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Docters van Leeuwen descends with 10 commandments
[17:00 CEST 12-07] NETHERLANDS – Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, exiting chairman of the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM), has called for greater fiscal transparency and exemption from dividend tax for pension funds.
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Pensions Board urges trustees to focus on risk
[17:00 CEST 12-07] IRELAND – Trustees should be constantly reviewing the asset allocation in their pension funds' investment portfolios to mitigate risk, the Irish Pensions Board has suggested.
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Italy reaches pension agreement
[11:00 CEST 12-07] ITALY – The minimum pension will be increased from next year, the Italian government and the unions agreed.
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UK funds may only need one set of actuarial assumptions
[16:45 CEST 11-07] UK – Pension fund trustees will be required to devise an extra set of actuarial assumptions under new regulations on transfer values, but actuaries Hamish Wilson & Co believe funds might get away with only one.
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Own assessment proposal for Solvency II
[16:45 CEST 11-07] EUROPE - The European Commission's long awaited Solvency II proposal to upgrade legislation for the insurance industry would have insurers assessing their own capital needs in light of all risks by means of a so-called 'own risk and solvency assessment'(ORSA).
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Financial advice "crucial" to pensions growth - EFAMA
[11:00 CEST 11-07] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association is calling on European member states to provide greater access to tailored pension provision, financial advice and education to improve individuals’ retirement savings.
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CEIOPS to offer mediation in cross-border disputes
[17:12 CEST 10-07] EUROPE – Supervisors in Europe will in future have the opportunity to take disputes over cross-border pension and insurance issues to the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).
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Reforms to deliver pensions through Netherlands' banks
[17:02 CEST 10-07] NETHERLANDS - Dutch banks will soon be allowed to offer tax-friendly pension products on a similar basis as insurers, thanks to government changes to the regulatory regime.
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Regulator calls for trustee report feedback
[13:00 CEST 09-07] IRELAND – The Pensions Board, Ireland’s pensions regulator, has called for written comments on its Report on Trusteeship.
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Time for climate discussion is over – LAPFF
[11:00 CEST 09-07] UK – The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) is urging the government to introduce more ambitious emission targets and mandatory corporate reporting on greenhouse gas emissions.
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NAPF finds pensions regulation a worry
UK – Three quarters of UK pension schemes are more concerned about the regulatory burden than improving longevity and closing their deficits, research suggests.
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Looking over the regulatory fence
The freedom of the EU pensions directive allows pension funds to move to more favourable jurisdictions. But, as Rachel Fixsen reports, deciding on such a course of action is not easy
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ECJ makes first cross-border pension tax ruling
[16:38 CEST 05-07] EUROPE – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made its first ruling on tax obstacles to the cross-border transfer of pension capital.
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Buy back of 'missed' years made easier
[16:38 CEST 05-07] UK – People will be allowed to buy back up to nine years in which they did not contribute to their state pension at any time before their retirement, if the House of Commons accepts a House of Lords’ amendment to the Pension Bill.
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Analyst calls for pension stability in France
[16:22 CEST 05-07]FRANCE – The French supplementary pension system will not start to develop until the government has made a final decision on taxation and regulatory issues, an analyst has warned.
