All IPE articles in November 2012 (Online) – Page 4
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Germany's Versorgungswerke to fight for first-pillar exemption
GERMANY – Versorgungswerke association ABV vows to take case to federal constitutional court.
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Swedish roundup: National Audit Office, Finansinspektionen, AP7, PPM
SWEDEN – National Audit Office blasts Swedish regulator, consumer watchdog for shortcomings.
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Consultancy LCP identifies loophole in UK auto-enrolment
UK – Warns that law allows companies with hybrid schemes to defer auto-enrolment until 2017.
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Swiss roundup: BVG on rates, ASIP on engagement
SWITZERLAND – Unions blast government for following BVG recommendations on minimum rates.
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Dutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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Pension fund for Dutch notaries to cut pension rights again
NETHERLANDS – SNPF, which cut rights by 2% last year, to cut rights again by at least 5.8%.
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Institutional investor surveys reveal marked risk aversion
EUROPE – Respondents cite euro-zone collapse as biggest macroeconomic threat for coming year.
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Mandate roundup: Tyne & Wear, Aberdeen, Barking & Dagenham, bFinance, Environment Agency
UK – Tyne & Wear pension fund sticks with Aberdeen for property investments.
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France's COR 'failed to provide realistic data' for reform
FRANCE – Expert says organisation's numbers were 'far too optimistic', 'misled' the government.
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German Pensionskasse BVV shakes up real estate portfolio
GERMANY – Pension fund setting up global mandates due to dearth of European opportunities.
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NEST-style pensions should replace Irish tax breaks – report
IRELAND – NEST 'more efficient, equitable', says Economic and Social Research Institute.
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Brussels pulls back from mandatory gender quotas
EUROPE – Proposes 'general rules' to help companies increase female non-executive directors to 40%.
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German institutional investors targeting real estate – survey
GERMANY – MPC Real Estate survey shows growing interest in asset class among institutionals.
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UK roundup: KPMG, PPF, SEI, CBPE Capital, Xafinity
UK – Increasing number of ‘pension zombies’ to become insolvent, KPMG predicts.
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Pension funds lose first round of legal battle with Henderson
UK – High Court judge deals blow to group of 22 pension funds suing asset manager over Secondary Fund II.
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Austrian roundup: FMA, IWP, Valida, Siemens, FVPK
AUSTRIA – Supervisory authority FMA given authority to act as ‘accounting police’.
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France lagging 'far behind' European counterparts on pensions reform
FRANCE – French pensions system on brink of collapse, industry experts warn.
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DTZ suggests real estate debt-funding gap more than halved
EUROPE – Predicts debt funds, insurers and corporate bond issuance to provide refinancing solution.
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Opaque Dutch pension system shifting towards DC – CPB
NETHERLANDS – Deputy director says industry must do more to improve benefit transparency.
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Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, PGGM, MSCI ESG Research
EUROPE – Swedish insurance company tenders $200m large-cap equity mandate, using IPE-Quest.