Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 292
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NewsUK roundup: IMA on auto-enrolment, Aon Hewitt on funding
UK – IMA submits auto-enrolment evidence to Work and Pensions Select Committee.
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NewsRequest for preliminary QIS results 'unfeasible', EIOPA says
EUROPE – Official says authority needs 'a little bit of time' to produce effective study.
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NewsESG roundup: Climate change, PRI, US SIF, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Real Asset Energy Fund
GLOBAL – Investors call on governments worldwide for new talks on climate change.
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NewsDark pools 'harm market integrity' – Norwegian oil fund
GLOBAL – NBIM 'uncertain' of proposals for more pre-trade transparency on fixed income markets.
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EIOPA clarifies role of holistic balance sheet for occupational pensions
EUROPE – Chairman Gabriel Bernardino calls for ‘exploration’ of EU-wide savings product.
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NewsSolvency II could cost UK pensions industry £400bn, minister says
EUROPE – Pensions minister Steve Webb says legislation will kill DB pensions.
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NewsUK pensions regulation should move 'from nudging to shoving'
UK – Work and pensions select committee hears arguments in favour of more assertive oversight.
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NewsGermany's Versorgungswerke to fight for first-pillar exemption
GERMANY – Versorgungswerke association ABV vows to take case to federal constitutional court.
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NewsSwedish roundup: National Audit Office, Finansinspektionen, AP7, PPM
SWEDEN – National Audit Office blasts Swedish regulator, consumer watchdog for shortcomings.
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NewsConsultancy LCP identifies loophole in UK auto-enrolment
UK – Warns that law allows companies with hybrid schemes to defer auto-enrolment until 2017.
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NewsSwiss roundup: BVG on rates, ASIP on engagement
SWITZERLAND – Unions blast government for following BVG recommendations on minimum rates.
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NewsFrance's COR 'failed to provide realistic data' for reform
FRANCE – Expert says organisation's numbers were 'far too optimistic', 'misled' the government.
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NewsBrussels pulls back from mandatory gender quotas
EUROPE – Proposes 'general rules' to help companies increase female non-executive directors to 40%.
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NewsNEST-style pensions should replace Irish tax breaks – report
IRELAND – NEST 'more efficient, equitable', says Economic and Social Research Institute.
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Austrian roundup: FMA, IWP, Valida, Siemens, FVPK
AUSTRIA – Supervisory authority FMA given authority to act as ‘accounting police’.
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NewsFrance lagging 'far behind' European counterparts on pensions reform
FRANCE – French pensions system on brink of collapse, industry experts warn.
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Don't expect Italian pensions reform any time soon, minister warns
ITALY – Government must first appease financial markets or face ‘devastating’ consequences.
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NewsBrussels: Cooperation on Tobin Tax preferable to 'patchwork'
EUROPE – Taxation commissioner insists current proposals are 'legally compliant'.
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NewsEuropean property funds 'unprepared' for FATCA tax
GLOBAL – Definition of real estate funds, REITs as 'financial institutions' remains unclear.
