Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 292
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NewsLarger Dutch pension providers allowed to identify clients
NETHERLANDS – APG, PGGM to have more leeway when identifying clients, despite complaints from insurers.
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German government dismisses pension industry's call for reforms
GERMANY – Minister dismisses complaints that second-pillar pension system is too complex.
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NewsIrish actuaries call for 'urgent' changes to pension wind-ups
IRELAND – Actuarial society outlines three principles for wind-up order backed by social partners.
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NewsOECD set to recommend auto-enrolment for Irish pension system
IRELAND – Author of review of country's system describes auto-enrolment as 'sensible' third way.
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NewsESG roundup: Women board quotas, Newsweek Green Rankings
GLOBAL – European Commission puts off decision on women quotas for corporate board positions.
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Pension fund CFO dismisses QIS as 'Solvency II with complexity'
GERMANY – Association says revised IORP Directive ‘completely unfit’ for occupational pensions.
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NewsIrish government report highlights 'worst charges possible' for pensions
IRELAND – Social Protection paper claims 31% of savings pot lost due to 2.18% annual fee.
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Study reveals gulf between employers, employees' retirement expectations
GLOBAL – More than half of employees expect to work beyond retirement age, survey shows.
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NewsDutch Pensions Federation calls for 'random' admin checks
NETHERLANDS – Recommendation follows DNB report highlighting 'considerable' discrepancies.
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NewsBrussels should allow DC pensions to invest in 'illiquid' funds – AREF
EUROPE – Association urges EC to keep illiquid real estate funds open to retail investors.
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NewsPensions compulsion would cause 'awful lot of trouble', Webb warns
UK – Pensions minister tells NAPF conference that industry has more pressing problems.
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Austria's VBV calls for separation of active, retired pension fund members
AUSTRIA – Having separate portfolios would help schemes adjust to low interest rates, CIO says.
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NewsNearly half of European insurers unready for Solvency II
EUROPE – Ernst & Young survey shows almost 90% of insurers would be prepared by 2015.
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NewsUK pensions minister proposes DB with 'no liability beyond employment'
UK – There is 'interest and demand' for defined ambition pensions, Steve Webb argues at NAPF annual conference.
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PFA bows to political pressure on unit-link transparency
DENMARK – Danish pension fund publishes new key reporting figure for unit-link returns.
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NewsUK schemes sign up to Pensions Infrastructure Platform
UK – Four more pension funds become founding members of scheme developed by PPF, NAPF.
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NewsOnly revised IORP Directive will revive moribund DB schemes – EIOPA
EUROPE – Chairman Gabriel Bernardino says measurement of investment risk must be improved.
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NewsSwedish retirees would work longer if conditions improved
SWEDEN – Local politicians debating issue of how to get older people to work longer.
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NewsBrussels bows to pressure over IORP II confidence levels
EUROPE – Allows first QIS schemes to submit results based on VAR below 99.5% confidence levels.
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NewsUK pensions association calls for alternative discount rate
UK – NAPF rejects smoothing despite ability to 'almost eliminate' deficits in short term.
