IPE's Germany Coverage – Page 68
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Germany: A wish list
Nina Röhrbein asked the German pensions industry what it wants for the occupational pension sector
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Germany: Forced into strategic moves
Occupational pension funds are adapting their investment strategies to continuing low-interest rates and the impending IORP Directive. Nina Röhrbein reports
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Germany: A study of dream versus reality
Spezialfonds investors would ideally like greater exposure to higher-returning real estate, alternatives and equity, according to Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig and Clemens Schuerhoff
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Germany: We have a few questions
As far as the IORP II quantitative impact study is concerned, the German occupational pension sector does not know what it is good for. Barbara Ottawa reports
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NewsDAX pension funds return 10% yet see liabilities grow
GERMANY – Defined benefit obligations increase from €256bn to record high of €311bn.
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Debate over discount rate for pensions divides experts
EUROPE – Experts reject consultancies’ call for discount rate based on expected returns.
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NewsMomentum in Germany's second-pillar pension system slows – report
GERMANY – Government report says system has developed 'positively', but erratically.
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Special ReportGerman Asset Management: End of the KAG
A new draft law proposes placing KAGs under a new framework, writes Till Entzian. The industry’s challenge will be to retain the identity and reputation of the Spezialfonds
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German Asset Management: Risky bond business
The euro-zone crisis has reminded German pension funds that bonds carry risk, as Nigel Cresswell and Alexander Zanker explain
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German Asset Management: A quiet revolution
Nina Röhrbein speaks to one of the asset managers trying to introduce fiduciary management to Germany
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Fiduciary Management: Trust and mistrust
Dutch pension provision is losing touch with its history of trust, aided and abetted by the DNB, writes Brendan Maton
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Special ReportFiduciary Management: A catalyst for growth
Increasing scrutiny by financial directors of UK pension arrangements will promote fiduciary management as a future savings solution, as Nigel Birch explains
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German Asset Management: In the market for advice
Nina Röhrbein reviews trends in German institutional asset management, noting increasing demand for advice
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NewsDAX pension schemes' funding improves despite low rates
GERMANY – Listed company's average funding grows from 54% to 66% in 2011, says Towers Watson.
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NewsGerman employees demand better pension plans, finds Towers Watson survey
GERMANY – Survey also finds nearly 75% of respondents willing to contribute towards retirement savings.
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NewsGerman pension fund BVV boosts reserves by 7% after returning 3.3% in 2011
GERMANY – Strong performance enables scheme to offer members indexation of 3.5%.
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Germany: Providers of liquidity
As banks are withdrawing from project financing in real estate and infrastructure, Versorgungswerke like the BVK are stepping in and actively seeking investment partners, finds Barbara Ottawa
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Germany: Are Pensionsfonds maturing?
Klaus Stiefermann, Sabine Mahnert and Dr Cornelia Schmid argue that a few regulatory adjustments could greatly improve occupational pensions
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Germany: Two anniversaries and a critique
Mercer’s November 2011 summary of German corporate pension provision notes that “….supplementary pension plans… typically either adopt a book reserving approach, with or without segregated assets, or an insured pensions approach”. That’s diplomatic language for “not widespread with too little funding”, a situation that contributes to Germany ranking eleventh out ...
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Germany: Ten years of master KAG – an interim assessment
Clemens Schuerhoff and Hans-Jürgen Dannheisig draw on their experience in specialist consulting to assess the achievements and challenges for master KAGs in Germany
