Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 247
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Cost of clearing forcing pension funds to reconsider hedging approach
UK’s PPF mulls hybrid approach, balancing unfunded and funded hedging strategies due to central clearing costs
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UK roundup: Pension Protection Fund, Ford Pension Scheme, Punter Southall
UK lifeboat launches consultation on valuations for schemes newly eligible for PPF protection
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UK set to confirm collective DC as future pension in DA debate
Reports suggest Wednesday’s Queens Speech will include setting up CDC framework in legislative agenda
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NewsGerman pension fund laments IORP II Directive's impact on costs
Pensionskasse for construction workers fears higher costs via third pillar of new EU Directive
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PPF considers levy-transition protection for some UK defined benefit schemes
Proposal to limit levy increases for those most impacted by new bespoke model dependant on PPF universe paying difference
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IFRS committee calls time on attempt to produce IAS 19 guidance
Interpretations Committee abandons efforts to develop guidance for measurement challenges presented by DB plans with guaranteed minimum return
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NewsItalian pension funds see slower asset growth in 2013
Pensions regulator calls on funds to invest in country’s economy
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UK accused of schizophrenia over risk-sharing pensions policy
Opposition party calls for improved governance framework in move towards collective DC
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Proposed pan-European pension fund for researchers hits roadblock
Industry organisations reject European Commission plans to create European scheme for mobile researchers
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Guarantees 'strangling' Germany's Pensionskassen – Towers Watson
Consultancy says benefits actually higher without guarantee
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Report: No justification for lack of full disclosure on investment fees
London’s Cass Business School calls for managers to fully disclose all cash, non-cash costs affecting asset performance
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PensionsEurope questions benefit of IORP II to long-term investment
Group also expresses doubts on Risk Evaluation for Pensions, ‘meaningless’ depository requirements
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Rethink on 'asset ceiling' requirements could have impact on UK schemes
International Financial Reporting Standards committee tells staff to look again at drafting of proposal to amend guidance
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Austria's derivatives cap hindering would-be SRI investors, VBV warns
Severance pay funds call for more flexibility on hedging instruments, real estate investments
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NewsDutch minister confirms further delay to introduction of new FTK
Full introduction on 1 January 2015 ‘no longer feasible’, Jetta Klijnsma concedes
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NewsSwiss funds slow to consider variable pension benefits
Many funds may be waiting to test the waters before considering controversial changes to pensioner payouts
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Dutch transport scheme returns 1.6% in April, aided by hedge portfolios
Vervoer reports 6% yield during first quarter, with coverage ratio increasing in April over end of first quarter
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BaFin unconcerned by stress test failure of nearly dozen Pensionskassen
Local supervisor confirms short-term risk-bearing capacity of industry, with funding level stable year-on-year
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NewsThree largest Austrian Pensionskassen increase hold on market
Austrian supervisor FMA presents figures on retirement sector showing largest funds account for three-quarters of assets
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UK minister rebuffs calls for delay to DC charge cap, Budget proposals
Liberal Democrat MP says proposed 0.75% charge cap would be delayed ‘over his dead body’
