All Covid-19 articles – Page 16
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EIOPA crisis words for national pension supervisors reassure
EU supervisory authority also extends IORP data reporting deadlines
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Norwegian scheme lends staff to help with jobless applications
With its own operations now back to normal, SPK offers 12 case workers to help welfare agency NAV tackle increase in unemployment benefit applications
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UK roundup: Aon on dwindling DB actuarial valuations
Plus: Barnett Waddingham on inflation and Mercer’s Financial Wellbeing hub
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Q1 pulls down Swiss corporate pension scheme funding by 7%-points
Corporate bond yield increase partially offsets asset decline
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Viewpoint: Coronabias and the fat tail
Behavioural science has done a marvellous job of pointing out the mistakes most human beings make in estimating probability
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Oil price commentary: ‘Pressure to cut global production will intensify’
Asset managers react to plunging oil prices
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Largest Dutch scheme’s investments fall almost 10% in first quarter
Funding levels plunge but schemes refuse predictions about 2021 rights cuts
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500-plus UK employers expected to delay pension deficit payments
First estimate from LCP is that around £500m will be held back
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LCP sees ‘net neutral’ COVID-19 effect on 2020 buy-in/out volumes
Consultancy estimates £25bn of deals this year
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TELA: Ageing Finland can’t afford prolonged unemployment
Suvi-Anne Siimes says a rapid economic recovery is essential for pensions financing in Finland
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Call for early withdrawals from Austrian long-term savings accounts
It is too early to say whether the current crisis could accelerate the reform of the severance pay system
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Investors urge pharmas to fight against virus
New investments in research and development should take priority in order to prevent new pandemics
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: The positive impact scorecard
The private sector is discovering positive ways to support the response to COVID-19
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COVID-19 makes Swiss occupational pension reform increasingly urgent
The coronavirus crisis has forced an extension on the reform consultation until May 29
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Crisis measures to cut Finnish pensions contribution income by €1bn
Earnings-related pension system could be hit from several angles as a result of pandemic, according to Finnish Centre for Pensions’ director
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PGGM’s impact investments are less battered by COVID-19
Its €16.5bn impact portfolio focuses on healthcare, food security, climate and water scarcity
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Consultants roundup: Isio estimates 8.7% drop in Q1 retirement pot
Plus: Hymans Robertson Foundation launches hardship fund for charities
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German pensions lifeboat preps for insolvencies burden amid reform
PSVaG insures around €345bn of liabilities in Germany and Luxembourg, covering some 11.1 million beneficiaries
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Finnish employers apply for maximum pension contributions delay
Response means firms see no early easing of coronavirus predicament, says insurance director
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PPF DB index funding level dips 0.7 percentage points in March
114 more schemes are in deficit than at the end of February, according to new UK DB lifeboat fund figures