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Swedes get higher state pensions after COVID cuts life expectancy
Early statistical indications show life expectancy fell by around 1% in 2020, says pensions agency
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UK roundup: Pension funds top up wind renewables income fund
Plus bulk annuities, small and bigger
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Danish lobby group sees women’s pension pots overtaking men’s
Swedish Pensions Agency says ”Women’s pensions are and will be lower.”
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German actuaries urge social partners to negotiate new DC model
The pandemic has slowed down discussions between employer and employee representatives on the new DC schemes
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Dutch pension sector not amused by plans to cut pension accumulation
’Making pension contributions partly voluntary is a plan that has not been thought through and will deliver little in terms of tax revenue’
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Greens press for NRW Pensionsfonds’ ESG strategy overhaul
NRW commissioned Stoxx, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, to develop two sustainable equity indices
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Derivatives drive DKK251bn total 2020 return for Denmark’s pension funds
Returns for individual pension providers varied from averages of 7.8% to -1.4%, central bank reports
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NewsFinnish occupational pension assets rise €6bn to reach €221bn in 2020
TELA reports assets cover roughly one third of the €700bn liabilities; rise in domestic and equity allocations
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NewsVBV Pensionskasse tops performance with equity option
Overall multi-employers returned 2.33% last year
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Covenant centrestage as USS outlines higher contribution rates
Contributions could go from upcoming 34.7% to 49.6% unless employers make further commitments, says USS
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Sampension sees 59% rise in transfers on back of business wins
Danish pension provider reports a 15% increase in regular contributions for 2020
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Fund for Dutch wood processing industry to merge with furniture scheme
The combined funds would have some 120,000 members and €6.5bn in assets under management
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NewsIcelandic pension system now holds twice the amount of annual GDP
Pension assets growth of 15% plus GDP fall of 6.6% combines to boost pension system’s weight
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Dutch liberals want voluntary pensions for earnings above €60,000
The measure would bring forward income tax receipts as pension contributions are exempt from income tax
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NewsSwiss pension funds to benefit from cabinet’s new climate policies
Swiss companies can follow TCFD recommendations on a voluntary basis, but the government plans to draft a bill to make such recommendations binding
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AP6 outshines main buffer funds with 20.4% annual return
Smallest of Sweden’s pensions buffer funds says exposure to lockdown victims was low
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NewsGermany roundup: Metzler sets up Pensionsfonds for social partners
Plus: Sustainable Committee calls for Pensionkassen asset class diversification; Deutsche Telekom’s pension obligations rise
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UK scheme signs up £120m buy-in deal with Rothesay
Transaction is unusual in that over 90% of liabilities relate to deferred pensioners making the liabilities particularly long-dated
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Opinion Pieces‘Urgency’ necessary for adequate provision
The IORP II Directive seeks to “improve the way occupational pension funds are governed”, to “enhance information transparency” to pension savers and to “clarify the procedures for carrying out cross-border transfers and activities”, according to EIOPA.
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Special ReportPensions regulation around Europe
How politicians and regulators plan to change pensions in key European countries
