Pension System – Page 105
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Country ReportDC switch shakes up the admin market
A combination of new technology and pension reform has prompted alliances between existing players and the entrance of new players
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FeaturesPerspective - After Merkel: in search of a new model for pensions
Germany’s new government will feel the pressure to transform the pension system. Some parties have embraced new funded concepts and have put forward credible ideas
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Opinion Pieces
Notes from the Netherlands: Truly Paris aligned
A milestone was reached in July when the first Dutch pension fund announced its divestment from fossil fuels. Surprisingly, the fund in question was neither civil service scheme ABP nor healthcare fund PFZW, the two largest Dutch funds, both of which have the ambition to be leaders in sustainable and responsible.
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Special ReportUK: Funding challenges amid continued market uncertainty
The UK’s pension regulator emphasises the need for schemes to focus on long-term planning, transparency and risk management
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InterviewsInterview: Mats Andersson – French honour for Swedish pioneer
AP4 former CEO Mats Andersson was awarded the Légion d’Honneur at the French Embassy in Stockholm this summer – an accolade that made the international nature of his achievements plain
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: Too good to be true?
If Australia’s latest five-yearly Intergenerational Report (IGR) is to be taken seriously, Australian retirees can look forward to comfortable retirements 40 years hence.
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Features
Pensions Insider: Improve your effectiveness by joining the inner circle
In the third of a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our insider outlines the importance of patience and networks in complex, illiquid transactions
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Special ReportRisk transfer: A story of pent-up demand
Next year’s transaction values could exceed 2019’s record as trustees’ attention turns to future longevity
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trustee tactics for takeovers
UK merger and acquisition activity is buoyant, with £6.1bn-worth of domestic companies acquired by foreign entities in the first quarter of 2021
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News
Covenant group raises confidentiality concerns about climate reporting
ECPA, Redington also say it should be clear that divestment not an expectation
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NewsSweden’s AP7 boosts diversification with more risk premia, PE
AP7’s premium pension default product beats private-sector competitors with 17.6% H1 return
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NewsUnderstanding COVID mortality effect ‘top of pension scheme agendas’
Consultancy weights effect of impact on life expectancy on endgame timings
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Dutch midwives fund struggles to find alternative for raw materials
After deciding against inflation linkers the fund is now considering infrastructure
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Irish regulator: DC consolidation ‘fundamental’ to improving system
Regulator sets out interpretation of implications of recent changes to legislation arising from IORP II
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NewsDenmark’s PFA decides first sub-target for 2050 net-zero goal
Pension company aiming for 29% reduction in carbon emissions stemming from its investee companies, assets
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Raising minimum interest rate seen a possible move by Swiss cabinet
President of advisory workplace pensions body speaks to IPE after issuing recommendation
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TPR to take longer over code of practice given feedback, impact
Regulator says it has listened to concerns over limits on unregulated investments and timeframe for new ORA
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Morrisons trustees warn takeover bids would ‘materially weaken’ schemes
CD&R ‘understands and accepts’ that trustees expect talks about additional security
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NewsUK’s NEST selects strategic investment research firm
DC master trust is separately on the search for climate change research services
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Swiss parliamentary committee shifts to alternative reform proposal
SGK-N supports idea of financing compensation also through Pensionskassen’s reserves instead of through wages
