Pensionskasse and the direct promise (Direktzusage) arrangement
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NewsSwiss Bayer Pensionskasse realigns investment strategy
Allocations to bonds increase, while exposure to mortgages and real estate decrease
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NewsBayer Group Pension Plan in £280m buy-in with Canada Life
The transaction secures the benefits of 40% of the plan’s pensioners, with umbrella contract allowing to insure further liabilities in the future.
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NewsBayer Pensionskasse prioritises fixed income high credit rating allocation
Following an ALM study last autumn, the scheme has adjusted its strategic asset allocation
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NewsGerman court ruling gives green light to investors’ lawsuit against Bayer
Investors including reinsurance companies and pension funds from Germany, other EU member states, North America, Asia and Australia, have sued Bayer for damages
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NewsGerman pensions industry pins hope on next cabinet for second pillar reform
Germany’s occupational pension industry has been let down by the sudden halt of the second pillar pension system reform process, triggered by a political crisis, as it pins its hope on the next government to build on the groundwork laid out so far. Speaking at the Handelsblatt occupational forum in ...
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AnalysisGerman companies rethink occupational pension plans
German corporates reorganise their pension plans in a bid to win over talent, fight skilled workers shortage, and exploit opportunities for a flexible transition to retirement
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NewsBigger Irish presence as EIOPA names OPSG members for new term
New faces also include Dijana Bojceta Markoja, from the Association of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in Croatia
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NewsPRI’s Spring initiative calls for investor engagement on nature policy influence
The initiative targets 40 focus companies across the food and agriculture, mineral mining, automotive, chemicals and banking sectors
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EIOPA stress tests to give German IORPs 'headaches', Bayer warns
CFO warns of disincentives for long-term investments due to stress tests, QA exercises
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NewsSwiss pension funds clean up investment portfolios
Climate Alliance has seen in the past year an increase in pension funds’ impact investments, ranging from 1% up to more than 10% of schemes’ AUM
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NewsGerman, Austrian pension fund assets could drop by up to 14% in value
Pension funds predominantly favour external ESG ratings/indices to review sustainability factors in investments
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Crisis "confirms" Solvency II not for pensions - Bayer
[16:00 CET 30-10] GERMANY/EUROPE – Relying solely on a mark-to-market valuation of pension assets and liabilities is too short-sighted and should therefore not be applied to pension funds, according to Stefan Nellshen, chief financial officer at German pharma giant Bayer AG and its Pensionskasse.
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PFZW sells 24 companies over ESG failures
The announcement is part of a new transparency drive by the Dutch healthcare scheme
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InterviewsHow we run our money: Bayer-Pensionskasse
Stefan Nellshen (pictured), CEO of the Bayer-Pensionskasse, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s ALM approach
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NewsEuropean pensions sector fails to use clout in green finance policymaking
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
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Bayer implements UK pensions governance system
UK – Healthcare giant Bayer, with a pension scheme of roughly £750m, has implemented a pensions governance system from eShare.
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