Latest Special Reports – Page 28
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Special ReportChina: First in, first out
China is focusing on a new long-term growth strategy after the success of its tough measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2020: Europe’s €8trn pension pot
This year’s 7.25% increase in overall assets for IPE’s Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2020 sample to €8.3trn must inevitably be seen in light of 2019’s strong year for asset returns and 2020’s tumultuous COVID-19-related market crash. By comparison, the overall asset increase in 2019’s survey was 6.93%.
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Commission renews green vows
The EU is proposing a taxonomy for non-sustainable industries following the publication of the green taxonomy last year
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Special ReportChina: Western firms rethink their options
Many expect the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to prompt western companies to distance themselves from China
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: The promise of disclosures
New EU sustainability reporting requirements for investors could drive companies to improve disclosures. But making the new standards useful for end-investors could still be a challenge
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Special ReportChina: ESG with Chinese characteristics
Pressure from international and domestic investors is driving an upsurge in ESG adoption by Chinese companies
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Special ReportAustria: New government, old dilemmas
The new coalition government has made slow progress towards pension reform
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Special ReportEU sustainable finance: Tentative steps on green classification
The first investors are already applying the EU’s green taxonomy but there are questions about the applicability of the Ecolabel to ESG funds
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Special ReportChina: Just a pit stop on the BRI journey
China has taken its foot off the pedal of its Belt and Road Initiative temporarily to deal with domestic issues and COVID-19
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Special ReportBelgium: Steady as she goes
Improvements to the country’s pension system have continued in the face of persistent political problems and the global health crisis
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Special ReportDenmark: Pension firms in general good health
The Danish financial regulator concludes that pension companies are well-capitalised following a three-month examination of solvency levels
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Special ReportFinland: Tripartite blueprint set to unify pensions
The government pushes ahead with plans for the most extensive reform of the public and private pensions systems in decades
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Special ReportFrance: Reforms freeze in face of pandemic
Economic damage inflicted by COVID-19 halts plans to unify France’s 42 second-pillar schemes
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Special ReportGermany: Saving occupational pension schemes
The second pillar is being targeted with a series of regulatory and political measures to keep it intact
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Special ReportIceland: Focus turns to the homefront
Pensions funds heed a call by the government to concentrate on domestic investment to boost the economy
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Special ReportIreland: Pandemic delivers policy blow
The roll-out of auto-enrolment has been postponed and the IORP II Directive is expected to be implemented by the end of this year
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Special ReportItaly: Pandemic paves the way for the next phase of reform
Italian policymakers will be under pressure to upgrade the three-pillar pension system over the coming years
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Special ReportNetherlands: Social partners agree on switch to DC pensions
A new pension contract, aimed at sharing risk and reward across the generations, has been agreed after years of negotiation
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Special ReportNorway: Sustainability and retirement age under review
The government convenes a panel of experts to assess the state of the country’s pension industry in light of the 2011 reforms
