All IORPs articles – Page 5
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NewsUK trade union warns of government hijacking LGPS asset pools
Unison sees risk of government being able to direct investments
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NewsEuropean Parliament agrees 'practicable, proportionate' IORP draft
PensionsEurope, responsible investment groups welcome draft
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NewsMEPs warned against backing full funding ahead of IORP II vote
UK employee association calls on parliamentarians to avoid ‘considerable’ costs associated with full funding
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NewsIORP rapporteur rewrites own draft on cross-border pension funds
Irish MEP clarifies full-funding requirements to avoid accidental capture of scheme mergers, accrual changes
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NewsEC urges governments to step up promotion of second-pillar savings
Commissioner Marianne Thyssen says more can be done to highlight ‘economic’ benefits of supplementary savings
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NewsNAPF warns of cross-border funding changes' 'unintended consequences'
Amendments proposed by rapporteur Brian Hayes risk capturing schemes undergoing restructuring, warns NAPF
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NewsIORP rapporteur seeks to stop introduction of holistic balance sheet
Draft report by Brian Hayes proposes changes to weaken power of EIOPA, European Commission to impose technical standards
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NewsAPK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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News‘No support’ for solvency agenda in IORP II, rapporteur says
Irish MEP says EU should be unapologetic for creating gold standard in legislation, concedes cross-border funding rules need revisiting
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NewsBudget shift forces EIOPA to cut back work on risk frameworks, solvency
European regulator scales back advice to Commission on IORP II development, work on pensions transferability
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NewsIORP Directive must tackle gender inequality, MEP warns
Report says board members, people in key positions must have ‘sense of gender issues’
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NewsIORP rapporteur urges Brussels to back pensions working group
Draft report by Dutch MEP calls for greater emphasis on rollout of second-pillar systems
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NewsEIOPA considers action over ‘unsuitable’ DC investment options
Supervisor flags up review of IORP Directive to include better links between investment approach, needs of members
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NewsEuropean pension funds reject HBS 'undermined by its own flexibility'
Industry groups give damning response to holistic balance sheet consultation, questioning its viability and necessity
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NewsActuaries raise alarm over ability to transfer pension assets cross border
Association says companies will be ‘extremely reluctant to invest’ with cross-border transfer veto in place
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Features
Focus on pension funds’ social purpose
One of the most important victories during the recent bargaining process over the revised IORP Directive is related to the fundamental nature of pension institutions.
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NewsBrussels pledges to cut regulation to attract infrastructure capital
Publication of 2015 Work Programme sees revised IORP Directive retained, emphasis on removal of regulatory hurdles to infrastructure investment
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NewsPensionsEurope welcomes Commission plans to retain IORP Directive
Association would not have been in favour of dropping revised Directive due to improvements made by Council of the EU
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NewsEuropean Commission to push ahead with revised IORP Directive
Draft Commission work programme fails to list IORP Directive among 80 proposals earmarked for modification or withdrawal
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NewsIPE Views: In praise of EIOPA
Towers Watson’s Mark Dowsey offers some rather qualified praise for EIOPA’s efforts to date
