All articles by Barbara Ottawa – Page 45
-
NewsAsip attacks Swiss plans to 'sweeten' conversion-rate cut
Pension fund association rejects using first pillar to compensate for additional cuts.
-
NewsFair-Finance tops Austrian severance fund ranking
Consultancy firm Dr Roger Emmet places Fair-Finance at the top of Vorsorgekassen ranking.
-
NewsAustria's pension association rounds on risk pool limits
Austrian pension association criticises higher pension pooling limits, but welcomes new law.
-
NewsInstitutions account for 75% of SRI investment in Germany, Austria
Switzerland, with largest share of assets, sees nearly 60% administered for retail clients.
-
NewsAustria unveils revised pension fund law after protracted negotiations
Draft law aims to broaden member options, but critics say it will increase costs, red tape.
-
NewsDeutsche Bank considering 'all options' in review of asset management unit
GERMANY – Review will not include DWS operations in Europe and Asia, being a 'core part' of retail offering.
-
NewsSwiss pension funds 'struggling' to cover investment risk
Aon Hewitt says underfunded accounts putting 'entire second-pillar system' at risk.
-
NewsGerman roundup: Allianz, SD-M, Towers Watson, DAX
GERMANY – German pension funds apply SRI only to real estate, private equity and equity funds.
-
NewsIPE Awards: Pension funds should see repackaged debt as 'opportunity'
CREATE-Research's Amin Rajan says eventual sell-off of European debt could be indiscriminate.
-
NewsFunding levels at typical Swiss 'benchmark' pension fund falling
Funding drops by 9% quarter on quarter, according to Towers Watson.
-
News
Euro risk mechanism has been 'working' since January at pension fund AHV
CEO at Swiss scheme points out that any exit from euro-zone would not happen ‘overnight’.
-
NewsCanton of Zurich to inject €1.7bn into Swiss BVK pension fund
Local government recommends lower minimum interest rate instead of higher recovery contributions.
-
NewsSwiss newspaper sued for information leak on pensions corruption probe
Tages-Anzeiger sued for revealing details on alleged corruption scandal at Swiss BVK.
-
.jpg)
NewsGermany's BVK untroubled by peripheral European countries' woes
GERMANY – Head of asset management says fund 'hit' by turbulence, but puts faith in diversification.
-
NewsGerman SME interest in occupational pensions at 'all-time high'
GERMANY – Since 2004, interest has grown from 15% to more than 25%, according to YouGovPsychonomics.
-
NewsGerman pension funds sticking with asset allocations despite poor returns – survey
GERMANY – Regulatory, market uncertainty trumps meagre earnings rate on DB assets of just 4.3%.
-
News'Only ECJ' can clear up questions over gender ruling for pensions
Uncertainty remains over whether ruling applies only to new contracts, or on-book assets.
-
NewsSwitzerland sets interest rate minimum at 1.5% for second pillar
Government follows advice of occupational pensions commission to cut rate for 2012.
-
NewsPension schemes overpaying for alternatives, experts say
Alternatives comprise 7% of investments, but 37% of costs, according to c-alm.
-
IP Asia
Asian debt coming into focus
Investors should consider Asia first when structuring their bond portfolio and get rid of the notion of emerging market debt being junk, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Barbara Ottawa reports
