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Aon Belgium wins mandate for pan-European scheme for researchers
Consultancy hired to provide ‘support services’ for new RESAVER pension fund
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NewsFoundations criticise dropping of proposed statute from EU work agenda
Decision goes ‘completely against concept of building citizen-led Europe’, says European Foundation Centre
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Pension investors remain unconvinced about role in SME lending
Respondents to IPE survey fail to see institutional investors as major source of financing in 15 years time
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UK government report on long-termism criticised for failure to offer definition
Department of Business, Innovation and Skills criticised for ‘incredible’ oversight to offer even theoretical parameters on long-termism
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NewsEuropean parliamentarians decide on IORP Directive rapporteur
Irish MEP will oversee passage of Directive through parliament, lead negotiations with member states and European Commission
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Dutch cabinet to propose continued accrual in DC schemes
Variants focusing on both collective risk sharing and individual risk to be developed
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DNB warns of 'impure decision-making' due to conflicts of interest
Survey by Dutch regulator shows only few scheme conduct risk analysis
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Derivatives clearing: Smoke but no fire
In Brussels, there are two types of hell, Jeremy Woolfe explains
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Guinness Peat warned in UK over scant resources for pension plan
Investment group to ‘vigorously defend’ position on Coats Pension Plan
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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
