All Country Reports – Page 23
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KLP: Awash with cash, bereft of options
Kommunale Landespensjonskasse is asset rich with a mandate to invest in more real estate, but where can it find suitable opportunities?
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Country ReportDutch transport fund to tender €25bn fiduciary management contract
Vervoer exploring new models for fiduciary management, but says it has no issues with current provider Robeco
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Country ReportUK roundup: Agreement struck on USS valuations; UK approaching peak LDI
Plus: UK approaching ‘peak LDI’; Xafinity Punter Southall calls for legal separation of consultants and fiduciary managers
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Country ReportFiduciary managers back performance reporting standard
IC Select’s guidelines come amid unprecedented regulatory pressure on fiduciary providers
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Country ReportPLSA warns CMA against adding to ‘crowded trustee guidance space’
Competition watchdog also considering measures to inform trustees about switching costs
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Country ReportConsultants steering trustees towards own fiduciary services, says CMA
Competition watchdog admits that it is ‘not straightforward to say how the practices might impact competition’
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Country ReportGermany: A pensions transition
Insurance companies have to re-define their role in a world in which guarantees are too expensive. But in German pensions they have to keep promises given in the past
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BRSG: Scramble for German DC
A new occupational pension framework without guarantees has stirred up an already complex industry and most of its stakeholders are still playing their cards close to their chest
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Headwinds and tailwinds
Germany’s latest pension reform comes at a time when Brussels and EIOPA are presenting unwelcome challenges
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Country ReportESG moves unsettle
The European Commission’s plan to increase sustainable investment is a mixed bag
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Austria: Something completely different?
A new approach to reform may boost Pensionskassen, which lack broad appeal despite good returns
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Country ReportRevised fee structure helps Russian funds’ long-term investments
Russia passes law on fee structure and introducing fiduciary responsibilities
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Country ReportCMA finds evidence of poor competition in consultants sector
Trustees, as customers, are not getting necessary information to judge value for money, says competition watchdog
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Country ReportDutch pensions: IT is a bottleneck
Antiquated IT systems stand in the way of an overhaul of Dutch pensions
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UK pensions: Looking ahead to pensions white paper
Industry commentators do not expect radical changes to retirement legislation
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Country ReportBelgium: Focus on risk and returns
Pension funds face lower returns and greater regulatory pressures
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Trustees: The right balance
The collapse of Carillion highlights just how difficult it is for pension fund trustees to influence the sponsoring company
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Collective DC: Let's not go Dutch
The experience of collective defined schemes in the Netherlands illustrates shortcomings
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Asset allocation: Steadying the ship
Better funding positions offer Dutch pension funds a chance to increase diversification
