All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 43
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NewsReport applauds development of German companies' approach to remuneration
GERMANY – Report on executive pay says financial crisis, legal changes have increased transparency.
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NewsGerman pension funds more interested in infrastructure than real estate
GERMANY – €53bn BVK scheme loses appetite for most property assets as prices 'rally extremely'.
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NewsAustria's APK sees 'opportunities' in fixed income arbitrage
AUSTRIA – 'Politically motivated' bond-market distortions creating opportunities, managing director says.
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NewsHungarian pension funds ask second-pillar savers for 'donations'
Local schemes worry second-pillar system cannot survive without 'voluntary donations'.
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NewsVBV revamps hedge funds to avoid 'virtually dead' FOFs
AUSTRIA – Austrian scheme creates local bond, equity portfolios to provide debt financing.
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NewsAustria's Valida makes first foray into 'social infrastructure'
AUSTRIA – Scheme to take over loan for energy provider and invest in companies that manage nursing homes.
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NewsDeutsche Bank, Guggenheim in 'exclusive' talks over asset management business
US-based manager interested in 'whole package' of Deutsche Bank AM subsidiaries.
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NewsSwiss pension funds remain flat in 2011, returning 0% on average
Returns boosted by performance of bonds and real estate, pension fund association says.
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Czech pension funds return 2% in run-up to system reform
CZECH REPUBLIC – On average, funds allocated 90% of portfolios to bonds and just 3% to equities in 2011.
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NewsAustria's fair-finance fund returns 10% using sustainable bond strategy
AUSTRIA – New severance pay fund outperforms competitors by nearly 10 percentage points.
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NewsSecond German pension fund thinking to apply responsible investment charter
GERMANY – North Rhine-Westphalia scheme awaiting review of UN's SRI principles.
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NewsErste Bank closes second-pillar pensions business in Hungary
Bank says recent regulatory changes made profitable operations 'impossible'.
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NewsFixed income return cancels out equity losses as Swiss pension fund AHV
Scheme to increase hedge on yen, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars to 100%.
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NewsPatrizia snaps up LBBW Immo on behalf of European pension funds
GERMANY – Swiss, Swedish and German pension schemes acquire €1.3bn residential property portfolio.
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NewsGerman company pension plans see funding levels drop
GERMANY – Model DAX plan is 63.4% funded at end of 2011 – a 2.4 percentage point drop.
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NewsGermany's Universal buys SEB master KAG
GERMANY – Sale for undisclosed sum follows BaFin licence for Universal to manage hedge funds.
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NewsParticipants unconvinced by 'German-style' DC schemes
GERMANY – Towers Watson survey shows German workers have reservations about taking on more risk.
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NewsEurobonds should be long-term, 'even permanent', solution
ICMA says bonds should not be seen as 'crisis instrument', but part of permanent vehicle.
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NewsSwiss pension funds showing increasing interest in Ethos Engagement Pool
EEP members currently manage more than CHF112bn in assets, one-fifth of funds in second pillar.
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Swiss pension fund BVK drops Complementa as part of restructuring
Move part of recovery measures scheme must implement before being released from state control.
