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IPE AWARDS: Politicians fail to understand pensions
[15:45 CET 16-11] EUROPE – Politicians lack the basic financial knowledge for meaningful dialogue with pension funds, delegates at an IPE seminar in Vienna heard.
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VB calls for "balanced approach" to SRI
[16:15 CET 15-11] NETHERLANDS - Pension funds should keep a balanced approach to socially-responsible investment, and avoid the over-doing of do-gooding, according to Benne van Popta, chairman of the Association of Industry-wide Pension Funds (VB).
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Portability reforms resurface
Jeremy Woolfe reports on the adoption of European Parliament recommendations in the EU’s reborn portability directive
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Pensionsinfo presses for transparency
[16:15 CET 14-11] DENMARK - The Danish pensions industry needs to tackle the issue of transparency and is the most pressing problem it faces right now, according to Pensionsinfo, the country’s comprehensive national pensions database.
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Competition drives down Swedish ITP fees
The move of Sweden’s ITP scheme from DB to DC has had some unexpected consequences, finds George Coats
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Pan-Euro funds should not be competitive - Gabellieri
[15:30 CET 14-11] EUROPE – There should be one EU legal framework with national varieties instead of various European countries rivaling for the best location to domicile pan-European pension funds, suggests Bruno Gabellieri, secretary general of the European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (AEIP).
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Reforming Norway's occupational pensions
George Coats assesses the impact of introducing a mandatory minimum pension in Norway
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"Too early" for IORP review - Verhaegen
[12:30 CET 14-11] EUROPE – Plans by the European Commission to review the IORP pensions directive next spring were "not a sign of good regulatory governance" as the full implementation was only finalised this summer, Chris Verhaegen, secretary-general of the European Federation of Retirement Provision (EFRP) has told IPE.
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Why governance is key for Kitts
Liam Kennedy spoke to Arno Kitts about how he is getting along as investment council chairman for the UK NAPF
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The changing provider landscape in Finland
A low-yield investment climate and new local pension regulations are leading to a restructuring of the asset management industry in Finland, writes Reeta Cevik
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Shining a light on Danish real estate valuations
Denmark’s pension fund boards have the freedom to value their own domestic property portfolios, a situation that many find out of step with modern transparency requirements. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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No great rush to go pan-European
Cross-border pension funds are closer to becoming a workable option as jurisdictions create new vehicles and legislators lower tax and regulatory hurdles. But, as Maha Khan Phillips reports, it might take some time
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Romanians rush into second pillar
ROMANIA – Over half of the Romanian workforce has already signed up for the new mandatory second-pillar pension system, including many for whom joining is not mandatory.
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Trustees 'lack objectivity' in judging sponsors
[16:00 CET 13-11] UK – Too few trustees doubt their company's ability to continue sponsoring the pension scheme, consultancy firm Hewitt has suggested.
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Pension funds caught up in insurance competition row
[16:40 CET 12-11] NETHERLANDS - The Dutch Association of Insurers (VvV) is urging Social Affairs’ minister Piet Hein Donner not to allow pension funds to sell income protection schemes as a disability insurance pension, because it would give them an unfair competitive advantage.
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Experts criticise social tax exemption
[16:15 CET 12-11] GERMANY – Finance experts fear there could be negative effects from a move by the German government to ensure money transferred to pension funds, as part of a person's salary, will remain exempt from social tax indefinitely.
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Consumer body 'disappointed' with Dutch funds
[16:15 CEST 12-11] NETHERLANDS – Only one in five pension funds so far has implemented the new uniform pension statement (UPO), despite earlier agreements, says Dutch consumer organisation Consumentenbond.
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Equal tax treatment for Hungarian IORP
[13:00 CET 12-11] HUNGARY – New Hungarian institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORP) will get the same tax treatment as existing voluntary pension funds and personal pensions, IPE has learnt.
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Belgium eyes promotion agency
[11:30 CET 12-11] BELGIUM – The Belgian Pension Funds Association (BVPI-ABIP) is working on establishing an agency to promote itself to multinationals abroad as a pension centre, IPE has learnt.
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Dutch regulator demands funds step up work
[16:45 CET 09-11] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch pension regulator and central bank DNB wants corporate pension funds to increase their efforts to secure durable pension systems, DNB director Arnold Schilder has said.
