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NewsFinnish pension sector still resilient in Q3 despite risk-taking, says FSA
Sector solvency rises to record level of 135%, up 1% in three months - but FSA says uncertainty continues in operating environment for financial firms
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IPE Conference: EIOPA chair encourages IORP SFDR PAI efforts
Speech came on the heels of news of a further delay to detailed SFDR compliance rules
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EU could fund DC transition by issuing debt, says Bernardino
Some 20 EU member states still have no tracking systems
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IPE Conference: AP4, AXA IM lament carbon pricing absence
AXA economist regrets US political inability to bring in “bonus/malus system” for power generation firms
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NewsEIOPA flags pensions dashboard data collection concerns
EIOPA members concerned about data collection powers, resources as pension fund groups against additional collection anyway
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UK DB schemes’ surplus should lead to more efficient investing, says PwC
Pension scheme investment in Gilts has more than doubled, from 23% to 50% of their assets, the firm found
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NewsEIOPA ignores PensionsEurope confidentiality request on stress test
Transparency about the test sample is necessary for ‘effective communication on the exercise’, says regulator
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Industry sceptical about DWP performance fee DC charge cap plan
Government consults on proposals to exclude performance fees from charge cap
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: EU must not become climate laggard over taxonomy
Andreas Hoepner criticises a proposal to raise the taxonomy-admissibility threshold for natural gas to 270gms CO2 e/kWh
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Danish govt says 30,000 applications vindicate introducing early pension
Announcement follows financial industry criticism of tax to fund the new scheme
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Opinion PiecesGetting ahead of the skill curve
Twenty years ago, in December 2001, Denmark’s giant labour market pension fund ATP implemented an interest-rate swap. That doesn’t seem too shocking now as liability-driven investment (LDI) is a mature and well-understood concept that is embedded in pension risk-management and regulatory practice.
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FeaturesResearch: DB plans caught in a Catch 22
Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan argue that a toxic confluence of demographics, regulation and interest rates are undermining the finances of pension schemes
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Irish pensions regulator unveils revised code for IORP II era
Risk management said to be at core of new code
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EC tables central data portal proposal as part of CMU package
Commission also pledges more CMU actions in 2022, but pensions adequacy not mentioned
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NewsGermany sets course to draw investor capital for digital, green transformation
The aim is to facilitate the flow of private capital from institutional investors, including insurance companies and pension funds
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NewsGermany’s next govt plans fund for capital funded pensions
The next government will work to reinforce company pension schemes by allowing investments with higher returns
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NewsLawyers back superfunds as strong ‘Plan B’ for DB plans
But legal experts split over best sequencing of action for schemes with insolvent sponsors
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NBIM latest appointee to taskforce on nature-linked reporting
Biodiversity loss, deterioration of natural ecosystems can impact our long-term returns, says oil fund manager
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IOSCO suggests greater regulatory attention on ESG ratings, data
Forum for securities regulators finalises recommendations after consultation
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NewsDanish pensions lobby slams govt plan for new tax on sector
IPD says draft proposal shows government planning to extract more tax from financial sector than needed to finance new early-retirement pension
