IPE's Germany Coverage – Page 73
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Special Report
German Asset Management: One step at a time
Nina Roehrbein outlines institutional investors’ asset allocation intentions and behaviour
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Special Report
German Asset Management: Defiant growth in the face of hostile legislation
Germany’s Spezialfonds have survived the latest legislative challenge of incorporation within the legislation implementing AIFMD, writes Till Entzian. They remain institutional investors’ preferred vehicle with record inflows in 2012 and AUM that should soon cross the €1trn mark
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German Asset Management: Stepping out in new shoes
Nina Roehrbein asked Michael Fuss about the latest reorganisation of Deutsche Bank’s asset management activities
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News
IORP Directive could create 'monster reporting system'
Sweden’s SPK warns of one-size-fits-all set of rules for pension funds
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News
German ministries collecting data on occupational pensions
Surveys to form basis of measures to increase use of occupational schemes among SMEs
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Aba welcomes drop of holistic balance sheet from IORP II Directive
HBS an 'inadequate copy-and-paste exercise', says German pension fund association
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German employer association lukewarm on pension portal
BDA warns of ‘challenge’ in realising CDU manifesto pledge
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Funding levels stable at German company pension plans – Towers Watson
GERMANY – Slight increase in discount rates helps lower liabilities, consultancy says.
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European schemes breath sigh of relief on delay of solvency rule
EUROPE – Dutch, German schemes welcomes decision to postpone pillar one in revised IORP.
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German pension fund association calls for 'breathing room' on funding
GERMANY – Germany must ‘lose fear’ of temporary underfunding, chairman says.
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Country Report
Germany: Wanted: a simpler, stronger second pillar system
The German second pillar appears to have taken a backseat in discussions about reforming the country’s pension system, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Country Report
Germany: A wish list
Nina Röhrbein asked the German pensions industry what it wants for the occupational pension sector
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Country Report
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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Country Report
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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Country Report
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
