IPE's Germany Coverage – Page 71
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Country Report
Germany: Local and global
Nina Röhrbein assesses the state of play in the German asset consulting marketplace following the merger of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt
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Country Report
Germany: A pan-German conundrum
Greater subsidiarity for the 16 German provinces could lead to a multitude of pensionprovision regulations for civil servants and significant mobility problems, finds Barbara Ottawa
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Germany: Pensions at a time of rising PSV contribution rates
Nikolaus Schmidt-Narischkin assesses the problems arising from increasing corporatecontributions to Germany’s PSV pension guarantee system
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Germany: Risk and occupational pensions
Nigel Cresswell, Wolfram Horneff and Stephan Wildner assess risk management techniques
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Germany: BilMoG reforms ring the changes
Günter Hainz and Georg Thurnes assess the implications of the new BilMoG accounting rules for pension liabilities
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Country ReportGermany: Focus on security
Frank Schnattinger outlines the results of the latest IPE-Institutional Investment survey of German institutional investors
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News
German DAX firms paid 30% more into pensions in 2009
GERMANY – DAX 30 companies' pension payments reached €9bn in 2009, compared to €6.5bn the year before, Towers Watson has calculated. Overall funding funding levels remained the same.
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German association fears contribution drop
[16:00 CET 10-12] GERMANY – The VFPK, the German association of company Pensionskassen, has warned that a government move to introduce tax advantages for employers offering shares as part of salary entitlement could divert money from occupational pension schemes.
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Bavaria freezes contribution to public pension fund
[13:30 CET 08-12] GERMANY – The Bavarian regional government is freezing the contributions to its public fund for civil servants instead of paying a promised €35m lift next year, on the back of the financial crisis.
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German employer contributions stabilise at 20%
[13:30 CET 23-11] GERMANY – The German government’s pension report for 2009 has revealed that employer contributions to pensions will remain stable at 19.9 % until 2014, despite the current economic crisis.
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Court strengthens insurance-based pension terms
[17:05 CEST 17-09] GERMANY – A German court has ruled that charging upfront fees related to setting up a life insurance contract for corporate pensions is only partly within the legal framework for occupational pensions.
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FeaturesGermany: More paperwork
Low equity exposure, strict regulations regarding guarantees and a rise in actuarial interest rates have left the German pension system relatively unscathed, according to Barbara Ottawa
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Special Report
An alternative to Spezialfonds
Liam Kennedy spoke with Universal Investment about an alternative to the Spezialfonds that could also assist Germany’s first steps towards attracting international pension pooling business
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Special Report
Case for bespoke asset management
Spezialfonds remain a preferred method of investment for institutional investors. But Till Entzian finds that the investment vehicle could be under threat from AIFM guidelines
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Features
Future foundation
Liam Kennedy discussed the investment philosophy of Germany’s VolkswagenStiftung with its CIO, Dieter Lehmann
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News
Third pillar growth unbroken by crisis
[16:15 CEST 31-07] GERMANY/AUSTRIA – Interest in third pillar savings funds has remained high even through the financial crisis, according to both the German investment association BVI and the Austrian regulator FMA.
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Union finds corporate bond Spezialfonds in demand
[16:15 CEST 21-07] GERMANY – Frankfurt-based Union Investment saw net inflows of €3.8bn in the first half of 2009.
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Consultancy fears pension 'catastrophe'
[17:20 CEST 16-06] GERMANY – Underestimating the long-term effects of the recent financial crisis on pension schemes and measures to counteract it could lead to a “catastrophe” in the second pillar, German consultancy Longial has suggested.
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Cross-border developments
The EU Commission has published the findings of a consultancy process on pension solvency it launched last year. Cornelia Schmid assesses the process and outlines the view of the German corporate pension fund association (aba)
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Who’s afraid of BilMoG?
As the domestic accounting reform BilMoG passes into legislation, Alfred Gohdes and Nigel Cresswell assess the implications for German corporates
