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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: Court for international investor disputes on the horizon
International investors in the EU have for decades been suffering from woeful dispute settlement proceedings when involved in cases against public authorities
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From The US: 401(k) in the crosshairs of reform
Since their launch in 1981, 401(k) plans have become the preferred employer-sponsored defined contribution retirement plan
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Features
LD gains a new lease of life
New holiday allowances fund will keep Denmark’s Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond in operation for several extra decades
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Universities scheme faces political scrutiny over deficit plans
Given the less-than-healthy state of the UK’s defined benefit pension schemes, it is no surprise that the largest such fund in the country also has the largest deficit
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Opinion Pieces
Letter From Brussels: Pension rights for posted workers
Discussions over the payment of social costs for workers from central and eastern European countries posted temporarily to wealthier EU countries are playing a major role in the attempt to update existing directives
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Tide turning against divestment
Will the movement in favour of divesting from fossil fuels slow down among US pension funds?
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Features
Syntrus Achmea saga concludes
Wonen, the €3.2bn pension fund for the Dutch furnishing sector, confirmed plans to transfer its pensions administration from Syntrus Achmea Pensioenbeheer to TKP Pensioen
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Towards a higher retirement age
Europe needs to continue pushing through tough measures such as the recent increases in retirement ages seen in several countries
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Setting Sweden’s buffer funds loose
Sweden’s four largest AP funds appeared to have had their greatest wish granted this summer
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Opinion PiecesLetter from the US: Tax benefits boost rise of HSAs
Will HSAs become the new IRAs? Some operators in the US retirement industry say so
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Tax threatens PEPP proposal
At first sight, the benefits of the European Commission’s Pan European Personal Pension (PEPP) regulation proposal seem clear. But it did not take long for commentators to point out the considerable hurdles
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FeaturesInterview: Andreas Kretschmer, former CEO of Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
When Andreas Kretschmer was recruited to the pension fund for doctors in the German province of Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL) in 1992, he did not know much about pensions. But that was the whole point
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Asset managers prepare for a digital future
A three-way chain reaction between technology, regulation and demographics is driving a new transformation
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Sweden seeks scandal-free pensions system
It can be hard to get people interested in pensions, but the recent sharp acceleration of Sweden’s premium pension system reform process suggests scandal is one thing that will really grab the attention of the public – and politicians
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FundForum: Coming to terms with technology
Impending MIFID II rules and the perennial discussions of Brexit implications were, unsurprisingly, strong themes of June’s FundForum conference in Berlin
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Reboot for Capital Markets Union
The European Commission’s “further steps to drive forward the Capital Markets Union (CMU)” outline nine new priority legislative actions to solve the EU’s long-term cross-border investment challenge
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: Firms happy to retain say-on-pay
One of President Donald Trump’s promises has been to loosen regulation on all businesses to boost the economy. A casualty could be shareholders’ right to vote on executive compensation
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Features
Politics needs a longer lens
It is necessary to come to terms with the end of left and right
