All Country Reports – Page 16
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Country ReportUK country report: Legislation: The waiting game
The UK’s Pension Schemes Bill has been delayed by elections in December and now by COVID-19
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Country ReportGermany & Austria: Do social partners pensions have a future?
The implementation of social partner pensions between employer and trade unions has yet to take off
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Country ReportGermany & Austria: ESG and alternatives rise up the agenda
German pension funds are embracing ESG and alternative assets in the search for improved yield
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Country ReportAustria: Time to step up
The new coalition government faces a difficult challenge in delivering long-anticipated occupational pension reform
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Country ReportNetherlands: Still searching for yields
Dutch pension funds are looking towards illiquid assets as they search for returns in the challenging low-interest-rate environment
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Country ReportNetherlands: A sector holding its collective breath
A tripartite steering group involving experts, stakeholders and government is trying to come up with a new concept for pension plans
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Country ReportNetherlands: Funds delay trouble
Crucial decisions loom for Dutch pension funds as low rates bite hard
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Country ReportIreland's pensions: All set for big changes
2020 will have to be a busy year if the Irish government is to meet its ambitious targets
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Country ReportIAPF view: A disappointing year
There has been little progress in pension reforms or IORP II implementation as the government has been distracted by Brexit
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Regulation: The path to partnership reform
Reform to limited partnership legislation should make Ireland more attractive as a domicile for private market investments
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Country ReportDB funding: Funding woes continue
Volatile financial markets and legislative uncertainty continue to cause headaches
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Country ReportPoland: Auto-enrolment off to a slow start
Disappointing take-up in first phase of auto-enrolment pension plan
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Country ReportBaltic private equity: Faith in the new
BaltCap is championing business integration in the Nordic and Baltic economies
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Country ReportEstonia: Reforms face opposition
Proposals designed to strengthen the Estonian first pillar are proving controversial
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Country ReportRomania: Still under threat
Political decisions have damaged Romania’s second-pillar system. How will it respond to a change of government and a bullish stock exchange?
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Country ReportRussia puts a spotlight on pension age
Low levels of trust in financial services have scuppered plans to reform the pension system
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Country ReportDenmark: Fresh blood replaces the obsolete
Consolidation has reduced consumer choice within the commercial pensions sector, but it has encouraged two labour market funds to fill the void
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Country ReportDenmark: A philanthropic fund
Lars Wallberg, chief executive of Velliv Association, describes how its unique structure brings advantages over conventional pension funds
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Country ReportIceland: A dominant force
Pension funds dominate the Icelandic capital markets gobbling up opportunities
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Country ReportIceland: Brand new opportunities
Icelandic pension funds are being courted as a potential source of funds for infrastructure projects
