IPE's Germany Coverage – Page 76
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Special ReportGermany: Kandlbinder 2010
Till Entzian charts the consolidation trend in his annual review of the German Spezialfonds marketplace, during and after 2009’s year of asset recovery
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German government bonds offer strongest return, according to S&P Index
EUROPE – German government bonds returned almost 7% in the first half of 2010, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Eurozone Government Bond index.
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NewsGerman dentist fund goes into indirect real estate, mulls private equity
GERMANY – The €2.1bn pension fund for the dentists of the west-German region of Westfalen-Lippe is pulling out of direct real estate and looking to diversify its alternative investments.
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NewsNestlé PK chief criticises German stress tests, plans EM diversification
GERMANY – Short-term regulatory demands are leading pension funds into damaging cyclical behaviour, according to Peter Hadasch, head of the €780.6m corporate Pensionskasse for Nestlé Germany.
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NewsDAX30 companies amass €2bn pension reserves for former directors
GERMANY – Former directors cost DAX30 companies an average of €7m in pension reserve payments annually, figures from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung have shown.
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NewsGerman occupational schemes using consultants for divorcee rights
GERMANY – The majority of occupational pension schemes (bAVs) in Germany employ external consultants to help calculate pension rights for divorcing couples, Towers Watson has reported.
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German pension liabilities set to surge as BilMoG takes effect
GERMANY - German pension liabilities are set to increase by up to 30% by the end of the year as new accounting regulations take effect.
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MAN turns pensions into savings plan
GERMANY – The transport engineering group MAN has created a new retirement provision plan, eliminating all longevity risks.
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Low contributions create illusion for young workers – MetallRente
GERMANY – Contributions to pension funds by young people are too low and are seldom increased over time, a survey commissioned by the German metal industry pension fund MetallRente found.
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German court rules employers must top up outsourced pensions
GERMANY – A regional German court has ruled an employer must compensate retired former employees if the Pensionskasse they are signed up to eventually cuts employees’ benefits.
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Country ReportGermany: Risiko!
Many German institutions already use their tight risk budgets to finance minimum returns. Now, with inflation on the horizon, the task is to allocate risk effectively, writes Nina Röhrbein
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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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Country Report
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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Country Report
Germany: Risk and occupational pensions
Nigel Cresswell, Wolfram Horneff and Stephan Wildner assess risk management techniques
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Country Report
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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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.
