Austria Coverage
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NewsAustrian pension funds to lose 7.5% in asset value due to climate risks
The result of this year’s stress test is an improvement from last year’s test showing a 10% loss in asset value.
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen returns slow down in Q3
Pension schemes will ‘continue to rely on their diversification strategies to achieve solid long-term results for their beneficiaries’, says association
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NewsAustrian VBV increases fixed income exposure
The group’s Pensionskasse and Vorsorgekasse will also expand private markets investments
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NewsPension funds commit to first AllianzGI’s cross-asset private markets strategy
Going forward, the main priorities are infrastructure and the energy transition, says the firm
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NewsAPK Pensionskasse holds equity strategy, while eyeing private debt
APK plans to further develop its sustainable investment approach in the fourth quarter of this year
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NewsAustrian provident funds see spike in AUM to €17.5bn in H1
The pension funds recorded a positive return of between 1.37% and 5.74% between 2019 to 2021
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NewsAustrian asset managers flock to equity, sustainable funds in H1
Assets under management this year totalled approximately €207.6bn
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NewsAustria sees Q2 uplift in pension fund assets
In Q2 Austrian pension funds increased allocations to bonds by 0.49%, to loans by 0.05%, and to equities by 1.68%
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Special ReportAustria: Pension industry faces an indifferent government
Reforms look likely to be on hold until after federal elections in 2024
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NewsAllianz Austrian pension funds turn to impact investment funds
In real estate and infrastructure the Vorsorgekasse excludes investments in fossil fuel companies
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NewsAPK Pensionskasse tactically increases allocation to alternatives
Alternatives now make up 12% of APK’s investment portfolio
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NewsDACH roundup: German portfolio managers lose ground
Plus: Swiss scheme to increase bond investments; BaFin strips asset management licence fom Adrealis; German pension dashboard adds three providers
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NewsBonus Pensionskasse to push for impact investments
The fund also adjusted its business continuity management to include a ‘blackout’ scenario
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FeaturesAustria’s politicians are too timid to make decisions, says VBV’s Schiendl
Austrian institutional investors believe that both national and European Union politics are impeding the evolution of the occupational pensions market.
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NewsDACH roundup: City of Zurich Pensionskasse bumps up alternatives
Plus: Swiss association on investments in reform process; Austrian pension funds see AUM shoot up; German Spezialfonds add green assets;
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NewsDACH roundup: German Pensionskasssen solvency progress
Plus: Consolidation in Swiss pension market continues; Austrian Vorsorgekassen AUM shoots up
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NewsDACH roundup: Austrian provident funds see boost in AUM
Plus: Lurse takes over HDI pension division; EthiFinance buys imug rating
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NewsAUM of Austrian pension funds grow to €24.35bn in last quarter of 2022
Market volatility last year led to pension funds’ overall negative performance (-9.68%), compared to a positive 9.68% in 2021
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NewsAustria sees AUM increase in real estate, private equity funds
The country’s fund industry saw assets declining by 13.2% to €200.2bn last year
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NewsValida takes cautious equity approach while increasing alternatives
The Pensionskasse closed 2022 with returns of -8.96%, while the Vorsorgekasse returned -8.5% last year
