IPE's Germany Coverage – Page 65
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Country Report
Germany: Pooling – now in Germany
Wilhelm Gold outlines the possibilities of the Investment-KG for cross-border pension pooling
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News
BMW eliminates longevity risk with shift from DB to DC scheme
German car company moves from DB to scheme with minimum guarantees, inheritable benefits
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NewsStress tests thwarting German schemes' equity investments, experts warn
Pensionskassen admit to ‘wrong’ asset allocations, blame regulation for ‘strangling occupational pensions’
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NewsEuropean Parliament to vote on Portability Directive before elections
Pension head of Germany’s BASF plan sees directive as ‘dispensable, unattractive’
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German industry fears IORP II will be 'stab in heart' for company schemes
Social Ministry to do ‘everything possible’ to prevent directive from weakening occupational pensions
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Pension funds for DAX companies unfit for future challenges – survey
German companies further diversifying schemes’ allocations, Towers Watson survey shows
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NewsShareholders in Germany's IVG narrowly approve insolvency plan
All creditors – but only half of shareholders – approve real estate company’s debt/equity swap plans
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Amundi sets growth targets with market expansion, mid-size acquisitions
French manager to open offices in Sweden, Netherlands, targets institutionals
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Dutch, German companies taking good care of UK pension funds – study
UK DB scheme with Dutch sponsor is 9 percentage points better funded than FTSE 350 average
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NewsPension funds for companies on Germany's DAX index return 5%
Drops in discount rate halt for first time since 2008, boosting funding levels
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NewsGerman institutionals should reconsider REITs, industry expert says
Real estate investment trusts should be considered asset class in own right, Dirk Söhnholz says
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German institutionals' hands tied on risk increases, survey shows
Respondents looking for risk-management tools similar to those seen in UK, US
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UK institution backs Invesco’s pan-European long-lease strategy
Fund manager acquires €80m German hotel portfolio for new client
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NewsGermany's IVG heads for debt/equity swap, restructuring
Creditors to decide on real estate company’s court-approved recovery plan at end of March
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German savings banks look to offload real estate giant Corpus Sireo
Company has become ‘too international’ for local savings banks, owners say
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Fund managers expect anaemic euro-zone growth until 2019 – Towers Watson
One-third of managers have high expectations for US equity, real estate
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Swedish institutionals take dim view of Volkswagen's Scania bid
AMF, AP4 suggest bid fails to consider company’s true long-term value
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LCP warns of 'balance sheet surprises' on global mortality calculations
Varying mortality assumptions hiding 'true cost' of corporate pension impact on balance sheet
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FTT backers push forward as institutions respond with damning letter
German, French finance ministers meet to discuss implementation
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PensionDanmark invests DKK2.9bn in North Sea wind-power grid
Joint investment with Dutch company TenneT forms part of labour-market fund’s shift to ‘stable alternatives’
