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Academics agree radical proposal to reform Dutch pension system
Groundbreaking blueprint gives clear individual ownership rights, combined with protection of collective risk sharing
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PensionsEurope conference: EIOPA warns against DB-sponsor dependence
Chairman warns pension funds not to depend on sponsor support to fulfil benefit promises
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Insurance lobby head set to become NEST chairman
ABI director general Otto Thoresen to take over from Lawrence Churchill from February 2015
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G20 pledges pipeline of infrastructure assets to lure institutional investors
World leaders pledge to implement OECD principles for long-term investment financing at meeting that sees creation of infrastructure hub based in Australia
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UK roundup: NEST, TPR, Budget reforms, DWP
Government-backed master trust completes voluntary statement on governance and administration, commits to independent assurance
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Italy approves new investment rules for second-pillar pension funds
Long-awaited revision of law regulating Italian pension fund investment at last comes into force
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Unions, universities in stalemate over USS benefits reform
Social partners agree to consult on postponement of industrial action; reform decision to be finalised in January
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Finland's watchdog reprimands Elo Mutual for Local Tapiola practices
Financial Supervisory Authority scolds company for some of its practices in 2013
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AEIP: Dutch pension funds could ask Brussels for first-pillar status [updated]
European Commission would be ‘unable to refuse’, says AEIP director Francesco Briganti
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Brussels keen to expedite revised Shareholders Rights Directive
Top civil servant expects ‘obstacles’ for European Commission proposals on related-party transactions
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Czech second-pillar pension system to close by January 2016
Finance Minister had preferred later closure over concerns over legal challenges
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UK local authority pension funds call for global tax reform at G20
Transparency, disclosure should be core principles in tax treaties, investors say
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NewsItalian pensions industry baulks over plans for tax hike on pension funds
Pension fund associations criticise shock plans to raise tax rate for pension fund investment income from 11.5% to 20%
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Focus on long-termism when developing Capital Markets Union, EC told
Head of European sustainable investment association says development of CMU offers opportunity to move away from short-termism
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EIOPA: Budget freeze to ‘severely undermine’ ability to deliver
Joint letter from ESAs says more robust funding mechanism needed, cuts will hamper policy implementation
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Irish DB pension funds told to assess strength of sponsors regularly
Industry responses to financial management framework sees calls for regular evaluation of sponsoring companies’ strength
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Restoring faith in pensions: Show them, and they shall believe
Is infrastructure the best way to restore consumers’ faith in pensions?
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IORP II should not distinguish between DB, DC, says InsuranceEurope
European insurance body criticises revised IORP draft that sees proposed qualitative requirements to ‘even playing field’ between insurers, IORPs
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NewsGermany tinkers with structure of pension protection fund
PSVaG changes levy structure to ease burden on companies in economically challenging times
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Estonian Fund Managers Association becomes member of PensionsEurope
Central, Eastern European pension funds ‘important’ for European association’s strategy
