IPE's Austria Coverage – Page 10
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NewsAustria's fair-finance fund moves to decrease bond sensitivity
Country’s youngest Vorsorgekasse makes first forays into real estate, micro credit
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NewsNew chief executive at Austria's Valida to focus on Vorsorgekassen
Stefan Eberhartinger to reduce active sales of Pensionskassen contracts
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NewsFriday people roundup
KPA Pension, ShareAction, Valida, AXA Investment Managers, Standard Life Investments
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NewsValida names new CEO as Zakostelsky pursues politics
Andreas Zakostelsky to leave board of directors to focus on political career, stays head of pension association
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NewsQuantitative easing programme an 'opportunity' for Germany's BVK
German Association of Corporate Pension Funds laments impact on savers
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NewsAustrian pension funds return nearly 8% over 2014
Core European bonds, US equities main drivers of performance, says FVPK
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NewsAustrian roundup: VBV, Valida Consulting
Austrian Vorsorgekassen lower fees in competition for clients
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Features
Global rating of pension systems, interview with David Knox, Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions index
Now in its sixth year, the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index has become a yardstick for the world’s industry to assess the successes and failures of pensions policy.
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Special Report
Special Report, Fees & Costs: Winds of change
Brendan Maton reports on the anxious vigilance around costs in pension fund management, but finds progress to be frustrated and incomplete.
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NewsIPE Awards: Asset allocation key when making 'in-house' decision
Pension fund managers debate reasoning for utilising in-house investment expertise
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NewsIPE Awards: Asset managers should look at wider investment horizon (video)
Christian Böhm, chief executive at APK, speaks at the IPE Conference & Awards 2014 on pension fund, asset manager relationships
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NewsPension funds split over meaning, duration of long-termism
IPE survey reveals diverging views on definition of ‘long term’, with some citing 25 years and others just five
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NewsAsset management roundup: Swisscanto, ZKB, Amundi, Bawag PSK
Swiss cantonal bank ZKB in talks with Swisscanto over possible takeover
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NewsMelbourne Mercer deems Danish pension system best in world
Latest Melbourne Mercer report sees addition of four new European countries, with Finland seeing highest-ever score for pension integrity
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NewsAustria's Valida appoints board members to tackle admin clean-up
Stefan Eberhartinger, Albert Gaubitzer hired to increase efficiency
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NewsAustrian pension system has diversification problem, expert says
Net replacement rate set to sink to 60% as complexity in second pillar prevents broader appeal
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Special Report
Top 1000: Austria - The fight against inertia
Every Austrian born after 1955 who has accrued pension benefits in the state pension system now has a new account, the Pensionskonto. And for the first time, each citizen has also received a letter in which they are informed about their pension benefits from the first pillar pay-as-you-go scheme.
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Special Report
Top 1000: Finland - A focus on solvency and governance
Implementation of Solvency II continues apace. Wide-ranging reforms will raise the retirement age and there has been a focus on transparency following a governance scandal.
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NewsAustrian pension funds return nearly 5% over first half of 2014
Pensionskassen membership still increasing slowly, FVPK says
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NewsAustrian pensions situation shows 'limits' of IORP Directive – arithmetica
Large parts of pension promises remain unfunded in Austrian listed companies’ books
