Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 156
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‘Horrified’ pension director quizzes FCA on pension freedoms strategy
FCA challenged over response to rise of retirees taking pension savings as cash
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Dutch minister steps in to speed up negotiations for pensions reform
Compensation for transition to new system, discount rate and retirement age are all sticking points
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UK government to pursue additional primary legislation for CDC
Government sets out plan for autumn consultation in response to select committee
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Country ReportUK regulator sets out fiduciary manager concerns
TPR sees fiduciary managers’ investment teams more easily ‘let off the hook’
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Under-pressure Dutch schemes plead for pensions reform progress
Pension funds ‘can’t explain’ lack of indexation to members during strong economy
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Pension funds fear ‘Trojan horse’ in EU sustainability measures
Conference panellists wary of Commission’s sustainability agenda bringing additional regulation and costs
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UK regulators outline co-operation strategy
FCA and TPR outline more proactive approach to regulating pensions, investments and savings
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Better Finance slams ‘inadequate’ work from EU on online tools
Lobby group for retail investors has called for more work on comparison tools and reiterated criticisms of pension products
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NewsSwedish pension firms plead for more time for IORP II implementation
Insurance-based providers split on draft regulations as deadline looms
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PPF to implement EU ruling on compensation increase
UK lifeboat scheme’s annual cap had resulted in some members receiving less than half their promised benefits
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NewsNetherlands doubles down on new rules for pension scheme transfers
Social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees responds to claims that stricter conditions for cross-border moves are illegal
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NewsFCA proposes climate risk reporting duty for asset managers
Regulator launches discussion paper on climate change and green finance
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Dutch watchdog urges pension funds to prepare for hard Brexit
AFM warns that asset managers and service providers seeking EU permissions may not get them on time
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Accounting roundup: More work needed on ‘too big to fail’ banks
Plus: IASB eyes new pension standard, EU plots financial reporting ‘lab’
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Lawyer contests stricter Dutch rules for cross-border pension transfers
Hans van Meerten argues that additional conditions to counter supervisory arbitrage are against EU law
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NewsPensionsEurope calls for further delay to data reporting requirements
Data gathering will place major cost burden on EU pension funds, warns pensions industry lobby group
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NewsUK announces further review of audit market competitiveness
Competition and Markets Authority to fast-track probe into continued dominance of ‘Big Four’ auditors
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Switzerland to hold new referendum on financing for first-pillar system
AHV/AVS fund could run out of assets by 2030 if the Swiss government cannot pass reforms
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Polish parliament gives auto-enrolment law the go-ahead
First enrolments to start in July 2019, subject to approval from the upper house and president Andrzej Duda
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Dutch pension funds should ‘under-promise and over-deliver’
Pensions Federation conference hears sector should take advice from the care industry to build trust
