All IORP II articles – Page 2
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Special Report
Ireland: IORP implementation prompts consolidation
Ireland’s pensions trade body warns that many smaller schemes will be unable to meet the requirements of IORP II, accelerating the move to master trusts
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News
Ireland’s Pensions Authority issues compliance of master trusts report
Authority has issued individual letters to master trusts and expects trustee boards and advisers to consider findings and evaluate own practices
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News
Diversity, fiduciary ‘impact’ duty and more on EIOPA IORP II review task list
European Commission’s call for advice finally lands in EIOPA’s inbox
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News
EIOPA chair hopes IORP II review will cover diversity considerations
Petra Hielkema also expresses desire to ‘give something back’ to industry due to enhanced data collection
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News
France’s UMR to incorporate as new pension fund vehicle
A dedicated pensions mutual, UMR considers the FRPS regime to be better suited to it as a long-term actor
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News
Irish regulator: ‘Considerable consolidation’ likely needed for IORP II
Pensions Authority sets out strategy statement for 2022-2024
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Country Report
Revised code of practice beds in
Ireland’s Pensions Authority published its revised code of practice for occupational pension scheme trustees last November, to a lukewarm reception. After a lukewarm response, trustees are getting to grips with what is required of them
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Country Report
Challenges await after a year of policy change
Reform of the Irish pensions system is in motion with policies set out last year
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Country Report
Country Report – Pensions in Ireland (February 2022)
Ireland’s new trustee code is bedding in following its publication last autumn. The code aligns Ireland with IORP II, with rules on governance, administration, controls, DB management and ‘fit and proper’ requirements.
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News
Norwegian PFs ready for IORP II regs despite extra costs, says lobby chief
National regulation, not EU rules, is biggest challenge for Norwegian pension funds, says Christer Drevsjø
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Features
Briefing: Unfinished business on IORP II
Almost three years on from the effective date for the implementation of IORP II, the directive is still being worked on, amended and adapted by Europe’s regulators. What will 2022 bring for the regulation of the EU’s pension funds?
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News
EC confirms ‘quite some delay’ in IORP II review
Didier Millerot, head of insurance and pensions unit, gave an overview of EC pension initiatives at a conference yesterday
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News
Folksam carves out new company from life division for IORP conversion
Group says Folksam Tjänste will take over occupational pension activities from Folksam Liv
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News
Irish pensions regulator unveils revised code for IORP II era
Risk management said to be at core of new code
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News
Denmark’s IPD to join PensionsEurope as EU pensions politics heats up
More important than ever that regs safeguard Danish pension model, says Kent Damsgaard
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News
EIOPA opines on costs, DC risk management despite resistance
Finalised guidance for national supervisors includes controversial broadening of DC definition
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News
Germany added to Sanofi pension fund in Belgium cross-border first
‘This will open doors for other multinational corporations,’ says Aon
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News
Danish pensions lobby slams EC for selling Solvency II measures as relief
European Commission presents package of rules on solvency for insurance companies, claiming they free up €90bn of capital
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News
Irish regulator: DC consolidation ‘fundamental’ to improving system
Regulator sets out interpretation of implications of recent changes to legislation arising from IORP II
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News
European pensions sector bemoans overreach in EIOPA costs, DC opinions
OPSG, PensionsEurope and Insurance Europe respond to a pair of draft opinions from EIOPA