All aba articles
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German occupational pensions momentum slows down
Over 60% of companies with fewer than 10 employees were not aware of new opportunities offered to reinforce occupational pensions
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German pension system requires tweaks to stand future challenges
Insurance products do not currently represent a viable solution for long-term capital investments necessary for pension provisions
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People moves: New co-chair at €87bn PMT, Velliv CIO joins exec board [updated]
Barings, Nuveen, Velliv, Barnett Waddingham, PMT, Church of England, aba, BNPP AM, Loomis, Janus Henderson, Swiss Life AM, Invesco, Mercia
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Aba questions BaFin’s risk assessment requirements for pension schemes
The requirement for the documentation of risk assessments is ‘a challenge’ for occupational schemes
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German pension equalisation changes likely to hinder providers
A company pension provider must include the person entitled to compensation in its own pension scheme
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German occupational pensions need simplified rules to unlock expansion
Almost 50,000 employers received subsidies to finance pensions for 680,000 employees
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German top court warns pension benefit losses after a divorce may be unlawful
‘By transferring the entitlement to an external pension vehicle, the change of the interest rates can lead to so-called transfer losses’
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Germany approves Pensionskassen insolvency protection reform
PSV is to take over pension liabilities if an employer becomes insolvent, under certain conditions
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BaFin clarifies pension schemes’ disclosure on investment policies
‘Defining the information about these ‘principles’ with numerous detailed requirements seems excessive’
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BaFin relaxes rules on guarantee assets coverage for Pensionsfonds
Initial payments to restock the cover of assets can be made in 2021 instead of this year
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Talanx and ver.di strike deal in breakthrough for new German DC model
Take-up of the collective DC-style option has been keenly awaited
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Irish regulator to raise scheme levies to meet cost of EU reporting rules
New reporting requirements brought in by EIOPA and ECB are due to come into force from December this year
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German minister demands mandatory workplace pensions
At pension association aba’s annual conference in Bonn, politicians appear impatient for improved workplace pensions coverage
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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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German Pensionskassen, BaFin in ‘uncharted territory’ over solvency
Three Pensionskassen in talks with German regulator over 2017 losses, more might follow
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aba fears ‘disastrous’ impact of German IORP II bill
Government’s proposal does not capture the minimum harmonisation ‘spirit’ of IORP II, says pension fund trade body
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German pension body slams European Commission ESG plan
Industry association rejects plan for delegated acts to ‘specify’ ESG rules under IORP II
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Meet Germany’s new asset owner association
German Association of Institutional Investors – or bii – was established in Frankfurt in mid-May
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German pensions veteran Schwind to step down as Hoechst chief
Schwind has been running the well-known Hoechst pension funds for some 20 years
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Metzler lining up dedicated vehicle for German ‘defined ambition’ funds
aba’s Heribert Karch urges employers and unions to grasp the ‘unprecedented opportunity’ of BRSG reforms