All Pension System articles – Page 11
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NewsCFOs uncertain of pension schemes’ endgame objective
Cardano’s research shows that 51% of CFOs are seeking external advice to determine the endgame for their schemes
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NewsSampension and PBU link up to push multinationals on responsible tax
Danish pension funds work with Nordea AM and Engagement International, calling out large tech companies for low tax ratios
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NewsResolution Life enters UK buyout market
The agreement provides capacity to the UK pension risk transfer writers in a sustainable way
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NewsIPD calls for pensions law changes to foster flexible retirement
Danish pensions lobby’s poll shows 57% of population envision working after retirement age – provided they could reduce hours beforehand
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NewsPIC says DC saving pots should not be referred to as ‘pensions’
DC schemes fail to meet the key definition of a pension – the provision of a regular income, says PIC
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NewsGermany holds talks with Ukraine on pension reforms
Ukraine plans to introduce a new system, based on scores, to calculate pensions to level out differences in the amount of pension received
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NewsIlmarinen chief says solvency rules ‘short-sighted and encourage procyclical behaviour’
Varma increases year-to-date returns in Q3, besting other three Finnish pension insurers; Elo writes down direct property holdings
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NewsDutch pension funds allowed to index pensions above inflation
Funds will be allowed to provide more indexation than the actual rate of inflation this year, if they did not give full indexation last year
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NewsGerman IG Metall rejects DC schemes
The union is in favour of supplementary, employer-financed company pensions, with guaranteed minimum benefits and employer liability
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NewsSweden’s newly-expanded pensions group agrees to pension pauses
Eight-party policy setting panel also agrees to carry out a review with the goal of a more flexible withdrawal of the occupational pension
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator will not mandate schemes on how to invest
Instead, TPR will be challenging decision-making to ‘make sure trustees are always acting in members’ interests’, says Nausicaa Delfas
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NewsInflation hits occupational pensions in Germany, says Deloitte
Inflation is having a bigger impact on employees than the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine
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NewsSweden launches new AP fund review, weighs merging AP6 and AP2
Government queries expense of running so many funds; AP7 included in the review, despite not being a buffer fund
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NewsSwedes see refund from dropped Russian, East European premium pension funds
Pensions agency announces further SEK247m refund from Barings, East Capital and Nordea funds – deregistered after Ukraine invasion – to first-pillar pension savers
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NewsDWP embraces PPF as potential public pensions consolidator candidate
‘From a variety of perspectives there’s clearly an investment model that we already have, expertise and infrastructure,’ says the PPF
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NewsDB pension funds ‘working against’ government’s productive finance agenda
Defined benefit schemes have now stopped and some even reduced their allocation to illiquid assets, says WTW
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NewsSolution to small pots proliferation is to use pension dashboard infrastructure
A solution to small pots proliferation will require ‘a new piece of data infrastructure’, DWP said
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NewsAP3, AP4 eye faster investment decisions after joint IT procurement
Swedish buffer fund duo link up to replace current patchwork of systems with SimCorp’s comprehensive Dimension system, citing many advantages
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NewsUK pensions industry told to prepare for consolidation
Industry experts expect to see a significant amount of consolidation in the market by 2035
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NewsATP rejects argument that Danish pension saving is excessive
Statutory pensions giant says its analysis shows Ramlau-Hansen’s assumption of increasing coverage slightly overblown
