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Bulgaria set to follow Hungary, Poland in raid of second-pillar pensions
Decision shocks pensions industry, gives Parliament handful of working days to vote 2015 Budget through
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UK accountants, actuaries welcome amended FRC proposals
Proposals by UK watchdog welcomed by industry despite initial concerns about £25bn balance sheet hit
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Governance changes, regulatory action needed to grow infrastructure holdings, says OECD
Think tank’s survey of sovereign and pension funds worth $7.8trn finds only 1% of allocated to asset class
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PPF stands by duty of care demand on ABC valuations
UK lifeboat fund publishes final levy determination documents, leaving structure agreed in October intact
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ESMA critical of ‘unsatisfactory’ asset-backed security assessment
Credit ratings agencies’ assessment of structured finance instruments unsatisfactory and must be improved
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Brussels pledges to cut regulation to attract infrastructure capital
Publication of 2015 Work Programme sees revised IORP Directive retained, emphasis on removal of regulatory hurdles to infrastructure investment
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NewsWednesday people roundup
EU Single Resolution Board, Aviva Investors, PGGM, EFG Asset Management, BNP Paribas, PineBridge, BlueBay, Tikehau
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Dutch Senate approves financial assessment framework for pensions
Vote comes after state secretary Jetta Klijnsma makes concessions on discount rate
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AP funds back call for 'ambitious' framework to grow climate bond market
Swedish buffer funds back statement alongside Dutch pension manager MN and California Teachers’ State Retirement System
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NewsTransparency, benchmarks needed to pique pension interest in infrastructure
AEIP study calls for governments to standardise projects, as well as development of benchmarks to allow for comparability of returns
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PensionsEurope welcomes Commission plans to retain IORP Directive
Association would not have been in favour of dropping revised Directive due to improvements made by Council of the EU
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European Commission to push ahead with revised IORP Directive
Draft Commission work programme fails to list IORP Directive among 80 proposals earmarked for modification or withdrawal
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Dutch regulator forced to pay €4.8m after failing to convince high court
Court orders DNB to compensate pension fund for ordering it to divest gold holdings
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Aer Lingus shareholders approve €150m DC pension payment
Airline nudges closer to final resolution of underfunding in Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
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IPE Views: In praise of EIOPA
Towers Watson’s Mark Dowsey offers some rather qualified praise for EIOPA’s efforts to date
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NewsIORP II compromise highlights cross-border provision in talks with MEPs
Negotiating mandate highlights removal of ‘remaining prudential barriers’ to cross-border provision for revised IORP Directive
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NewsUnions hail ‘landmark’ pension settlement in Waterford Crystal case
Offer by Irish government comes month before scheduled High Court hearing
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MEP criticises European Commission for possible IORP II withdrawal
Withdrawing text from 2015 Work Programme ‘not best incentive’ for EU member states, says ECON committee chairman
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OECD calls for standardisation to create tradable longevity market
Think tank says investors must be more comfortable with notion of tradable longevity
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USS agrees to survey membership on investment beliefs
UK’s largest pension fund to survey membership on views of non-financial investment matters once changes to benefits agreed
