All Pension System articles – Page 13
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UK buyout market to grow to £60bn per year, say pension professionals
The SPP expects schemes to focus on resilience, against rising interest rates, defaults and longevity
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AP2 helps German think tank develop portfolio tool to assess deforestation risk
In work funded by Californian philanthropists, Swedish national pensions buffer fund says publicly-accessible workflow will be tested on AP2’s listed equities
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NEST ethnicity and gender pay gap figures show room for progress
The median gender pay gap rose to 11% and ethnicity pay gap rose to 18%.
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Human rights abuses often dealbreakers for PE managers, AP6 finds
Uptake of the UN’s guiding principles on business and human rights is not widespread in the sector, according to Swedish national pension fund’s deep dive
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Finland’s Keva to pile on extra €6.4bn of equities, mostly listed
Municipal pensions heavyweight gets started on implementation of board’s plan to boost returns
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Italian trade unions push government to bolster second pillar system
CGIL, UIL, and CISL believe it is unacceptable to finance a private association to promote supplementary pensions
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German pension funds pull out of Spezialfonds for first time
Spezialfonds recorded an outlfow worth €1.9bn from pension institutions in the first half of the year, an historic first
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UK financier pulls plug on commercial pension consolidator
Edi Truell blames decision about Pension SuperFund on regulatory environment
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Keva to boost equities as board ramps up risk to target higher returns
Finland’s biggest pension fund argues long-term deficit risk is the institution’s key risk
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UK automatic enrolment extension bill granted Royal Assent
It will ‘dramatically improve financial resilience in retirement for young people, women and lower earners,’ says DWP
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Swedish funds agency hires Ström as first dedicated comms chief
Premium pension funds procurement agency, facing considerable asset manager communications task, recruits former national journalist as to help with “market dialogue”
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Swiss Employers’ Association backs second pillar pension reform
The reform would make an important contribution to support the three-pillar pension system model, the association says
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Governance group calls UK government to end DB/DC ‘intergenerational unfairness’
To encourage corporate DB schemes to build a surplus, plan sponsors should be offered the chance to deploy surplus to boost DC contributions, IGG says
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Late tweaks to Swedish funds agency tender terms bring further delay
Bid deadline for first tender for restyled premium pension platform now pushed back to 5 October
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UK pensions regulator to build on relationship with admins
TPR is innovating by using its supervision approach to establish open, two-way relationships with several “strategically important” pension administrators
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German auditors call to reform law discounting occupational pension provisions
IDW proposes fixed discount rate reflecting a long-term average market interest rate
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Macron’s reform paves way for development of French second- and third-pillar pension
The rationale of the reform is simple: the rising life expectancies combined with decreasing birth-rate have accelerated the aging of the French population
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Swiss cabinet favours political intervention linking retirement age to life expectancy
Government report rejects automatic mechanisms, prepares ground for further reform
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AP3 says CIO Bernengo not involved in Alecta’s hiring of equities chief
Swedish buffer fund congratulates Pablo Bernengo and Magnus Tell on new jobs at troubled occupational pensions giant
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Minimum interest rate rise a ‘sustainable challenge’ for Swiss pension funds
Federal occupational pension commission wants to send the message that ‘1% is flexible’, says president