All articles by Barbara Ottawa
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NewsUniqa opens up asset management capabilities to third-party clients
Its regulatory resilience gives it a competitive edge in offering outsourced solutions to other institutional clients, says managing director Andreas Bertl
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NewsSwiss collective pension funds gain ground, but individualisation threatens solidarity
Consolidation trend among smaller schemes continues: number of Swiss Pensionskassen falls dramatically – from 4,000 in the 1990s to just over 1,300 today
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NewsAustria edges closer to pension reforms, but impact may be limited
Austria’s long-debated ‘Generalpensionskassenvertrag’ could finally be implemented this year
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NewsAustrian banks add pension contribution increase to collective agreement
For years, the minimum rate for employer pension contributions was set at 2.70%, but now an increase by 0.15 percentage points is being negotiated
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NewsVBV launches new life cycle model to target younger employees
The pension fund is talking to all company members to amend their contracts to include a lifecycle model with automatic enrolment and an opt-out option
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NewsAustria’s pension funds deliver 7.8% for 2024
Last year’s returns marked the best result in the last four years after 6.4% in 2023 and a significantly negative return of -9.7% in 2022
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Analysis
CEE: pension plans still not integral to employment benefits
Although the region has no tradition of employer pension responsibility, some countries are starting to see the introduction of occupational schemes
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NewsWhat’s next for Austria on pensions policy
‘A reform of the pension system and a rapid expansion of company pension schemes is essential for the economy,’ says Andreas Zakostelsky
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Special ReportAustria: Waiting for politics to get serious about pensions
With elections looming, Austrian politicians are not making pensions a priority
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NewsAustrian pension funds see AUM soar by 3.03%
FMA’s latest quarterly report shows that Pensionskassen AUM for Q1 2024 stood at €27.18bn, having increased by €800m
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NewsSwiss supervisor calls for more tailored regulation for collective schemes
The possibility for conflicts of interest is higher and they need more governance, says OAK BV president
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NewsNew head for Austria’s pension advisory board after three-year vacancy
Christine Mayrhuber took over the position this month from its former head Walter Pöltner
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NewsAustrian hotels partner with VBV to offer occupational pensions to workers
Association is convinced that occupational pension offers – which are still rare in Austria in general and in the tourism industry in particular – will help attract more staff
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NewsAustria sees slow closure of first pillar gender pension gap
Self-employed women in Austria are worse-off when retiring than employed women
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News€10bn Swiss pension fund seeks new head
LUPK posted returns of 5.1% in 2023, beating its internal benchmark
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NewsSustainability is becoming more expensive, say Austrian pension funds
‘We have been ‘living’ sustainability for a while now but it is costing more and more money,’ says Bundespensionskasse board member
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NewsBaltic institutions suffer minor hiccup with BaltCap infrastructure investment
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has now become involved in a possible case of embezzlement at BaltCap
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NewsAustria’s largest pension fund reports performance range of 5% to 7.5%
‘We want to break with the tradition of boiling all our different strategies and risk models down to one figure,’ says Günther Schiendl
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NewsAustrian pensions veteran calls on industry to support PensionsEurope
Johannes Ziegelbecker said SFDR, DORA and FIDA were ‘horizontal legislations’
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NewsIPE Conference: Asset managers urged to implement diversity policies
More diversity on decision-making panels leads to better investment decision and even outperformance of peers
