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Think tank questions PRI signatories' ESG capacity
One-third or signatories directly employ no dedicated ESG staff, a further 20% only one
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Accounting: Bank trade body warns of backwards step for IFRS 9
New accounting standard could weaken current rules on banks’ loan loss provisions
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Parliament has 'postponed problems' in Swiss first pillar: experts
Unions call on members to support reform in September referendum on AV2020
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CDC pensions a step towards 'more purposeful' finance: PIC
Pitt-Watson and Mann paper launches PIC project on ‘The Purpose of Finance’
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Dutch roundup: Brewer's pension fined for risk failings
Bavaria fined €10,000; insurance industry scheme brings in new members
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Swiss to vote on pension reform in September
Switzerland’s parliament passes AV2020 reform package
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Euro-zone ministers to discuss benchmarking pension systems
Benchmarking exercise would be latest step in work on system sustainability
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Parliament finishes first reading of BRSG; new BVI statistics on custodians
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PLSA conference: The great DB 'superfunds' debate
Superfund proposal met with goodwill, but practicalities and scale of problem questioned
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Danish pension funds present plan for non-guaranteed pensions
Industry association heeds regulator’s call for debate about shifting risk to consumers
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PLSA conference: FCA prepared to reject industry initiatives
Regulator won’t settle for inadequate proposals on fund cost transparency, strategy director says
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UK roundup: Budget report, BT Pension Scheme, FCA
Chancellor announces more infrastructure investment; BT-Openreach deal hinges on pension scheme
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NewsDutch political group tables legislation for higher discount rate
Maximum rate of 2% to be cancelled when ECB ceases quantitative easing, party for the elderly says
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Industry experts question UK trade body 'superfund' proposal
Commentators warn of superfunds’ ‘regulatory arbitrage’ risks
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PLSA taskforce calls for 'superfunds' to absorb UK DB schemes
Employer would be removed altogether, with both assets and liabilities pooled in superfunds
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BoE staff blog posits financial stability risks from DB schemes
Warning follows government declaration of ‘no affordability crisis’ in DB sector
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NewsUK roundup: Government rejects new powers for NEST
NEST to continue work on post-retirement strategies; TPR’s BHS settlement praised
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German government says no to guarantees, insurance exemption
Changes to the new pension law proposed by Bundesrat rejected
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BHS scheme could be first to pay new lifeboat fund levy
New fund to be set up this year will fall under proposed levy for schemes without sponsors
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ECB preps regulation, consultation on pension fund data
Regulation for pension fund statistics is intended to plug a ‘data gap’
