All articles by Luigi Serenelli – Page 15
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Germany Country Report 2024: Unions take a more active role in pensions
Unions have a new role in determining the shape of occupational pensions but are mindful of their duty to protect workers
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German government to review investment rules for Pensionskassen
Government is drafting a law to allow Pensionskassen to achieve higher returns through their asset allocations
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German government to start talks on longer working life with social partners
The government has also abolished earning limits for employees who opt for early withdrawal of statutory pensions to keep older employees at work
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MetallRente sees occupational pension contracts slow down
Last year, the pension fund added 62,616 new occupational pension contracts to its books, down from 69,264 in 2022
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Italy opens consultation on CSRD
Finance ministry and securities market regulator to assess market size of assurance services in transition to new regime
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CEO of Germany’s WPV steps down after 30 years
The scheme will hand over the management to current CIO and risk management officer
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IG Metall backs moderate contributions increase as part of first pillar reform
The union is standing against the Aktienrente, in favour instead of a system based on ‘real solidarity’
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Publica sees increasing trend towards lump sum pension withdrawals
Pension funds increase contributions to compensate for falling conversion rates to calculate payouts, says director
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Italian schemes plan shareholder activism platform with Frontis Governance
Approximately 14 pension funds with assets under management of around €27bn are taking part in the project
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Italian bank launches benchmarks for pension funds in line with SFDR
BFF Bank’s indices help pension funds assess the performance of their sub-funds’ investments according to Article 8 of the SFDR
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APK pension funds record above-average returns in 2023
APK’s Pensionskasse and Vorsorgekasse post 7.9% returns, above the Austrian average of 6.42%
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First Italian schemes commit to Real Economy Project’s infrastructure FoF
CDP has committed €300m to the FoF, and potentially the same sum will be raised through other pension funds
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KENFO underweights oil and gas holdings
It will not provide new financing for infrastructure assets in the oil and gas sector that are not in line with NZAOA targets
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Private market investments boost Previmoda’s returns
Project Iris (private equity) and Project Zephyr (private debt) have recorded largely positive returns in 2023
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Compenswiss closes year with 5% return
‘The [fund’s] performance was still negative in October. It was only towards the end of the year that most asset classes recovered significantly,’ said the scheme’s director
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Italy’s Real Economy Project funds of funds reach €800m target
Assofondipensione in favour of discussions on tax exemption on alternative investment returns
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Swiss actuaries back initiative to increase retirement age
The Renteninitiative, as it is called, was launched by the Young Liberals (Jungfreisinnige) to increase the retirement age of men and women to 66 years old
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BVV to assess climate impact of sovereign bonds portfolio
The scheme uses the X-Degree-Compatibility (XDC) model by climate tech company Right
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Cometa proposes FoF with protection mechanism for direct investments in Italy
the fund is ready to pilot a project with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to channel capital to support the real economy
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Ethos slams Novartis for advisory vote on sustainability report at AGM
‘There is no doubt’ that a binding vote is necessary, says foundation