All Pension System articles – Page 12
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Swiss pension funds suffer returns setback in Q3
Infrastructure investments worst performing asset class so far this year at -5.8%
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Danish FSA laments lack of inflation linkage in pension payments
Finanstilsynet also worried pension providers failing to acknowledge conflicts of interest within operations
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Skandia CEO lashes out at Swedish system that allows Alecta’s dominance
Frans Lindelöw says too much pension capital is concentrated in troubled pensions giant, creating ‘a vulnerability and a social risk’
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The Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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Dutch pension experts identify important pitfalls for pension fund trustees
Dutch pension trustee Alfred Slager and consultant Martijn Vos reveal them in their new book ‘Decision making for pension fund boards’
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Institutional investors shift to bonds, change stance on alternatives
Germany’s first pillar pension reform will affect the fund industry, says Universal Investment’s chief customer officer Katja Müller
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UK sees record £21.2bn transferred to insurers in first half of 2023
LCP research shows number of UK private sector DB schemes fully-funded on buyout has increased to 20%
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Irish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
Trustees are required to complete a full own-risk assessment every three years.
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Pension schemes encouraged to run on to avoid potential value loss
Van Lanschot Kempen launched a solution for schemes approaching their endgame to encourage longer term thinking for the benefit of members, trustees and sponsors
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Independent Governance Group’s team grows by 27%
The team works with more than 450 pension schemes with combined assets under management of £315bn
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Swedish funds agency to announce winners of first tender end Q1 2024
As the 5 October deadline passes, new premium pension procurement body starts evaluating tenders
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Denmark’s pensions lobby to become employers’ association too
IPD accepts Finance Denmark’s proposal to dissolve employers’ body and share its work between the two industry associations
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Portuguese pension funds return 1.6% for Q2 2023
Global equities had the highest impact on performance over the quarter, with returns close to 6%, according to WTW
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TELA sharply critical of Finnish pensions reform ‘stabiliser’
Finnish government gives stakeholders a year to come up with plan to make occupational pensions sustainable and €1bn a year cheaper
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DWP reviews UK’s pensions regulator making 17 recommendations
But review also concludes that The Pensions Regulator is ‘well-run’ and ‘well-regarded’ by its main stakeholders
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Stakeholders propose flexible funding rules for German Pensionskassen
Proposal foresees temporary underfunding through so-called ‘standby agreement’ between the Pensionskasse and sponsoring companies
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Storebrand regains Askøy, predicts more municipal pensions tendering into 2024
Norwegian municipality opts to renew contract with ‘challenger in the public pensions market’
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Proposals for LGPS funds to invest 10% of assets in private equity ‘unhelpful’
Proposals would ‘fundamentally disrupt the good work’ since 2015 to achieve a balance between administering authorities and pool operators, says SPP
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Keva wins clearer picture of public-sector disability risk with new model
Finland’s biggest pension fund says early intervention can significantly reduce the risk and cost of worker incapacity
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UK government consults on occupational and personal pension levy
DWP seeks the industry’s views on the three options previously agreed by ministers