All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 35
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NewsSwiss schemes should be allowed to 'abstain' from voting at AGMs
SWITZERLAND – Pensions industry says abstinence a form of active shareholder engagement.
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European schemes breath sigh of relief on delay of solvency rule
EUROPE – Dutch, German schemes welcomes decision to postpone pillar one in revised IORP.
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Swiss pension fund BLPK turns to voters to decide funding fate
SWITZERLAND – Pension fund for canton of Basel struggles to resolve funding problems.
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Towers Watson reveals impact of QIS on German pension funds
GERMANY – Technical reserves for Pensionsfonds soar by 50% using new solvency requirements.
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German pension fund association calls for 'breathing room' on funding
GERMANY – Germany must ‘lose fear’ of temporary underfunding, chairman says.
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Swiss schemes cut bonds, abandon securities lending
SWITZERLAND – Schemes ‘rethinking’ temporary lending of securities over risk concerns.
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NewsNAEV's Dirk Lepelmeier sets up consultancy in Düsseldorf
GERMANY – Asset manager rumoured to have left German pension fund in mid-April.
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Polish pensions industry continues to consolidate
POLAND – Local Allianz subsidiary to take over Warta pension fund, pending regulatory approval.
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NewsInternational investors return to German real estate market
GERMANY – Corestate buys €290m mixed-use portfolio as Deutsche Hypo releases market figures.
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German consultants debate new player in fiduciary management
GERMANY – Experts give lukewarm response to service still viewed with scepticism.
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NewsSwiss engagement law should apply to direct holdings only, experts say
SWITZERLAND – Legal experts say mandatory engagement should also apply only at 'certain threshold'.
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NewsSwiss ruling to create 'blacklists' for vehicles lacking transparency
SWITZERLAND – Pension funds must include cost of collective investment vehicles in annual reports.
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NewsSwiss pension fund SBB looks to introduce variable pension
SWITZERLAND – Managing director laments 'subsidisation' of pensioners by active members.
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NewsAverage public pension fund in Switzerland achieves full funding
SWITZERLAND – Rallying equity markets help Swiss schemes bolster funding, Swisscanto survey shows.
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NewsLobbyists fight plans to define German REITs as funds
GERMANY – EPRA, ZIA criticise BaFin proposals to bring G-REITs under AIFMD regime.
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NewsGerman scheme becomes first private investor in climate initiative
GERMANY – ÄVWL sets aside $30m for investment in Global Climate Partnership Fund.
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Swiss funds benefit from strong equity returns over first quarter
SWITZERLAND – Towers Watson and Credit Suisse both highlight boost from stock market investments.
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NewsAustrian funds see wide dispersion of returns despite similar portfolios
AUSTRIA – Figures compiled by Mercer show APK achieved returns twice as high as those of rival.
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NewsMetLife claims sixth of Romanian pension business following Aviva deal
ROMANIA – Merger of Aviva and MetLife's local business sees number of funds halved since 2008.
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Germany: We have a few questions
As far as the IORP II quantitative impact study is concerned, the German occupational pension sector does not know what it is good for. Barbara Ottawa reports
