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ECB calls for global pension fund supervision
GLOBAL – The European Central Bank has called for global monitoring and supervision of institutional investors such as pension funds.
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Belgium stealing a march
With a brand new pensions law Belgium believes it has arrived at the pan European pension fund solution. Philip Neyt talks to Fennell Betson
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Simplifying the taxation regime
The overall amount in pension schemes is unlikely to change as a result of A-day, except for the minority able to pay higher contributions, argues Adam Stanley
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Providing greater choice
The Dutch pensions system is too rigid and a more tailor-made approach would benefit individual workers, Theo Nijman, professor of investment theory at Tilburg University, tells Leen Preesman
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Aer Lingus plugs pension deficit before IPO
IRELAND – Irish airline Aer Lingus is to make a “one-off” pension contribution ahead of its planned new €1.2bn initial public offering.
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Folksam facing money-laundering allegations
SWEDEN - Swedish insurance company Folksam is facing allegations that it offered clients money-laundering opportunities.
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Dutch schemes ‘must keep check on hedge funds’
NETHERLANDS - New rules should be set under which pension funds can invest in hedge funds, says the largest labour union FNV Bondgenoten.
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Swiss bank chief queries pension competence
SWITZERLAND – Jean-Pierre Roth, president of Switzerland’s central bank, says he agrees with the view expressed by another top government official that many who run Swiss pension funds are incompetent.
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Dutch institutional real estate reaches €29bn
NETHERLANDS – Dutch institutions’ investment in the real estate sector have surged to €29bn, according to De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB).
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DC to take off in Germany, Watson Wyatt says
GERMANY – Defined contribution pension plans are set to boom in Germany, according to international consultant Watson Wyatt.
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Dutch pension associations demand Europe vision
NETHERLANDS - The three main pension organisations have called on political parties to position the Netherlands as the country of choice for European pension funds.
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Bulgarian pension fund Doverie taken over
BULGARIA - The largest Bulgarian pension fund, Doverie, has been taken over by Austrian insurance group Wiener Städtische as part of a complex deal with investment group Kardan.
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Netherlands: widen levensloop, say experts
NETHERLANDS - The tax-friendly ‘levensloop’, or life course, scheme should be changed into a fiscal scheme for loss of income, says a group of six experts including professor Lans Bovenberg of pensions platform Netspar.
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EU to study insurance guarantee schemes
EUROPE – The European Commission is planning to look at the problems of life insurance guarantee schemes in the European Union.
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Dutch system OK as it is, says ABP
NETHERLANDS - The Dutch pensions system is already fairly ageing-resistant, and taxation of the state pension and raising the official retirement age aren’t necessary, says civil service pension fund ABP.
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Renfrewshire tenders employee group life
UK – Renfrewshire Council is tendering for the provision of an employee group life scheme, the council has announced.
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Publica dragged into insider trading scandal
SWITZERLAND – Publica, one of Switzerland’s largest pension funds, is the latest scheme to become embroiled in the Swissfirst insider trading scandal.
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Swiss insider trading scandal widens
SWITZERLAND – A sixth pension fund has become embroiled in the alleged insider trading scandal at Swiss bank Swissfirst – the Pensionskasse for the bank itself.
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UK cancels new pension disclosure rules
UK – The UK government has decided not to introduce new pensions information disclosure regulations that were due to be introduced in October.




