Markets – Page 162
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NewsStandard & Poor's launches mid-market credit initiative
EUROPE – 'Mid-Market Evaluation' aims to provide investors foothold in opaque market.
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Active managers in PPM 'poor value for money', AP7 says [amended]
SWEDEN – Says more than 94% of active funds in DC system ‘more expensive than hedge funds’.
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NewsEven lowered pensions expectations 'still too high', VvV warns
NETHERLANDS – Survey shows disconnect between workers' expectations, projected pensions.
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NewsGerman employers demand tax exemptions for occupational pensions
GERMANY – BDA also calls for creation of regulator specifically for occupational schemes.
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Experts call for 'combi-contract' in Dutch Pensions Act
NETHERLANDS – Speakers at IPN event express surprise at removal from government’s programme.
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NewsAverage contribution is 'elephant in room' for Dutch pensions
NETHERLANDS – Industry veteran Jean Frijns says issue must be dealt with 'head-on'.
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NewsPFA Pension considers challenging Danish regulator
DENMARK – Scheme ordered stop using collective bonus provisions to fund commercial discounts.
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NewsDenmark's PFA acquires Cantobank from Finansiel Stabilitet
DENMARK – Pension fund to run bank as investment provider targeting existing clients.
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High yield now a 'strategic asset class', says UBP
EUROPE – Director says pension funds to use high yield for tactical asset allocation only.
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London council proposes collective vehicle as merger alternative
UK – Retaining status quo of individual management ‘not viable alternative’ to mergers.
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NewsCollective DC in UK would require 'radical' legislative changes
UK – Towers Watson uncertain whether CDC would aim for scale rather than simply pool risk.
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NewsDeutsche Bahn pension fund cites onerous regulation for merger decision
GERMANY – Managers say single Pensionskasse 'can no longer cope' with EU regulation.
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NewsDutch pension funds should promise less, young workers say
NETHERLANDS – PensionsLab also claims discount rate has had opposite effect intended.
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Fund managers ignore industry shift towards passive 'at their own peril'
GLOBAL – Stability seen in industry in recent decades ‘coming to an end’, says Principal CEO.
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NewsSmall-scale DC pension funds should be 'discouraged', Irish watchdog says
IRELAND – Comments come after Board says country should have no more than 100 DC funds.
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NewsUK roundup: KPMG on LDI, Lloyds TSB Pension Scheme
UK – Liability-driven investment market grows by 11% year on year, study shows.
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NewsSwiss court to decide on raft of appeals in BVK corruption trial
SWITZERLAND – Both winners and losers appeal five of six verdicts handed down last November.
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NewsIrish government to sever ties between NPRF, pre-funding liabilities
IRELAND – Equity, bond holding to be divested as government launches Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.
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NewsDC pension plans should prioritise income risk – experts
NETHERLANDS – Pension funds wishing to switch from DB to DC could get 'best of both worlds'.
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NewsAPG unveils administration system for DC plans, PPIs in Netherlands
NETHERLANDS – Clients free to select own insurers, asset managers, APG says.
