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Swiss scheme excludes commodities under ESG policy despite second-best return

2022-05-24T12:29:00Z

PKG is also planning to switch to a sustainable benchmark for Swiss bonds, foreign equities, foreign small-cap equities, and emerging market equities

Swiss PKG returns 2%

2008-05-07T13:30:00Z

[14:30 CEST 07-05] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss CHF2bn (€1.23bn) PKG Pensionskasse, the independent pension fund for small and medium-sized enterprises, booked a 2% investment return in 2007, maintaining its cover ratio.

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

FX cap hurts Austrian pension funds’ performance

2018-08-24T10:49:00Z

Caps to be scrapped by January in line with IORP II reforms

Austrian pension funds to set own investment caps under IORP II roll-out

2018-05-21T12:05:00Z

Plus: Austrian finance minister promises reform of tax incentives for second pillar

Bonus eyes climate risks with fresh investment approach

2019-08-08T13:37:00Z

The €1.5bn Austrian multi-employer scheme is setting up a fund-of-funds structure it believes will help improve the transparency of climate-related risks

Austrian pension fund association calls for mandatory system

2017-01-18T13:58:00Z

Austrian schemes return nearly 4.2% on average over 2016

Austria introduces stress tests, ratings rules for pension funds

June 2015 (Online)

New risk-management directive also covers derivatives

Austria: Keeping it complicated

April 2014 (Magazine)

Austrian Pensionskassen portfolios are highly diverse, which not only makes it difficult to speak of ‘average performance’, but also complicates administration and liability management, writes Barbara Ottawa

VBV: Exciting possibilities

April 2019 (Magazine)

Günther Schiendl, CIO of VBV, Austria’s largest pension fund, talks to Barbara Ottawa about the importance of illiquidity and the EU’s sustainable finance initiative

Mercer says Austrian reform disappointing

2004-09-30T02:54:00Z

AUSTRIA - Kurt Bednar, managing director of Mercer Austria, has called for finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to show more courage in reforming the pension fund law, or PKG.

Austrian companies not obliged to offer pension plan choice, experts say

2014-06-12T12:57:00Z

Employer free to offer just one company pension plan despite new law

Austria: Occupational pensions under pressure

September 2015 (Magazine)

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Austrian pensions sector faces few new regulatory challenges and the rise of a young competitor

Amendment to Austrian pensions law clears first hurdle

2012-04-19T14:15:00Z

AUSTRIA – Industry expects no further changes after government passes long-awaited reform.

Scheme for Austrian lawyers considers foray into real estate

2013-07-29T11:00:00Z

AUSTRIA – Pension fund says government’s long-term investment projects ‘also interesting’.

Interview: Karl Timmel CEO, VBV

April 2016 (Magazine)

Karl Timmel, CEO of Austria’s largest Pensionskasse, VBV, helped to set up the second pillar in the country more than two decades ago

Austrian schemes return 7.3%, association says

2005-02-07T04:19:00Z

AUSTRIA – Austrian pension funds made average returns of 7.3% in 2004, according to the country’s Association of Pension Funds, FVPK.

Top 1000 Pension Funds: Information overload

September 2013 (Magazine)

The amendment to the law governing Austrian Pensionskassen needed to be amended before it was even implemented. Barbara Ottawa reports

Austrians ease pressure on funds

October 2003 (Magazine)

Germany & Austria: Is choice an option for scheme members?

April 2015 (Magazine)

The ongoing shift towards DC pensions and increased member options results in a culture of inertia