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InterviewsDelivering pensions ‘like a Bosch’: Bosch pensionsfonds
Dirk Jargstorff (pictured right), CEO of the pioneering Bosch Pensionsfonds, and Christian Zeidler, CFO, talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo on the fund’s 20-year anniversary
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FeaturesCross-border pensions: Barriers to entry
The experience of Bosch shows that a better framework is required for cross-border pensions
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Karch to step down as chair of German pension fund association aba
Actuary Georg Thurnes is to replace Karch as head of the occupational pensions group
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M7 grows Hungarian assets under management to €89.3 million with acquisition of €80 million of assets in 2017
M7 Real Estate announces that it has completed the acquisition of 12 assets through four transactions for a total of €80.1 million in 2017.
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Supervisor EIOPA overstepping mark with PEPP, conference hears
Pension stakeholders agree new product proposal no old-age retirement strategy
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Ten thousand sign up for new Bosch pension
GERMANY – Ten thousand employees have signed up for the supplementary pension of German engineering company and appliance maker Robert Bosch.
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BMW opposes 'mandatory' membership of industry-wide schemes
Other large German companies are waiting for the outcome of the country’s reform debate
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Directive to boost German Pensionsfonds - Bosch
GERMANY – Bernhard Wiesner, head of corporate pensions at Robert Bosch, says German multinationals will favour Anglo-Saxon-style Pensionsfonds due to the EU directive on occupational pension funds.
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Bosch CFO mulls pan-European pension fund
GERMANY – Gerhard Kümmel, chief financial officer of German auto component maker Robert Bosch, has signalled the firm may create a pan-European pension fund out of its existing German Pensionsfonds.
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Bosch outsources pension administration
GERMANY – Industrial group Robert Bosch has outsourced the administration of its German pension schemes, including its Anglo-Saxon style Pensionsfonds, to German consultant Heissmann in one of the biggest mandates of this kind ever.
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People moves: Ros Altmann takes on role at Capita Pension Solutions
Capita Pension Solutions, PIC, BlackRock, Phoenix Group, Liontrust, Partners Group, Credit Suisse, Club Vita, Impax, LaSalle, GAM, Redington, Actis, ISSB
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Small scheme that thinks big
Don’t be fooled by size. Small can be beautiful. The Robert Bosch scheme is small but it has a big heart and even bigger ambition. It has already notched up a series of firsts: first Pensionsfonds-type scheme to be offered by an industrial group in Germany; the first to receive ...
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ABA meeting: Bosch says keep pensions voluntary
GERMANY - Employers offering attractive pension schemes will have advantages in the labour market but pension schemes should not be compulsory, says Wolfgang Malchow, managing director of industrial group Robert Bosch.
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2023 'too early' for verdict on German pension reform
Willis Towers Watson to launch index to track development of occupational pensions post-BRSG
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German schemes outsourcing administration to minimise hassle, study shows
Towers Watson survey shows growing concerns over increasing complexity
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Innovation is watchword for scheme that makes most of new legislation
Robert Bosch, a leading German industrial company with 250,000 employees worldwide, of whom 110,000 are in Germany, established its pension scheme, Bosch Pensionsfonds (BPF), in 2002, making full use of legislation in Germany encouraging the creation of funded pension schemes to replace the traditional but somewhat creaking pay-as-you-go and Pensionskassen ...
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Bosch launches new supplementary fund
GERMANY – Stuttgart-based household appliance manufacturer Robert Bosch has launched a new supplementary pension fund for its 102,000 domestic workers. The company is awaiting regulatory approval from the German federal financial services supervisory board, BAFin.
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Interview: Bernhard Wiesner - A life in pensions
Bernhard Wiesner, who has retired as head of pensions at Bosch, tells Barbara Ottawa about how he remains positive on the social partner model
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Pensions back at a sweet spot
Assets for the leading 1000 European pension funds grew by 8.7% year-on-year, reversing last year’s loss of 6.8%. This brings total assets back up to above their previous high water mark of €9.7trn in 2022’s research exercise. This year’s overall net gain in assets of €775bn is the largest since 2021’s increase of €810bn.
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Hannover scheme reports 21% rise
GERMANY – Hannoversche Kassen (HK), a multi-employer pension fund in the state of Lower Saxony, has reported a 21% increase in assets to €113m.
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