All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 40
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NewsGerman pension fund slammed for 98% bond allocation
GERMANY – Scheme for province of Brandenburg draws fire for exposure to peripheral EU member states.
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NewsSwiss pension funds recover in H1, but 'reforms still needed'
SWITZERLAND – Pension funds return 3.5% on average over first half of year.
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NewsPensions reform bill passes Slovakian parliament
SLOVAKIA – Re-elected prime minister's bill to roll back some of predecessor's changes.
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Swiss pensions industry wants lower conversion rate, no investment limits
SWITZERLAND – Two-thirds of stakeholders want rate for calculating pension payouts cut further.
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NewsDAX pension schemes' funding improves despite low rates
GERMANY – Listed company's average funding grows from 54% to 66% in 2011, says Towers Watson.
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NewsNorth Rhine-Westphalia pension fund to boost real estate, infrastructure [Amended]
EUROPE – €10bn NAEV to increase exposure to markets outside Germany with new partner Aberdeen.
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NewsGerman institutionals have catching up to do on new strategies – Söhnholz
GERMANY – Strategies such as absolute return, smart beta and SRI still 'underrepresented'.
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NewsSlovakia set to lower second pillar contributions, backtrack on reforms
SLOVAKIA – Re-elected prime minister to overturn predecessor's abolition of guaranteed pensions.
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NewsDeficits at Swiss company pension funds almost double in 2011
SWITZERLAND – Funding gap at top listed companies increases from CHF13bn to CHF23bn.
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Austria's Valida snaps up Siemens pension fund, severance pay assets
AUSTRIA - Austrian branch of technology giant sells more than €800m in company pension fund assets.
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NewsGloor lawyers offer part-admission of guilt, 30 months in prison
Final verdict in case against BVK's former head of asset management not expected until September.
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Gloor admits to taking bribes, faces six years in prison – NZZ
Swiss BVK’s former head of asset management concedes to having ‘taken wrong path’ in his life.
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Swiss pension fund SBB buys parent company's mortgage business
Acquisition from country’s federal railway company more than doubles mortgage portfolio.
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Swiss roundup: BVK trial, ASIP, Fatca
Thomas Leupin found guilty of embezzling funds from Swiss public pension fund BVK.
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NewsSwiss roundup: BVK, Pegeba, artax Fide Consult
Zurich's BVK selects UBS to run masterfund structure designed to boost governance.
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NewsAustria forced to roll back rules governing severance pay funds
EUROPE – European Court of Justice says domicile restrictions contravene free movement of capital.
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NewsSolvency II could encourage risk-taking at 'wrong time'
Deloitte Switzerland actuary says new regulation could give rise to 'bad incentives'.
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NewsGerman pension fund BVV to adopt unisex tariffs in light of court ruling
ECJ ruled in March 2011 that any insurance-based pensions contract must be calculated on unisex basis.
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NewsDeutsche Bank, Guggenheim end negotiations over RREEF sale
Parties 'unable to agree on terms' for German bank's real estate subsidiary.
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NewsSwiss BVK fraud case not due to regulatory oversight – prosecutor
Alleged fraud possible because of official's 'exceptionally influential position' at scheme.
