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Trio of Italian pension funds in €1.8bn merger
New fund will be country’s fifth largest by membership
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PPF sets out proposal for levy for schemes without sponsors
Consultation could have important impact on schemes such as British Steel
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NewsSwitzerland: Official stats confirm defined benefit disappearance
Only 58 pension funds with DB schemes in 2015, down from nearly 300 in 2005
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Ireland opposition party seeks protection for DB schemes
Government wants to close loophole allowing sponsors to abandon underfunded schemes
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UK roundup: British Steel, state pension age, Pensions Regulator [updated]
Unions accept closure of British Steel scheme, while post-Brexit fall in immigration could require higher state pension age
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Auto-enrolment helps increase Italian pension membership
Regulator Covip reveals double-digit growth in assets for some forms of provision
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NewsNew Dutch pension system 'to be delayed until after elections'
Unions and employers aim to launch plans ahead of formation talks for new coalition cabinet
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German finance groups outsource record level of pension liabilities
BVV collected more than €100m in one-off payments from employers seeking to offload book reserve pension schemes
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NewsPension funds should be subject to governance code, say MPs
BHS collapse shows importance of transparency for private companies and pension schemes, select committee argues
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Joseph Mariathasan: The implications of DB transfers
Some UK funds are quoting generous transfer values. But is leaving a DB scheme the best option?
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Luxembourg government moves on second pillar pension reform
Cabinet adopts reform proposal to expand second pillar access to self-employed; text of draft law to be published soon
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NewsSwedish premium pension firm objects to planned AP7 expansion
SPP Fonder CEO says premium pension reform draft contains “remarkable” assumption
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Germany's corporate pension funds oppose latest reform proposal
VFPK warns of ‘fatal’ consequences for savers if government allows guarantees for new industry pension plans
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Resaver to receive first payments in March [amended]
Cross-border plan for researchers gets supervisory approval and EU funding
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Swiss supreme court: Provitas trustee board took too much risk
Equity allocation was ramped up without sufficient reserves being established beforehand
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AnalysisAnalysis: UK targets radical aid for ‘just about managing’ schemes
Funds struggling to close deficits will require unprecedented actions from industry and government
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NewsMetallRente rewards new clients with 3.35% interest rate
Collective pension fund for metal industry gains record number of new entries in 2016
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Swiss pension fund association refuses to back benefit ‘adjustments’
Association director says the question of benefit cuts has to be decided at the political level
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Pension coverage falling among German companies
Government releases data showing employers and employees blaming each other for lack of pension plans
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NewsUK roundup: PwC, IFoA, nuclear sector pensions
PwC says trustees of UK DB schemes may be being ‘over-prudent’ by prefunding longer term liabilities
