All articles by Luigi Serenelli – Page 9
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German lifeboat scheme increases members’ contributions
The volume of contributions increased last year to €685m from €242m in 2021
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Fondaereo plans to turn into a cross-border European scheme
The pension scheme has also reorganised its investment sub-funds, reducing them from four to three
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Swiss schemes to start engagement on biodiversity, nature protection via Ethos
The Ethos Engagement Pools Switzerland will also focus on promoting diversity and equal pay within companies
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German government to make pension funds join dashboard
The dashboard has so far recorded 1.3 million visitors, and 841,880 inquiries to pension funds from 125,545 registered users
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German open-ended Spezialfonds see ‘significantly lower’ inflows, says BVI
Net inflows of open-ended Spezialfonds totalled €27.4bn at the end of Q3 2023, down from €51.71bn recorded in the same period last year
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Occupational pension industry disappointed with IG Metall’s social partner model rebuff
The union continues to support company pensions under social partnerships, says MetallRente
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Swiss pension funds’ alternatives achieve better returns at higher costs
Last year best-performing pension funds invested 10.2% in alternatives compared with 5.6% invested by the worst-performing, says Swisscanto
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Publica uses democracy index to invest in government bonds
The scheme excludes countries violating basic democratic principles
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German government drafts law to reform second pillar pension system
The 24-point draft law deals with the difficult topic of opening up the social partner model to third parties not bound by collective bargaining agreements
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German investors face ESG exclusion/engagement dilemma
The general public might not fully grasp what sustainable investing entails from an investor’s perspective, says KENFO
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Opinion Pieces
Investors could do more to boost German start-ups
The German constitutional court’s ruling that the government’s reallocation of €60bn worth of debt to the country’s Climate and Transformation Fund is unlawful was a blow. But there was also also some welcome news last month.
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Occupational pensions in German mid-sized companies stagnate, says Generali
Employees are turning away from deferred compensation because of high inflation both in mid-sized firms and in larger companies
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Analysis
Reform of the AT1 bond market
UBS starts selling AT1 bonds for the first time since Credit Suisse takeover
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Austrian pension funds to lose 7.5% in asset value due to climate risks
The result of this year’s stress test is an improvement from last year’s test showing a 10% loss in asset value
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Analysis
Germany battles to keep pension reforms on course
New law to replace 2018’s pension reform legislation amid disagreements over reform plans for all three pillars of the pension system
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Italian pension funds see number of members increase in Q3
Industry-wide pension funds added 188,000 members so far this year, compared with the end of 2022, a 4.9% increase, for a total of almost 4 million members
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Swiss groups slam government’s decision to increase minimum interest rate
The Swiss Employers’ Association considers the increase unjustified and says minimum interest rate should have been well below the limit of 1%
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Monte dei Paschi scheme starts manager selection for private markets investment
The pension fund will invest €135m in infrastructure, real estate and private debt AIFs
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Swiss scheme expands exclusion policy to oil and gas companies
The pension fund has 439 companies on its exclusion list as of September this year
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Swiss pension fund industry expects regulator to amend improved benefits definition
The definition creates false incentives to determine technical interest rates