All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 27
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News
EIOPA committee chairman confirms 2015 'stress tests' for IORPs
Actuarial Association of Europe throws support behind capital requirements for IORPs
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NewsAustrian companies not obliged to offer pension plan choice, experts say
Employer free to offer just one company pension plan despite new law
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ECB interest rate cut tantamount to 'expropriation', says German association
VFPK chairman says move to avoid valuation corrections ‘at all costs’ comes at expense of pension savers
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NewsGerman church pension funds shift towards direct real estate
VKPB, KZVK use asset class as ‘risk buffer’ to help maintain high equity exposure
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NewsSwiss pension funds cut bond exposure to ramp up alternatives
Manor scheme allocates ‘very strongly’ towards infrastructure, hedge funds and convertibles
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Swiss watchdog laments 'rudimentary' data on pension fund risks
Vice-president at Oberaufsichtskommission questions regulator’s ability to assess pension funds’ investment risk
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Schmidt-Narischkin to take on 'holistic' role at Towers Watson Germany
Deutsche Asset Wealth Management head to join consultancy in July
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NewsGerman pension fund laments IORP II Directive's impact on costs
Pensionskasse for construction workers fears higher costs via third pillar of new EU Directive
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Country Report
Switzerland: And now for the details
Switzerland’s AV2020 reform programme remains contentious and politically charged, according to Barbara Ottawa. But some are still holding out for a depoliticisation of the process
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Country Report
Switzerland: A dying breed
Smaller companies are pulling out of pensions thanks to cost, regulation and demographics. Barbara Ottawa charts the trend
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Features
Put the trust back
Being outside the EU doesn’t mean you escape regulation. Swiss pension funds are complaining about excessive regulation – in this case, the burden is homemade and only to some extent fuelled by the financial crisis.
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NewsSwitzerland's Fisch launches fund for Pensionskasse, opens for third parties
Half of portfolio to consist initially of convertibles
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Proposed pan-European pension fund for researchers hits roadblock
Industry organisations reject European Commission plans to create European scheme for mobile researchers
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Guarantees 'strangling' Germany's Pensionskassen – Towers Watson
Consultancy says benefits actually higher without guarantee
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Austria's derivatives cap hindering would-be SRI investors, VBV warns
Severance pay funds call for more flexibility on hedging instruments, real estate investments
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NewsSwiss funds slow to consider variable pension benefits
Many funds may be waiting to test the waters before considering controversial changes to pensioner payouts
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BaFin unconcerned by stress test failure of nearly dozen Pensionskassen
Local supervisor confirms short-term risk-bearing capacity of industry, with funding level stable year-on-year
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NewsThree largest Austrian Pensionskassen increase hold on market
Austrian supervisor FMA presents figures on retirement sector showing largest funds account for three-quarters of assets
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Swiss unions brand flexible pension model 'a curse'
Model rife with legal uncertainties says union representative, despite two Pensionskassen having successfully adopted proposal
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IORP II to increase costs in German second pillar, Longial warns
German industry to struggle with European Commission’s definition of IORPs, company says
