All IPE articles in November 2012 (Online) – Page 5
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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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NewsGerman institutional investors targeting real estate – survey
GERMANY – MPC Real Estate survey shows growing interest in asset class among institutionals.
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NewsBrussels pulls back from mandatory gender quotas
EUROPE – Proposes 'general rules' to help companies increase female non-executive directors to 40%.
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NewsNEST-style pensions should replace Irish tax breaks – report
IRELAND – NEST 'more efficient, equitable', says Economic and Social Research Institute.
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NewsGerman Pensionskasse BVV shakes up real estate portfolio
GERMANY – Pension fund setting up global mandates due to dearth of European opportunities.
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NewsFrance'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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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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NewsInstitutional investor surveys reveal marked risk aversion
EUROPE – Respondents cite euro-zone collapse as biggest macroeconomic threat for coming year.
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NewsPension 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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NewsDutch pension fund to liquidate, merge with €34.5bn BpfBOUW
NETHERLANDS – Scheme for concrete-processing industry 'too small to operate independently'.
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NewsSwiss roundup: BVG on rates, ASIP on engagement
SWITZERLAND – Unions blast government for following BVG recommendations on minimum rates.
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NewsConsultancy 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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NewsSwedish roundup: National Audit Office, Finansinspektionen, AP7, PPM
SWEDEN – National Audit Office blasts Swedish regulator, consumer watchdog for shortcomings.
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NewsGermany's Versorgungswerke to fight for first-pillar exemption
GERMANY – Versorgungswerke association ABV vows to take case to federal constitutional court.
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NewsUK pensions regulation should move 'from nudging to shoving'
UK – Work and pensions select committee hears arguments in favour of more assertive oversight.
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NewsSolvency II could cost UK pensions industry £400bn, minister says
EUROPE – Pensions minister Steve Webb says legislation will kill DB pensions.
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EIOPA clarifies role of holistic balance sheet for occupational pensions
EUROPE – Chairman Gabriel Bernardino calls for ‘exploration’ of EU-wide savings product.
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NewsDark pools 'harm market integrity' – Norwegian oil fund
GLOBAL – NBIM 'uncertain' of proposals for more pre-trade transparency on fixed income markets.
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NewsUK charity blasts 'inconsistent' approach on pay votes
UK – FairPensions questions whether Shareholder Spring was merely a product of 'media pressure'.
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NewsRussia's second-pillar pension system facing contribution cuts
RUSSIA – Government aiming to follow in footsteps of Poland, Slovakia and Baltic states.
