Pension System – Page 175
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UK roundup: PPF sets out three-year goals for innovation, efficiency
Plus: Debenhams schemes stay out of PPF; ‘Significant minority’ of firms support CDC; DB funding level falls over Q1
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Chart of the Week: Auto-enrolment boosts UK pension coverage
As minimum contributions rise from 5% to 8% of salary, fresh data reveals the transformative nature of auto-enrolment in the UK
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German chemicals company de-risks with lump sum payments
Employees respond positively as Henkel offers one-off payment to reduce DB liabilities
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Dutch watchdog wants new rules for pension funds’ DC products
AFM warns its current remit is limited and wants to make sure customers are protected
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Rules for sector schemes and insurers ‘hamper innovation’, says lawyer
Cutting limitations for Dutch industry-wide schemes and insurers could make consolidation easier and cheaper
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Skandia says Swedish recession could cost pension pots SEK1.2m
Study into effects of an economic downturn on pensions is the first of its kind
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BaFin approves sale of Generali life insurance arm to Viridium
Members’ interests “sufficiently safeguarded” in takeover, says supervisor
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Generali Germany, Viridium ‘confident’ about run-off regulatory approval
Talks with regulator still going on, but executives hopeful of approval ‘before summer’
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Supermarket scheme to up risk exposure with indexation in mind
Pension fund lost 0.8% last year and funding did not improve
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Swedish government moves to ease pension transfers
Per Bolund, minister for financial markets, wants to stop companies locking customers in
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NewsState pension fund could help ‘anchor’ Germany’s credit rating: Scope
Researchers call on government to use its position as safe haven to finance pension gap
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NewsLDI market breaches £1trn as smaller schemes join hedging trend
XPS Investment attributes most of 2018 growth to new mandates, mainly from smaller schemes
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Dutch group seeks solution for early retirement stalemate
Government should offer tax-friendly savings options to workers in demanding jobs, expert group says
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NewsEuropean Parliament gives green light to PEPP framework
Portable personal pension products to have cost cap and multiple investment options
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Pension dashboard: UK to force pension funds to provide data
Government urges schemes to prepare their systems and records for introduction of dashboards in next few years
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NewsReport lays out plan for German pension dashboard
180-page report by academics and consultancy proves feasibility of cross-pillar information service – if there is political agreement
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UK pension fund body targets consolidation in strategy update
Pensions dashboard, cost transparency and improving standards placed at the centre of four-year plan
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Danish schemes cross swords with FSA over pension model change
Two sector funds planned wholesale shift to market-rate pensions but regulator has pushed back
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NewsMore DC master trusts approved as UK authorisation window shuts
TPR says 30 applications submitted and another 10 have been granted extensions to 31 March deadline
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Swedish insurer reveals €395 monthly pension gender pay gap
Swedish pensions group attributes smaller pensions for women to periods of absence and lower wages
