All Pension System articles – Page 15
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Country Report
New pension rules set to transform France
After much opposition, profound changes to the retirement system take effect this month
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Special Report
Germany: Fighting for innovation
The three-party coalition faces important decisions in coming months to reconcile differences over its planned reforms to all three pillars of the pension system
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Special Report
France: Macron’s major pension reforms take effect
September sees the enactment of controversial retirement reforms passed by presidential decree earlier this year, bringing 42 occupational regimes together
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Special Report
Italy: Government eyes pension reform despite lack of resources
Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government wants to lower retirement age and secure retirement income for young workers, but it faces an uphill battle against inflation
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Special Report
UK: Encouraging UK growth through consolidation
The UK government is pursuing plans to leverage pension assets to boost economic growth while generating best returns for members
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Opinion Pieces
Cambridge and Westminster: a tale of two pension schemes
The Houses of Parliament and Cambridge University are two venerable British institutions. But the differences in how they run their pension arrangements illustrate the contrast between the UK-style pooled liability-driven investment (LDI) and a more traditional form of pension investing, no longer as popular in the UK but still common elsewhere.
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Special Report
Portugal: Social security surplus funds pension boost
The Socialist government aims to reduce pensioner poverty but faces considerable demographic hurdles
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Opinion Pieces
Europe escaped the Great Retirement Boom but watch out for the crunch
Continental Europe appears to have largely escaped the trend known in the US as the ‘Great Retirement Boom’, where an economically comfortable cohort of 50 to 64-year-olds has retreated from work in the post-COVID period.
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Special Report
Iceland: Government faces pension fund ire over housing bond controversy
Pension funds have welcomed a relaxation in foreign investment rules but would have preferred a more liberal regime
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Special Report
Norway: Public-sector pensions consultation set for autumn
Occupational pensions could form part of a new review following last year’s Pension Commission report
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Special Report
Ireland: All systems go for national auto-enrolment
Irish government aims to launch auto-enrolment retirement system in 2024
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Special Report
Sweden: FTN’s large mandate overshadows Alecta’s position
Government authority sets out first tender in its bid to ensure pension funds access to quality funds to provide safer and higher pensions
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Special Report
Switzerland: Heated debate ahead of second-pillar referendum
The workplace pension system reform must clear the final hurdle of a national referendum and Pensionskassen will have to start to follow new guidelines on ESG
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Special Report
Netherlands: Pension funds to switch to DC by 2028
Long-awaited transition to happen despite complications of the Dutch pension system
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News
DC negotiations at Dutch company schemes in deadlock
At many company pension funds, employers and trade unions are at loggerheads over the choice for either the solidarity or flexible DC arrangement
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News
UK roundup: ITB Pension Funds complete £290m buy-in with Just Group
Plus: Aon publishes DB funding report; TPT enhances responsible investment choices for DC members
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News
Sweden’s tech-heavy AP7 trumpets 17.7% first half return
Buffer fund AP2 lags peers with 4.8% H1 gain; pensions firm Folksam reports 5.6%
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Analysis
Analysis: DB Funding Code reforms
The relevance of the Code has been called into question given the improved funding position of UK DB schemes
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News
Illiquids balance blamed, as ATP loses most of Q1 gains
‘Always thinking about alternatives-liquids balance’, says Danish statutory pension fund CEO on asset mix of geared investment portfolio
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News
PFA returns to business profit on improved markets
Danish workplace pensions giant reins in occupational capacity insurance losses following FSA’s competition clampdown