All Country Report articles – Page 20
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Country ReportFiduciary managers back performance reporting standard
IC Select’s guidelines come amid unprecedented regulatory pressure on fiduciary providers
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Country ReportPLSA warns CMA against adding to ‘crowded trustee guidance space’
Competition watchdog also considering measures to inform trustees about switching costs
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Country ReportConsultants steering trustees towards own fiduciary services, says CMA
Competition watchdog admits that it is ‘not straightforward to say how the practices might impact competition’
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Headwinds and tailwinds
Germany’s latest pension reform comes at a time when Brussels and EIOPA are presenting unwelcome challenges
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Country ReportGermany: A pensions transition
Insurance companies have to re-define their role in a world in which guarantees are too expensive. But in German pensions they have to keep promises given in the past
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Country ReportESG moves unsettle
The European Commission’s plan to increase sustainable investment is a mixed bag
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BRSG: Scramble for German DC
A new occupational pension framework without guarantees has stirred up an already complex industry and most of its stakeholders are still playing their cards close to their chest
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Austria: Something completely different?
A new approach to reform may boost Pensionskassen, which lack broad appeal despite good returns
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Country ReportRevised fee structure helps Russian funds’ long-term investments
Russia passes law on fee structure and introducing fiduciary responsibilities
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Country ReportCMA finds evidence of poor competition in consultants sector
Trustees, as customers, are not getting necessary information to judge value for money, says competition watchdog
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Fiduciary management: Foreign fiduciaries struggle
Pension funds’ changing requirements are having a profound effect on the market for fiduciary management
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New system: A spring deadline
Despite appearances to the contrary, a compromise on a future retirement system may be close
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DB transfers: Freedom under fire
Three years after its introduction, the liberation of pensions savings has been marred by accounts of poor advice and scams
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Collective DC: Let's not go Dutch
The experience of collective defined schemes in the Netherlands illustrates shortcomings
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Collective DC: Lukewarm response to CDC consultation
Only 36 entities made a submission to the select committee, and some influential UK names are absent
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Country ReportDutch pensions: IT is a bottleneck
Antiquated IT systems stand in the way of an overhaul of Dutch pensions
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Country ReportBelgium: Focus on risk and returns
Pension funds face lower returns and greater regulatory pressures
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Trustees: The right balance
The collapse of Carillion highlights just how difficult it is for pension fund trustees to influence the sponsoring company
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Asset allocation: Steadying the ship
Better funding positions offer Dutch pension funds a chance to increase diversification
