All Country Reports – Page 16
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Country ReportVBV: Exciting possibilities
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
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Country ReportAsset manager roundup: Natixis launches thematics affiliate
Plus: Willis Towers Watson appoints tech provider for fiduciary business; BNP Paribas steps up sustainability efforts
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Country ReportUK moves to enact changes to consultant, fiduciary sectors
Government pledges to legislate for CMA recommendations that require tendering for fiduciary contracts
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Country ReportLawyer: Dutch regulator scrutinising fiduciary management contracts
MP Peter Omtzigt has questioned the ability of pension funds to hold fiduciary managers to account
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Country ReportBlackRock appoints former Aon fiduciary lead in UK push
Sion Cole to lead the growing department after 15 years at Aon
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Deficits: All set for a bumpy ride
Choppy markets, economic uncertainity and Brexit are among the issues faced by UK sponsors and trustees
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Funding: Where do pension funds end?
Identifying the funding horizon means balancing objectives and expectations, particularly given likely prescriptive new funding rules
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CDC: Proposals gain approval
The UK government has proposed collective defined contribution schemes. The model is gaining traction after an initially lukewarm response
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Country ReportLGPS pooling: Funds under pressure to comply
About 30% of assets have been absorbed by the new LGPS pools
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Country ReportFiduciary managers: A healthier market?
Standardisation of data provision could prove essential to driving greater competition in UK fiduciary management
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Auto-enrolment: A call for clarity
The government should set out its long-term policy on auto-enrolment contributions with a view to increasing the overall level
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Country ReportSwedish roundup: €3.3m fine for Avanza Pension
Plus: Mercer enters Swedish asset management market with multi-asset launch
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Country ReportDutch MP: Fiduciary managers ‘shield themselves from accountability’
Asset managers operating in the Netherlands have been involved in ‘almost all possible kinds of market abuse’, argues Pieter Omtzigt
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Country ReportIreland: Auto-enrolment strawman proposals
Auto-enrolment is one of the main goals of the Irish government’s pension reform plans
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Country ReportPension reform: Signs look good for this year
The comprehensive nature of the government’s pensions reform road map is significant progress
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Country ReportDB funding: Calm waters or the eye of the storm?
An update on the accounting deficits in Irish defined benefit (DB) pension schemes
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Country ReportPlenty of questions for CMA at pension industry event
Watchdog to consult next month on draft ‘remedies’ for competition problems in consultancy, fiduciary management sectors
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Country ReportPoland: A policy gear change
Auto-enrolment to be rolled out in Poland as the second pillar is wound up
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Romania: Weighing the second pillar
Romania must weigh short-term budgetary constraints against long-term capital market development as it considers its second-pillar pension system
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Bulgaria: Can investors rely on pensions?
Bulgarian pension savers receive paltry returns after inflation and costs
