Markets – Page 118
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Swiss government outlines framework for sustainable finance
The Swiss Federal Council plans to conduct climate impact tests on a regular basis
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NewsDutch schemes fail to push management fees below 0.5% threshold
The average management fees the funds paid in 2019 totalled 0.51%, excluding transaction costs
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Italy’s Covip expects drop in contributions due to pandemic response
Padula calls for stronger fiscal incentives in order to encourage workers to restart contributing after the crisis
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NewsDutch pension funds hail DC switch
Aon expects the switch of DB to DC will lead to ‘painful measures’ because of current funding shortfalls
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NewsDutch DC pension switch includes lifecycles, personal pension pots
All pension funds will need to finalise their transition plans by 1 January 2024
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NewsUK roundup: LCP on COVID-19’s direct, indirect liabilities hit
Plus: Pension risk transactions keep pace through lockdown; Healthcare group scheme strikes buy-in deal with Aviva
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NewsFitch expects ‘fundamental’ investor re-appraisal of mutual fund liquidity
There have been at leaset $62bn of mutual fund redemption suspensions this year
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Iberia roundup: Spanish funds make ‘significant’ recovery after March rout
Plus: Portuguese funds pull back -8.1% Q1 loss
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NewsSwiss AM association draws guidance for sustainable investment
’In a globalized economy, the success of corporate strategies is increasingly dependent on ESG factors’
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German investors rank corruption top exclusion criteria
The demand for green investments from private investors rose strongly by 96% last year to €18.3bn
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Delta Lloyd scheme splits matching holdings into LDI, spread portfolios
It will also raise its stake in emerging market equity as well as real estate to 16.7%
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eVestment: Consultants decreased return expectations before virus hit
The spread between consultants’ inflation expectations was 80bps in 2019 and 55bps in 2020
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Experts are positive about new Dutch pension arrangements
‘It will be easier to protect older participants against interest risk ’
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NewsSystemic risk gets ‘hotspot’ status from actuarial regulation bodies
Climate-related risk named top hotspot in updated risk report from joint forum on actuarial regulation
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NewsGenerali: Occupational pensions gain traction with German SMEs
64.2% of top management employees in larger SMEs sign up for an occupational pension scheme
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Investors to be engaged 'to take on' corporate lobbying
Think tank’s new research and stewardship project tackles ‘political corporate capture’ and investors’ response to it
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EC presented with plan for capital markets union ‘game-changers’
High-Level Forum sets out plan, with 17 clusters of ‘granular’ measures, for bringing about an EU capital market
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NewsING scheme delays indexation decision because of COVID-19
The fund could tap into a €265m emergency reserve fund
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: How Canada can liberate Holland once again
Ongoing concern: Putting ‘trust’ back into Dutch pensions
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NewsFunding roundup: JPMorgan AM sees 6.5% funding level drop for UK schemes
Plus: PPF 7800 index May 2020 figures; Dutch schemes’ funding levels
