Latest on Regulation & Reform – Page 58
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NewsSweden’s newly-expanded pensions group agrees to pension pauses
Eight-party policy setting panel also agrees to carry out a review with the goal of a more flexible withdrawal of the occupational pension
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NewsSwiss finance ministry to draft anti-greenwashing bill
Up to 79% of sustainable investments said to be at risk of losing sustainable label
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NewsNext EU Commission must set clear standard for investor engagement, NGOs say
Group of NGOs publish ‘manifesto’ for the 2024-2029 European Commission
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator will not mandate schemes on how to invest
Instead, TPR will be challenging decision-making to ‘make sure trustees are always acting in members’ interests’, says Nausicaa Delfas
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NewsEU Green bond standard rules to enter into force after Council OK
The Commission expects the label to be available to issuers from January 2025
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InterviewsLabels proposal about ‘lowering expectations where they were too high’, says PRI’s Fabian
‘Everyone in the sustainable finance industry knows there’s a problem with not being clear enough’: Fabian on updating the PRI’s member expectations
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NewsEIOPA addresses economic challenges, advocates for stronger financial resilience
Petra Hielkema, EIOPA’s chair, advocated for green investments, endorsing the EU’s commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2050
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NewsInvestment associations push Germany on separate infrastructure category
Current rules represent at times a ‘massive restriction’ to alternative investments, says German alternative investments association BAI
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NewsSwedes see refund from dropped Russian, East European premium pension funds
Pensions agency announces further SEK247m refund from Barings, East Capital and Nordea funds – deregistered after Ukraine invasion – to first-pillar pension savers
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NewsUK pensions regulator to take ‘more assertive’ approach
‘We will be testing the full suite of powers available to us to really change behaviours’ says TPR
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NewsDB pension funds ‘working against’ government’s productive finance agenda
Defined benefit schemes have now stopped and some even reduced their allocation to illiquid assets, says WTW
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NewsSolution to small pots proliferation is to use pension dashboard infrastructure
A solution to small pots proliferation will require ‘a new piece of data infrastructure’, DWP said
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NewsDefault consolidator model for small pots could create ‘virtuous circle’
In order to solve the ‘anxiety’ around small pots the best place to start is with a default consolidator model, says NEST’s Zoe Alexander
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NewsDanish FSA laments lack of inflation linkage in pension payments
Finanstilsynet also worried pension providers failing to acknowledge conflicts of interest within operations
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NewsInvestors call on European Commission to outline clear social impact investment rules
A clear definition of ‘social investment’ is still missing, a gap that hinders social impact investments, investors warn
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NewsThe Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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NewsInstitutional investors shift to bonds, change stance on alternatives
Germany’s first pillar pension reform will affect the fund industry, says Universal Investment’s chief customer officer Katja Müller
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NewsDutch pension funds in the dark on ESG risks, says DNB
The lack of ESG risk management contrast with three quarters of pension funds that now have named a specific person in the board to be responsible for ESG
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NewsItaly’s managers union starts legal action against INPS and government
CIDA has filed seven lawsuits for a law blocking full adjustment of pensions to inflation
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News68% of Irish DC schemes plan to wind up and transfer to alternative arrangement
Many schemes are moving their pensions into multi-employer mastertrusts or personal retirement savings accounts
