Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 39
-
NewsInvestor bodies urge new UK PM to ‘seize opportunities’ of net-zero transition
The IIGCC, UKSIF and the PRI wrote to UK prime minister Keir Starmer asking for renewed policy focus to boost competitiveness and decarbonise the real economy
-
NewsGerman government plans incentives for longer working life
The German government is planning incentives to make people work longer beyond the statutory retirement age, as the country’s labour market faces a shortage of skilled workers and as baby boomers retire. The government wants to start making unemployment insurance payouts to employees originally paid by employers, as incentives for ...
-
NewsUK regulator to evolve supervision of master trusts
TPR’s supervision will focus on investments, data quality and standards, and innovation at retirement
-
NewsVER chief calls for better market infrastructure to foster European innovation
News that Europe now outperforms US on 10-year venture capital returns is ‘springboard’ for creation of better capital market infrastructure this side of the Atlantic, says Löyttyniemi
-
NewsBigger Irish presence as EIOPA names OPSG members for new term
New faces also include Dijana Bojceta Markoja, from the Association of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in Croatia
-
NewsUK appoints secretary of state for work and pensions
The appointment follows Labour’s landslide win in UK general elections
-
NewsDutch pension admin costs up 13% in 2023
Pension funds blame the upcoming transition to DC arrangements for the cost rise
-
NewsGerman pension funds to set up service platform for Pensionskassen
Caritas and Kölner pension schemes were among those suffering from a protracted period of low interest rates
-
NewsPensions industry awaits review as Labour wins UK election
There are also ‘day one’ challenges for the new government, such as the pensions dashboard programme and planned enhancements to auto-enrolment
-
NewsGerman far-right party supports pension plans linked to citizenship
The investment policy of such plans would look like that of the Swedish AP7 fund, investing heavily in equity, and without ESG restrictions imposed on fund managers
-
NewsSustainable Finance Beirat proposes climate-saving plans with tax benefit
The state can use the private capital in the saving plans to finance infrastructure for the economic transition
-
NewsIreland president to enact auto-enrolment bill as it passes Dáil
Tata Consultancy Services is selected as ‘preferred bidder’ for administrator
-
AnalysisMansion House Compact: spotlight on Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows joined the Mansion House Compact in July 2023 as one of the founding signatories committing to allocating at least 5% of its default funds to unlisted equities by 2030
-
AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: UK election's impact on pensions industry
UK elections, Mansion House reforms, funding code, SDR, LGPS consolidation
-
NewsATP and PFA draw IPO lessons as they settle OW Bunker case
Danish pensions heavyweights among €86.5m group settlement; ATP says cost of continuing through courts ‘would run into millions’
-
NewsSkandia urges independent review of Swedish ITP system
The insurer would like to see the review look into the transparency in the system, particularly on how the pension insurance products are procured
-
NewsATP tells portfolio firms it prefers fewer key CSRD data points
Danish pensions giant sends letter to investee companies giving guidance on the new EU green reporting it expects from them
-
Country ReportSlow growth for Italy's second-pillar pensions
Despite the urgency of increasing second-pillar coverage, policymakers continue to focus reform efforts on public pensions
-
Asset Class ReportsRegulators shine a light on non-bank lenders
Although private market activity is slowing down, there are fears of systemic risk
-
Opinion PiecesThe buyout pendulum starts to swing back to the DB norm
Vogue fashion magazine reports that flared trousers and mullets are back after a 50-year absence. They were not a good look even then, but fashion has its own drivers which do not necessarily involve good taste or even practicalities.
