All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 10
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Swiss pension fund portfolios ‘4°C off Paris climate agreement’
Survey identifies international diversification and lack of investments in renewable energies as key factors
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Supervisor EIOPA overstepping mark with PEPP, conference hears
Pension stakeholders agree new product proposal no old-age retirement strategy
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Swiss economist warns pension funds of overdiversification
Peter Meier says smaller pension funds need to focus on one strategy
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Former Nestlé pension chief Hadasch dies at 64
Peter Hadasch, co-founder and board member at VFPK, planned to retire in November
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Higher cost strategies outperform for Swiss Pensionskassen
Complementa study indicates simple, cheap approaches are not always successful
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CMI longevity model could cut Swiss liabilities by up to 3.5%
Swiss consultancy Libera doubts 1.25% long-term rate used in UK
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Swiss reform package rejected by people and cantons
Social minister Berset wants to start new talks following Sunday’s public poll
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Funded pensions must prop up first pillar as wages stagnate: Rürup
German pensions expert warns against either/or approach to pay-as-you-go and funded systems
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BRSG: DC plans to strengthen German system, says WTW
Analysis of future developments of German funded pensions under new legal framework
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Swiss government rejects ideas for more pension fund comparability
Government seen ‘deciding against transparency’
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Swiss legislator removes barriers to individualised high earner pensions
Amendments to 1e-plans introduce more investment options but also more risk
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Special Report
Germany: Germany goes DC
The German parliament has passed one of the most comprehensive pension reform bills in the country’s history – rendering a complex system even more intricate
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Austria: Politics distracts from pensions
Pension reforms take second place to political squabbling
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Swiss public split over pension reform as referendum looms
A month before the public vote on Altersvorsorge 2020, pension funds are trying to rally supporters
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Austria eyes second-pillar pension reform after election
Support builds for auto-enrolment and collective bargaining agreements similar to recent German reforms
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Discount rates boost German pension funding levels
Willis Towers Watson calculates better funding rate but urges reviews of current plans
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NewsDACH roundup: Austrian energy company sells pension fund
Even fewer company-operated Pensionskassen remain in Austria
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Coast clear for first German pure DC plans from 2018
Major pensions legislation will become effective after being passed by Bundesrat
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German insurance-based pension funds sceptical about BRSG
Only a quarter believe introducing DC to Germany will provide opportunities for their businesses
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FeaturesInterview: Andreas Kretschmer, former CEO of Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
When Andreas Kretschmer was recruited to the pension fund for doctors in the German province of Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) in 1992, he did not know much about pensions. But that was the whole point
