All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 20
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News
Switzerland's AHV drops soft commodities due to 'political sensitivity'
First-pillar fund’s future commodity investments to include energy, precious metals only
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Definition change leads to surge in Swiss schemes' alternatives allocations
New regulation almost triples allocation to asset class at MPK
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NewsSwiss pension plans see liabilities rise by 4% in 2015
Swiss interest rates dropped by further 25 basis points in first quarter according to Towers Watson study
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pensionskassen keep calm under negative rate storm
Switzerland has not seen negative rates since the 1970s, years before the creation of the current BVG second-pillar system
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NewsAustria introduces stress tests, ratings rules for pension funds
New risk-management directive also covers derivatives
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Country Report
Asset Management Costs: Effects of transparency
The requirement to publish total expense ratios in the annual reports of Swiss Pensionskassen is changing the market
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Country Report
Altersvorsorge 2020: An ageing reform package
Switzerland’s system of direct democracy is complicating the debate about pensions reform
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News
Allianz becomes sole owner of Austrian Vorsorgekasse
Austrian bank BAWAG sells share in provident fund that claims around one-sixth of severance pay fund market
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Azerbaijan pension project doomed to fail without 'mandatory element'
Latvian expert warns of lack of long-term saving tradition in former Soviet republic
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Look at pension arrangements not IORPs, AAE tells EIOPA
Actuarial association warns against applying single discount rate to all pension funds
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Proposals would make German pensions a 'distribution model' for insurers
Government plans to include insurers in new collective schemes would decimate traditional pension funds, industry group warns
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German regulator reveals results of local stress tests for pension funds
Solvency levels increase year on year despite low-interest-rate environment, BaFin says
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NewsNAPF 'regrets' EIOPA decision to press ahead with stress tests
UK pension fund association will still ask members to participate to achieve ‘solid data’
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NewsHBS 'interesting' but not yet ready for use – Actuarial Association of Europe
AAE welcomes inclusion of DC plans in EIOPA stress tests
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Stress tests should not be based on 'something hypothetical'
PensionsEurope says EIOPA assessment to provide only ‘snap-shot picture’ of European pensions industry
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German companies reluctant to provide data to EIOPA, aba warns
German pension association sees fears over Solvency II for IORPs ‘confirmed’
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Special Report
Credit: Standardising European Private Placements
One way to bring investors to the projects that are willing to pay sufficient yields might be a pan-European private placement market
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Special Report
Credit: Private Placements in Germany
Germany has one of the longest established private placement markets in Europe, but bank lending is still dominating the finance arena
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Features
Swiss troubled by negative 10-year bond yields
Institutional investors in Switzerland are far from happy their government has issued the first 10-year bond in Europe with a negative rate
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Real assets, bonds boost performance at Swiss pension fund APK
Swiss schemes concerned about ‘lean years’ ahead
