Markets – Page 156
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NewsAsset managers needed to provide 'missing liquidity' in secondary market
EUROPE – Crédit Agricole says role of market participants becoming 'shuffled'.
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NewsLawmakers blast Shell pension fund for 'sidestepping' workers council
NETHERLANDS – Government vows to prevent firms from setting up new schemes without worker input.
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NewsProviders battle for Czech second-pillar members as deadline looms
CZECH REPUBLIC – Second pillar fails to win over workers, threatens political embarrassment.
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NewsInvestors move to ensure worker safety in Bangladesh
GLOBAL – Group warns of reputational, operational and legal risks in global supply chains.
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NewsPot-follows-member approach to foster short-termism – NAPF
UK – Chairman says government's preferred approach to consolidation will damage UK system.
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German pension fund association calls for 'breathing room' on funding
GERMANY – Germany must ‘lose fear’ of temporary underfunding, chairman says.
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NewsGerman pension funds call for end of discount-rate disparity
GERMANY – Pension association aba criticises differing regulatory, accounting rates.
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NewsBrussels asks pension providers to explore pan-European tracking system
EUROPE – Providers involved in project include APG, PGGM, Denmark's PKA and ETK in Finland.
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NewsSwedish roundup: Min Pension, Alecta, Folksam, Skandia
EUROPE – German seeks Swedish advice on setting up national pension information portal.
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Polish pensions industry continues to consolidate
POLAND – Local Allianz subsidiary to take over Warta pension fund, pending regulatory approval.
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NewsTobin tax to 'dry up' secondary market, academic warns
GLOBAL – ICMA's Richard Comotto warns of impact of Europe's proposed financial transaction tax.
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German consultants debate new player in fiduciary management
GERMANY – Experts give lukewarm response to service still viewed with scepticism.
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NewsSwiss engagement law should apply to direct holdings only, experts say
SWITZERLAND – Legal experts say mandatory engagement should also apply only at 'certain threshold'.
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NewsNorwegian oil fund facing 'considerable' challenges
NORWAY – Head of Norges Bank's investment arm says low-yield environment causing problems.
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NewsUK's challenge of FTT had to come 'sooner than later'
EUROPE – UK still has hopes that FTT will differ 'significantly' from current form.
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NewsATP to build up foreign equity holdings after two-year hiatus
DENMARK – Low bond yields, European weakness force Danish scheme to look to other countries.
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NewsPension coverage must grow, argues German banking fund
GERMANY – Country's largest Pensionskasse calls for increased coverage, rails against IORP II.
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Dutch roundup: Pharmacists, Bouwinvest
NETHERLANDS – Pharmacist Pension Committee calls for BPOA board to resign.
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NewsMain investor at French pension fund UMR denies selling shares
FRANCE – MGEN not looking to reduce participation in €10.2bn pension fund UMR.
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NewsIreland revamps pensions watchdog over 'regulatory capture' concerns
IRELAND – Pensions Council tasked with devising regulation with emphasis on consumer outcomes.
