Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 322
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NewsBank of England failed to consider QE's impact on pension funds, says PIC
Central bank committed 'sin of omission' by not considering impact of lower gilt yields.
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NewsSolvency II could hurt private equity investment, local pension funds warn
FRANCE – Inspection Générale des Finances report says investment in French SMEs is 'insufficient'.
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NewsDutch Pensions Agreement 'complicated, inadequate' – Towers Watson
Participants will find several aspects of accord 'incomprehensible', consultancy warns.
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NewsSlovakian parliament shakes up investment rules for pension funds
SLOVAKIA – Industry experts question growth fund's new 20% 'risky asset' minimum allocation.
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News€1bn Dutch scheme to introduce 'pensions council' in governance revamp
Supervisors at SNPF called for change last year after executive board 'lost its initiative'.
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NewsGermany's VFPK demands separation of insurance, Pensionskassen regulation
GERMANY – Says restructuring of insurance supervision should be used to create separate Pensionskassen rules.
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NewsNordic roundup: Storebrand, pensions tax, Finansinspektionen on derivatives
Norway's Storebrand only Nordic entrant within Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.
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NewsIrish minister reiterates support for auto-enrolment introduction
Minister for social protection confirms plans are underway for auto-enrolment scheme.
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NewsUK companies should be 'incentivised' to sponsor defined benefit schemes
Notion that DB is too expensive a 'popular delusion', says Brighton Rock's Con Keating.
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NewsDutch pension funds must put together 'worst-case scenario' strategies
Chairman of industry association VB calls for 'out of the box' thinking on 'crisis approach'.
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NewsItaly should focus on deficit, not pensions reforms – IMF
Country to have one of lowest increases in pensions spending in coming decades.
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NewsCPI-linked gilts could raise cost of hedging for pension funds – Aviva Investors
Warning comes as Royal Statistical Society renews call for changes to both CPI and RPI.
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NewsNew Danish government expected to change conditions for pensions
'Finely balanced' coalition also expected to allow predecessor's reforms to pass through parliament.
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NewsIAS19 to increase Dutch companies' pension liabilities – LCP
Liabilities for companies listed on AEX, AMX indices could double to €50bn, consultancy says.
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French collective retirement plans too 'expensive, risky' – Court of Audit
FRANCE – Court also calls on government to curb removal of savings before retirement.
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NewsSolvency standards driving pension funds into short-termism, says NAPF
Outgoing chairman Lindsay Tomlinson bemoans impact of regulation, accounting standards.
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NewsGermany's aba 'optimistic' on creation of occupational pensions panel
Work minister Ursula von der Leyen seems 'well disposed' to aba's recommendations.
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NewsBeware of policies striving for macroeconomic stability – IMF
Solvency II, Basel III could make institutional investors more like 'short-term' investors.
