News – Page 459
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NewsAccounting roundup: Guidance issued on pension equality costs
Plus: Hybrid pension plan accounting; Politicians call for break up of ‘big four’; FRC publishes draft plan and budget
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NewsNetherlands roundup: Schemes ‘must reclaim mistakenly paid benefits’
Also: KLM’s cabin staff scheme opts for two-tier board in governance shake-up
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PKA welcomes jail terms for fraudsters at tyre company
Danish pension provider says private equity investment in tyre-recycling firm now in profit after 2014 rescue
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NewsUK and Australia agree post-Brexit regulatory co-operation
MoUs follow agreements with US and EU regulators as leaders prepare to discuss Article 50 extension
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Scottish Widows insures £830m of liabilities in two bulk annuity deals [updated]
Also: KPMG targets small DB schemes with collective pension risk transfer process
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BaFin approves sale of Generali life insurance arm to Viridium
Members’ interests “sufficiently safeguarded” in takeover, says supervisor
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Joseph Mariathasan: Nuclear safety, bad science, and climate change
Changing attitudes to nuclear safety have implications for proponents of – and investors in – sustainable energy
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Short-term climate change repricing ‘could add or take 3%’ from portfolios
Mercer updates climate change scenario modelling in follow-up to landmark 2015 report
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NewsAP1 awards $1.5bn private equity mandate to Hamilton Lane
Swedish national pension fund plans 1 percentage point boost to PE allocation
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NewsNorway clarifies SWF’s climate rules to facilitate exclusions
Proposed addition of absolute threshold for coal exclusions to capture more companies
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Danica to divest weapons exporters to Saudi Arabia after govt ban
Danish pension fund and parent Danske Bank to sell off ‘case by case’, says CIO
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NewsBP’s UK pension fund backs high-growth European tech fund
Zenith III is managed by Octopus Ventures and focuses on later stage funding
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Generali Germany, Viridium ‘confident’ about run-off regulatory approval
Talks with regulator still going on, but executives hopeful of approval ‘before summer’
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Vervoer replaces Robeco with Achmea for fiduciary management
Dutch sector scheme expects continuity to be better guaranteed at Achmea
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NewsS&P Dow Jones launches ESG version of S&P 500 index
UBS Asset Management follows up with ETF based on new index
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Supermarket scheme to up risk exposure with indexation in mind
Pension fund lost 0.8% last year and funding did not improve
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Moody’s: No-deal Brexit ‘manageable’ for EU asset managers
Asset managers’ and regulators’ preparations would minimise impact
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Swedish government moves to ease pension transfers
Per Bolund, minister for financial markets, wants to stop companies locking customers in
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NewsFrjálsi changes CEO status to loosen links with Arion Bank
Icelandic pension fund wanted to reduce reputational risk
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Investors request ‘urgent’ information from mining companies
Companies asked to disclose information about tailings dam management within 45 days
