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NewsAP Pension won less business in 2020 amid ‘fierce’ competition
Firm reveals fall in one-off contributions, such as transfers, to DKK6.3bn from DKK7.6bn in 2019
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Allianz plans €860m infra investments in Germany, Portugal
The investor will deploy €700m in fibre optic services and €160m in a natural gas distribution network
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Metallrente expands insurance consortium for workers protection
Public insurer VKB has generated premium income totalling €8.7bn in 2019
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UK regulator announces interim regime for DB superfunds
Guidance opens the door for market in new commercial consolidation options
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Denmark's PFA unveils new three-year game plan
Danish pensions giant returns nearly €8bn but loses heavily on heath and accident insurance
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Dutch scheme transfers individual DC plan to insurer ASR
Continuing the IDC plan would not benefit the pension fund or its active participants
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Survey: Insurers anticipate few asset allocation shifts for 2020
Natixis IM: Real estate and alternatives an exception, but regulations limiting moves in this area
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Further French IORP vehicle on the cards as Austerlitz seeks switch
Provident institution Austerlitz takes up opportunity to transform status
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EIOPA turns to external researchers for help with big questions
Call for research proposals launched in response to growing importance of pension and insurance sectors
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Rothesay Life to raise £500m in preparation for DB insurance deals
Plus: Legal & General has insured a UK law firm’s £35m scheme, transferring from its fiduciary management business
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One third of European insurers expect to cut number of external asset managers
Only €100bn-plus firms foresee an increase in manager numbers in the next one or two years, according to Cerulli Associates research
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High Court blocks £12bn Prudential-Rothesay annuities transfer
Unusual judgement could increase insurer appetite for pension buy-ins or buyouts, says expert
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Cadbury Mondelēz takes a bite out of liabilities with £520m buy-in
Deal with Rothesay Life is pension scheme’s second buy-in in 10 years as insurers process busy pipeline of de-risking transactions
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Chemical company scheme secures €820m insurance deal with NN Group
Chemours has transferred roughly 3,000 deferred members to insurer Nationale-Nederlanden, while active members will be moved to an APF
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British Steel buyout ‘could affect pension insurance market capacity’
British Steel Pension Scheme trustees are reportedly in early stage talks regarding a pension risk transfer deal to secure the pensions of its 81,000 members
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L&G launches blockchain-based pension insurance platform [updated]
Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to develop a blockchain-based pension risk transfer process, dubbed Estua-re
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Actuaries: Different discount rates for pension funds and insurers ‘illogical’
Dutch pension schemes’ funding ratio would rise by 6 percentage points on average if schemes were allowed to apply insurers’ discount rate
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BaFin approves sale of Generali life insurance arm to Viridium
Members’ interests “sufficiently safeguarded” in takeover, says supervisor
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PGGM to invest €880m in specialist reinsurer
Joint venture with RenaissanceRe targets US property
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‘ESG will not happen’ if Solvency II comes to pension funds: Leppälä
Risk-based capital requirements would limit sustainability-supportive investments, PensionsEurope claims
