Pension System – Page 7
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AnalysisAuto-enrolment in Europe: no one size for all
Regulatory, cultural and labour market differences mean there can be no single blueprint for the European Commission’s preferred policy to boost retirement saving
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InterviewsGabriel Bernardino on European auto-enrolment: “Most people do not want difficult choices”
Gabriel Bernardino tells Pamela Kokoszka what is needed for auto-enrolment to be rolled out successfully across Europe
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Country ReportGermany’s fragmented pensions landscape heads towards consolidation
Berlin’s attempt to push mergers between pension funds has run into resistance from unions and members
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NewsGermany weighs opt-out model to expand capital-funded pensions
Experts and policymakers debate opt-out mechanisms and reforms to sharply increase capital-funded pension coverage in Germany
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NewsRejected Swedish manager slams FTN for sending more capital to US
Indecap Fonder lodges appeal with Stockholm court after losing out in Fund Selection Agency’s biggest procurement
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NewsBusinessEurope criticises EU pensions package for weak national support
European employers’ body reacts to auto-enrolment, pension tracking and dashboards recommendations, and IORP II and PEPP reform proposals
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NewsSweden’s FTN holds breath for first appeal from losing bidder
Indecap Fonder reportedly announced its intention to appeal agency’s decision not to award it a premium pension mandate
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NewsGerman pension consulting market consolidates amid reform and competition
The shift away from guarantees in private pension products is also expected to open the market to new competitors
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AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: Reform UK reveals plan to end DB fund for local government workers
Plus: TPR’s code of practice for collective defined contribution (CDC) pension funds; PPF’s levy
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NewsTELA urges long-term reforms to support Finland’s pension system
‘Intergenerational fairness cannot be built and assessed only within the pension system,’ says lobby group ahead of 2027 election
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NewsSweden’s FTN calls for tenders for €4bn of US, North American equity mandates
In its eighth procurement process, Swedish Fund Selection Agency plans to replace 16 existing fund offerings with just eight
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NewsAlecta outpaces AMF returns, says overhaul has made it safer
Equities gains boost Swedish occupational pensions giant’s five-year return to 7.3%, beating peer pension fund AMF’s 5.5% for its smoothed traditional product
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch resistance to benchmarking
Plus: Sustainability: funds push ahead despite backlash; Pension risk transfer and the insurance market
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NewsAP4 leads Swedish buffer fund returns as forex hedging pays off
With legal obligation to protect against currency fluctuations, AP3, AP4 take weaker hit from krona strength than AP7
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InterviewsVelliv Foreningen CEO lauds Danish pension system, ponders next step
Over his 40-year career in pensions so far, Lars Wallberg has seen profound changes in Denmark’s pension system
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NewsUK populist party plan to end defined benefit fund for staff sparks industry alarm
Reform UK party wants to create a £500bn British sovereign wealth fund that would boost economic growth, and close LGPS funds to new members
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NewsSchroders, JP Morgan among US, UK winners in Swedish FTN’s biggest tender
Big ticket sizes was key in attracting the best asset managers for premium pension savers, Swedish agency says
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NewsEC’s IORP II review returns benchmarking proposal could backfire, say Dutch
Dutch pension fund association sets out stall on IORP II review proposal in position paper on the Commission’s supplementary pensions package
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NewsSwedish pension providers urged to rethink allocation, decumulation design
Consultancy Arkwright recommends a structurally higher allocation to unlisted assets, arguing that value creation is increasingly concentrated in private markets
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NewsSwedish lobby troubled by commission’s misunderstanding of pensions
Insurance Sweden’s Erlandsson warns raising pensions capital tax creates uncertainty and interferes with complex interplay in pension system
