Austria: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis

Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in Austria from our award-winning journalists.

Austrian pension funds to lose 7.5% in asset value due to climate risks

2023-11-13T11:48:00+00:00

The result of this year’s stress test is an improvement from last year’s test showing a 10% loss in asset value.

Austrian Pensionskassen returns slow down in Q3

2023-10-24T08:30:00+01:00

Pension schemes will ‘continue to rely on their diversification strategies to achieve solid long-term results for their beneficiaries’, says association

Austrian VBV increases fixed income exposure

2023-10-13T14:39:00+01:00

The group’s Pensionskasse and Vorsorgekasse will also expand private markets investments

Germany & Austria: Do social partners pensions have a future?

April 2020 (Magazine)

The implementation of social partner pensions between employer and trade unions has yet to take off

Pension funds commit to first AllianzGI’s cross-asset private markets strategy

2023-10-10T13:37:00+01:00

Going forward, the main priorities are infrastructure and the energy transition, says the firm

APK Pensionskasse holds equity strategy, while eyeing private debt

2023-09-25T14:54:00+01:00

APK plans to further develop its sustainable investment approach in the fourth quarter of this year

Austrian provident funds see spike in AUM to €17.5bn in H1

2023-09-20T12:35:00+01:00

The pension funds recorded a positive return of between 1.37% and 5.74% between 2019 to 2021

Austrian asset managers flock to equity, sustainable funds in H1

2023-09-18T10:55:00+01:00

Assets under management this year totalled approximately €207.6bn

Austria sees Q2 uplift in pension fund assets

2023-09-11T14:42:00+01:00

In Q2 Austrian pension funds increased allocations to bonds by 0.49%, to loans by 0.05%, and to equities by 1.68%

Austria: Pension industry faces an indifferent government

Top 1000 Pension Funds 2023

Reforms look likely to be on hold until after federal elections in 2024

Allianz Austrian pension funds turn to impact investment funds

2023-08-30T11:25:00+01:00

In real estate and infrastructure the Vorsorgekasse excludes investments in fossil fuel companies

APK Pensionskasse tactically increases allocation to alternatives

2023-08-25T14:43:00+01:00

Alternatives now make up 12% of APK’s investment portfolio

DACH roundup: German portfolio managers lose ground

2023-08-22T12:58:00+01:00

Plus: Swiss scheme to increase bond investments; BaFin strips asset management licence fom Adrealis; German pension dashboard adds three providers

Bonus Pensionskasse to push for impact investments

2023-08-03T13:44:00+01:00

The fund also adjusted its business continuity management to include a ‘blackout’ scenario

Austria’s politicians are too timid to make decisions, says VBV’s Schiendl

July/August 2023 (Magazine)

Austrian institutional investors believe that both national and European Union politics are impeding the evolution of the occupational pensions market.